Graduate Field Course: Northern Tourism in Practice
The course will expand, deepen and integrate knowledge of tourism and tourism development in the North through the planning and implementation of a project in a circumpolar north destination.
Application of the course: The coordinators at the partner universities should
nominate their students for this course by email to the course coordinator Kaarina Tervo-Kankare.
Last nomination day is August 31, 2024.
Admission requirements: In order to receive Nordplus grant (to cover travelexpenses), applicants must be degree students in one of the Nordic partner universities. Admission to the course by students outside partner universities may be restricted.
For more information please contact the course coordinator.
Coordinators at partner universities:
Nipissing University - Patrick Maher (ptmaher@nipissingu.ca)
UiT the Arctic University of Norway - Bente Heimtun (bente.heimtun@uit.no)
Umeå University - Linda Lundmark (linda.lundmark@umu.se)
University of Oulu - Jarkko Saarinen (jarkko.saarinen@oulu.fi)
University of Iceland - Hans Welling (hwelling@hi.is)
Vancouver Island University - Suzanne de la Barre (suzanne.delabarre@viu.ca)
Aalborg Univeristy - Carina Ren (ren@ikl.aau.dk)
University of Lapland - Kaarina Tervo-Kankare (kaarina.tervokankare@ulapland.fi)
Course description
The master students focusing on northern tourism, as experts and developers of future tourism, when graduated will work in an era in which diverse threats manifest, and which calls for critical examination of tourism. To better prepare for the future work, in this field course we ask "How should we (re)think and communicate tourism in the era of climate emergency?"
During the field course, we will focus on issues related to climate change preparation and adaptation in tourism areas in collaboration with local stakeholders.
The course consists of a pre-work related to familiarising oneself with climate emergency and tourism - as well as scientific storytelling, empirical work done during the field course, and of an individual development plan, which is based on the work conducted during the field course week.
At the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- Identify stakeholders and networks engaged in tourism development in a
Circumpolar north context. - Identify research themes relevant to the field course destination.
- Collect data required to fulfil the requirements of the field course project.
- Design and conduct a small-scale tourism development research project.
- Conduct information and data collecting relevant to the topics of the course and the field course destination.
- Assess the tourist experience potential in terms of both the natural and cultural resources and amenities of the case study location.
- Communicate research findings.
- Critically reflect on research ethics in the north.
University of Arctic Masters Focus on Northern Tourism.
The course is part of the University of the Arctic Masters Focus on Northern Tourism, a sequence of three interdiciplinary courses related to the Arctic undertaken in an existing master degree. For more information see (https://www.uarctic.org/organization/thematicnetworks/northern-tourism/northern-tourism-courses/).
For further information contact course coordinator Kaarina Tervo-Kankare
(kaarina.tervo-kankare@ulapland.fi)
Course details
| Academic level(s) | PhD |
|---|---|
| Country | Finland |
| Language of instruction | |
| Institution | University of Lapland |
| Begin date | 28.10.2024 |
| End date | 01.11.2024 |
| Registration deadline | 31.08.2024 |
| ECTS credits | 10.0 |
| Field school | No |
| Fields of study | Travel, tourism and leisure |
| Teaching place | Pyhä-Luosto national park, Finland |
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