scholarly journals A Portrait of Douglas G. Pearce

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Schott
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Management Scholar ◽  
Comprehensive Account ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Management Group

<p>I am very pleased to be offered the opportunity to write a portrait of Professor Douglas G. Pearce for Anatolia. Although an autobiographic account of Doug’s evolution from ‘Geographer to Tourism Geographer to Tourism Management scholar’ was published in Stephen Smith’s 2010 book <i>The Discovery of Tourism</i>, a comprehensive account of a four decade long contribution to our field is arguably not adequately established without insights on the breadth and depth of a pioneering scholar’s contributions by his colleagues and peers. In this context I wholeheartedly embrace this opportunity to share the views of several (indeed I hope most) of Doug’s colleagues, peers and mentees about his numerous, long-standing and enduring contributions to our field. My own position is best described by stating that I reside in both the colleague and mentee cohorts. I have had the pleasure of being Doug’s colleague in the Tourism Management Group at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand, and co-authored of several of Doug’s publications. But at the same time I have benefitted greatly from Doug’s advice, guidance and overall leadership of the VUW Tourism Management Group and as such regard him as a longstanding mentor. </p>

scholarly journals A Portrait of Douglas G. Pearce

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Schott
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Management Scholar ◽  
Comprehensive Account ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Management Group

<p>I am very pleased to be offered the opportunity to write a portrait of Professor Douglas G. Pearce for Anatolia. Although an autobiographic account of Doug’s evolution from ‘Geographer to Tourism Geographer to Tourism Management scholar’ was published in Stephen Smith’s 2010 book <i>The Discovery of Tourism</i>, a comprehensive account of a four decade long contribution to our field is arguably not adequately established without insights on the breadth and depth of a pioneering scholar’s contributions by his colleagues and peers. In this context I wholeheartedly embrace this opportunity to share the views of several (indeed I hope most) of Doug’s colleagues, peers and mentees about his numerous, long-standing and enduring contributions to our field. My own position is best described by stating that I reside in both the colleague and mentee cohorts. I have had the pleasure of being Doug’s colleague in the Tourism Management Group at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand, and co-authored of several of Doug’s publications. But at the same time I have benefitted greatly from Doug’s advice, guidance and overall leadership of the VUW Tourism Management Group and as such regard him as a longstanding mentor. </p>

scholarly journals Towards an Ethic of Reciprocity: The Messy Business of Co-creating Research with Voices from the Archive

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Jane McLaughlan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Academic Practice ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Working Through ◽  
Mental Hospitals ◽  
Comprehensive Account ◽  
Autobiographical Fiction ◽  
Janet Frame ◽  
Made In

Do contemporary practices of attribution go far enough in acknowledging the contribution that others make to our work, particularly when they speak from the archive? The autobiographical fiction Faces in the Water (1961) from acclaimed author Janet Frame (1924-2004) draws on her experiences of residing in various New Zealand mental hospitals between 1945 and 1953. It is a rare and comprehensive account of the patient experience of these institutions that provided a critical lens for my doctoral research. Perhaps more importantly, through this text Frame taught me how difficult histories should be written, about the ambiguities we must accept and the value adjustments to be made in order to make sense of confounding inhumanity. Nowhere within my dissertation is the depth of this contribution acknowledged; a position developed out of respect for her family’s active opposition to the ‘patronising’ and ‘pathologising discourse’ that continues to haunt contemporary receptions of Frame’s work. Within this paper I employ autoethnography to make explicit the process of working through a question that haunted me well beyond the completion of my doctoral research: whether contemporary practices of citation and acknowledgement are sufficient to value research contributions from beyond the grave. I will examine whether Frame’s contribution is commensurate with contemporary qualifications for co-authorship and the burdens of academic practice that act to suppress these conversations.

scholarly journals The causes and potential mitigating strategies of New Zealand residents’ negative perceptions of self-drive tourism, a Theory of constraints (TOC) approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wing Cho Cheung
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Theory Of Constraints ◽  
Actual State ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Essential Questions ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Stage 1 ◽  
Practical Level ◽  
Perfect World

<p><b>The purpose of this study is to first, explore the causes of New Zealand residents’ negative perceptions of self-drive tourism, and second, create potential strategies to mitigate such negative perceptions.</b></p> <p>To investigate the two main objectives of this study, the Theory of constraints (TOC) methodology is applied. The power of the TOC methodology is its ability to understand a complex phenomenon via presentations of logic trees. In this study, the TOC methodology is applied from the construction of interview guides through to drawing conclusions. Three essential questions namely “Why change?”, “What to change?” and “What to change to?” from the change sequence of the TOC methodology are employed.</p> <p>The findings of this study are based on the interview data from four main participant groups (Self-drive tourists, government experts, tourism academic, media, 16 participants in total) as well as surveys of residents’ perceptions (Mood of the Nation and Views on Tourism). The results of the first TOC question “Why change?” examined the gap between the “perfect world” and the actual state of the self-drive tourism system, and all participant groups agreed that the current self-drive tourism system is not achieving the “perfect world”.</p> <p>Building on the results of the first TOC question, “What to change?” sought to discover the root causes and core problems via cause-and-effect logic. The causes of residents’ negative perceptions are represented in three stages, with infrastructure, driving and self-drive tourism issues in stage 1 (fundamental issues); media issues in stage 2 magnify problems in stage 1 and eventually cause perception issues in stage 3. To address the root causes and core problems, potential mitigating strategies were developed by using the TOC methodology, followed by a logic tree to test the robustness of such proposed strategies, responding to the TOC’s “What to change to?” question.</p> <p>The discussions are mainly consistent with the literature in social psychology, tourism, self-drive tourism, management, and media studies. This study also makes theoretical and practical contributions. At a theoretical level, this thesis bridges TOC methodology and tourism, to showcase how complex tourism problems can be tackled via such methodology. It also offers a holistic view to the causes of residents’ negative perceptions, and mitigating strategies are designed to address the problems holistically, rather than a piecemeal approach dealing with a few symptoms at a time. At a practical level, this study offers stakeholders with logic maps depicting the causes of residents’ negative perceptions as well as offering mitigating strategies.</p>

scholarly journals The Ombudsmen in New Zealand by Bryan Gilling

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 905
Author(s):  
William W Vosburg
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Comprehensive Account ◽  
Sharp Focus ◽  
Government Stability ◽  
The Status

This article is a book review of Bryan Gilling The Ombudsman in New Zealand (Dunmore Press in association with the Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Palmerston North, 1998) (190 pages, $29.95). Gilling's book provides an important account of the evolution of the New Zealand ombudsman providing an accessible and careful analysis of its first thirty years, which contained periods of both government stability as well as radical changes in the government's structure, the economy, the class structure, the status of minority groups and foreign relations. Vosburgh states that the book stands as a study of institutionalism and evolution of government structures, and praises Gilling for containing a comprehensive account with a compact and sharp focus. 

scholarly journals Cultural Representation of New Zealand's Landscapes in the Films of The Lord of the Rings and its Implications for Tourism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Daniela Carl
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Lord Of The Rings ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Box Office ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Tourist Experience ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Filmic images influence how we see the world and filmic tourists visit places to experience the image they have seen on the screen. New Zealand is an example of a destination that has embraced the relationship between film and tourism. Through its box-office success and the associated tourist promotions, The Lord of the Rings (TLotR) film trilogy has exposed New Zealand's landscapes to a global audience of potential travellers. This study analyses the landscape portrayal in the first and second film of TLotR and filmic tourists' experiences of these landscapes. As with many other film tourism destinations, the screen locations are a mix of real landscapes, film sets, and digital enhancements. Thus, the tourist will not necessarily be able to experience the landscapes of the films. This results in implications regarding the sustainability of film tourism and tourism management. The study employed an overall interpretive approach to analyse the landscape portrayal in the films and filmic tourists' experiences. Triangulation was used to reveal iconic landscapes of the films. Empirical research was undertaken with three tourism operators offering TLotR themed products: a half-day tour of the Hobbiton location in Matamata, a half-day jeep safari tour around Queenstown, and a multi-day tour of 'New Zealand as Middle-earth' for TLotR enthusiasts. Filmic tourists' experiences of former TLotR film sites are explored in these case studies. The cultural landscapes portrayed in the films are a combination of actors' performances, narratives in the plot, film sets and digitally generated images. New Zealand's landscapes were used as geography, metaphor and spectacle as part of the narrative. This study determined that Hobbiton, Rivendell and Edoras were the three main iconic landscapes of the films. The findings show that the more perfect the representation of hyper-reality in the tours, the higher the satisfaction and the more enhanced the tourist experience. Filmic tourists desire to step into the film set and to be part of the film when re-enacting film scenes. In addition, guides integrate stories about the challenge of filmmaking or behind-the-scenes' anecdotes, which served to enhance the fascination and 'authenticity' of the experience. There is still a need for more information and support to ensure high quality interpretation and guiding given the importance of these aspects in mediating tourist experience and informing resultant levels of satisfaction. By better understanding how filmic tourists experience these cultural landscapes, tourism operators and destination marketers can better meet expectations, thereby expanding the beneficial effects of film tourism on destinations.</p>

scholarly journals Cultural Representation of New Zealand's Landscapes in the Films of The Lord of the Rings and its Implications for Tourism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Daniela Carl
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Lord Of The Rings ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Box Office ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Tourist Experience ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Filmic images influence how we see the world and filmic tourists visit places to experience the image they have seen on the screen. New Zealand is an example of a destination that has embraced the relationship between film and tourism. Through its box-office success and the associated tourist promotions, The Lord of the Rings (TLotR) film trilogy has exposed New Zealand's landscapes to a global audience of potential travellers. This study analyses the landscape portrayal in the first and second film of TLotR and filmic tourists' experiences of these landscapes. As with many other film tourism destinations, the screen locations are a mix of real landscapes, film sets, and digital enhancements. Thus, the tourist will not necessarily be able to experience the landscapes of the films. This results in implications regarding the sustainability of film tourism and tourism management. The study employed an overall interpretive approach to analyse the landscape portrayal in the films and filmic tourists' experiences. Triangulation was used to reveal iconic landscapes of the films. Empirical research was undertaken with three tourism operators offering TLotR themed products: a half-day tour of the Hobbiton location in Matamata, a half-day jeep safari tour around Queenstown, and a multi-day tour of 'New Zealand as Middle-earth' for TLotR enthusiasts. Filmic tourists' experiences of former TLotR film sites are explored in these case studies. The cultural landscapes portrayed in the films are a combination of actors' performances, narratives in the plot, film sets and digitally generated images. New Zealand's landscapes were used as geography, metaphor and spectacle as part of the narrative. This study determined that Hobbiton, Rivendell and Edoras were the three main iconic landscapes of the films. The findings show that the more perfect the representation of hyper-reality in the tours, the higher the satisfaction and the more enhanced the tourist experience. Filmic tourists desire to step into the film set and to be part of the film when re-enacting film scenes. In addition, guides integrate stories about the challenge of filmmaking or behind-the-scenes' anecdotes, which served to enhance the fascination and 'authenticity' of the experience. There is still a need for more information and support to ensure high quality interpretation and guiding given the importance of these aspects in mediating tourist experience and informing resultant levels of satisfaction. By better understanding how filmic tourists experience these cultural landscapes, tourism operators and destination marketers can better meet expectations, thereby expanding the beneficial effects of film tourism on destinations.</p>

EARLY IMMERSION EDUCATION IN IRELAND: NA NAIONRAI.Tina Hickey. Dublin: Institiuid Teangeolaiochta Eireann, 1997. Pp. v + 219. Pp. x + 438. Ir£ 10 cloth.

1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-160
Author(s):  
Vera Regan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Comprehensive Account ◽  
Immersion Experience ◽  
Immersion Education

Hickey's volume is a welcome addition to the already important body of literature on the immersion experience. This comprehensive account of preschool immersion education in Ireland provides interesting insights into areas not previously looked at. Although its focus is on Ireland, its relevance is universal and it compares the Irish experience to similar ones in New Zealand, Catalonia, Canada, and Wales.

scholarly journals Reflective Thoughts on Teaching the Future of Tourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-322
Author(s):  
Ian Yeoman ◽  
Una McMahon-Beattie
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Teaching Philosophy ◽  
Policy Planning ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Introductory Paper ◽  
Political Economic

This reflective paper considers how Dr. Ian Yeoman teaches futures studies and scenario planning to tourism students across several undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. It is based on his teaching philosophy of visualization, authenticity, problem-based learning, scaffolding, and his understanding of how students negotiate their own learning. The paper examines the approach taken in three papers, where Yeoman is the primary lecturer. As part of the bachelor of tourism management degree, two papers are taught. TOUR104 is a first-year introductory paper addressing how the drivers and trends in the macro-environment influence tourism from a political, economic, social, technology, and environmental perspective. TOUR301 is a third-year paper that aims to help students develop the skills and knowledge necessary to understand and critically analyze tourism public policy, planning, and processes primarily within New Zealand. TOUR413 is a scenario planning paper, applied in a tourism context and taught to students in postgraduate programs. The contribution this paper makes is in its demonstration of the link between teaching philosophy and student learning, the challenges students encounter with futures thinking in a problem-based learning environment and the evolution of the papers.

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