All Outputs (5)

Managing cultural tourism in post-conflict areas: the Kurdistan Federal Region, Iraq (2017)
Journal Article
Braim, K., McCabe, S., Rickly, J. M., & Gadi, M. (2017). Managing cultural tourism in post-conflict areas: the Kurdistan Federal Region, Iraq. Tourism Today: The Journal of the College of Tourism and Hotel Management, 111-130

Conflict and post-conflict areas often suffer several challenges regarding tourism development owing to poor infrastructure, low investment, a lack of appropriate tourism management planning, and poor implementation mechanisms. Much research has been... Read More about Managing cultural tourism in post-conflict areas: the Kurdistan Federal Region, Iraq.

Self-care for the researcher: dark tourism in Varanasi, India (2017)
Journal Article
Sharma, N., & Rickly, J. M. (2018). Self-care for the researcher: dark tourism in Varanasi, India. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 18(1), 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2017.1403801

Dark tourism is a popular niche of tourism that allows tourists to come into close proximity with death, atrocity, and the macabre, and therefore has the potential to be an emotional and even traumatic encounter for tourists. While this context has i... Read More about Self-care for the researcher: dark tourism in Varanasi, India.

“They all have a different vibe”: a rhythmanalysis of climbing mobilities and the Red River Gorge as place (2017)
Journal Article
Rickly, J. (2017). “They all have a different vibe”: a rhythmanalysis of climbing mobilities and the Red River Gorge as place. Tourist Studies, 17(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797617717637

This paper integrates a mobilities perspective and Lefebvre’s notion of rhythmanalysis as a means interrogate place as an entanglement of mobilities, moorings, and rhythms. By investigating one popular rock climbing destination, this paper demonstrat... Read More about “They all have a different vibe”: a rhythmanalysis of climbing mobilities and the Red River Gorge as place.

Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism (2017)
Journal Article
Rickly, J., & Vidon, E. S. (in press). Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1284856

This paper examines the discourses of authenticity and ethics used among adventure tourists regarding the use of the natural environment. In one case, full-time traveling rock climbers use their dedication to the sport and annual visits to the Red Ri... Read More about Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism.

“I’m a Red River local”: rock climbing mobilities and community hospitalities (2017)
Journal Article
Rickly, J. (2017). “I’m a Red River local”: rock climbing mobilities and community hospitalities. Tourist Studies, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797616685648

With individuals continually on the move, mobility fosters constellations of places at which individuals collectively moor and perform community. By focusing on one climbing destination – the Red River Gorge – this paper works across scales to highli... Read More about “I’m a Red River local”: rock climbing mobilities and community hospitalities.