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ADVENTURE CONFERENCE 16th/ 17th February 2012
New: Confirmed Programme of Speakers
“Meanings, markets and magic”
2012 Adventure Conference
Dates: 16th/17th February 2012
Venue: The Lime Tree Hotel, Fort William
The Centre for Recreation and Tourism Research, at the School of Adventure Studies, West Highland College UHI (http://www.whc.uhi.ac.uk/school-adventure-studies), and Lochaber Outdoor Learning Partnership are pleased to announce that they are now taking bookings for the 2012 Adventure Conference.
The conference aims to bring together leading academics, entrepreneurs and practitioners working in the outdoor adventure world to exchange ideas and confront the issues emerging for this exciting and distinctive niche of leisure, tourism and education in the early 21st century. Dr Paul Beedie and Dr Carl Cater, both leading academics in the adventure tourism sector, are the keynote speakers. We are delighted to welcome speakers from across the globe – from Greece to Canada and from New Zealand to Nepal.
This event will take place on the 16th/17th February 2012 in Fort William, Scotland under the shadow of Ben Nevis on the west coast of Scotland. It has been rescheduled to coincide with the Fort William Mountain Festival (http://www.mountainfilmfestival.co.uk/) taking place from 16th to 19th February. The Festival is a wonderful celebration of Scottish mountain culture and brings together a range of adventure workshops, films and presentations from some of the world’s foremost adventurers, as well as the Best of Banff World Tour.
Draft Programme
February 16th
9.00 – 9.30 Registration
9.30 – 9.45 Chair’s Welcome: Dr Peter Varley, University of the Highlands and Islands
9.45 – 10.30 Keynote Speaker: Meaning of adventure - Dr Carl Cater, University of Aberystwyth
10.30 – 11.30 Presentations
1. The Disneyization of adventure - Dr Simon Beames, University of Edinburgh
2. The ‘habitus of adventure’: Constructing narratives to attain symbolic capital - Dr Peter Varley and Dr Steve Taylor, West Highland College UHI
11.30 – 11.45 Refreshment Break
11.45 – 13.15 Presentations
1. The wild side of Scotland – Caroline Warburton, Wild Scotland
2. Personal emotional journeys associated with adventure activities on packaged mountaineering holidays - Gill Pomfret, Sheffield Hallam University
3. Adventure education: A limiting or liberating educational endeavour? - Dr Mike Brown, University of Waikato, New Zealand
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch and Networking
14.00 – 15.00 Presentations:
1. Understanding rafting guides: Occupational devotees or lifestylers? – Dr Sandro Carnicelli Filho, University of the West of Scotland
2. Redefining and refinding femininity in the outdoors - Roanne Finch, West Highland College UHI
15.00 – 15.15 Refreshment Break
15.15 – 16.45 Workshop Session: Market trends: An innovative and creative response for adventure tourism professionals – Prof Terry Stevens, Stevens & Associates
16.45 Close
19.00 Conference Dinner – The Lime Tree Hotel, with traditional Scottish music
February 17th
9.15 Chair’s Welcome
9.15 – 10.00 Keynote Speaker: The Adventure enigma: An analysis of mountain based adventure tourism in Britain - Dr Paul Beedie, University of Bedfordshire
10.00 – 11.30 Presentations:
1. The good, the bad and the totally useless: An analysis of adventure marketing in Ireland– Prof Toni Bauer, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany
2. The demise of the outdoor apprenticeship - Dr Ashley Hardwell, Leeds Metropolitan University
3. “Our Brand is in their Hands” – The changing role of guiding in the adventure travel industry - Myles Farnbank, Wilderness Scotland
11.30 – 11.45 Refreshment Break
11.45 – 13.15 1. Trekking and Mountaineering in Nepal – Min Prasad Mamichhane, Durbar Travel and Tours, Kathmandu, Nepal
2. TBA – Dr Patrick Maher, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
3. Adventure and experience in human resource development –Dr Niki Phillips, Hellenic Open University, Greece
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch and Networking
14.00 – 16.00 Presentations
1. Recovering the forgotten ground: Narratives of slow adventure - Tristan Semple, West Highland College UHI
2. Profiling adventure tourists in Pretoria: A comparative analysis - Melissa Lötter, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
3. Landscape Observatory: An alternative approach to the solo experience and facilitating landscape appreciation - Paul Welham, University of Cumbria
4. A review of the current literature on female adventure tourist - Adele Doran, Harper-Adams University College
16.00 Chair’s Closing Address and Refreshments
The two-day conference costs £250, including conference dinner and a free ticket for the Mountain Festival event on the evening of the 17th, in which Bob Shepton will be recounting his breathtaking sailing and big wall climbing expedition to Greenland. Students and industry practitioners are eligible for a reduced rate of £100, or £75 for one day.
Bookings
To book a place at the conference, please visit: http://webserver1.uhi.ac.uk:8080/whc/adventure-conference-2012/booking
For further information please contact: Dr Steve Taylor
West Highland College UHI - Fort William Campus
01397 874217 | www.whc.uhi.ac.uk | steve.taylor@whc.uhi.ac.uk
