Podcasts about heritage tourism

This week's episode fits the Halloween theme. Spooky places, historical sites, and digital narratives. In this episode, Scott is joined by Nicole Basaraba, Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities at Trinity College in Dublin. They discuss topics such as cultural heritage research and dark tourism.    References Basaraba, Nicole. 2023. “The Rise of Paranormal Investigations as Virtual Dark Tourism on YouTube.” Journal of Heritage Tourism 19(2): 287–309. doi:10.1080/1743873X.2023.2268746.  Basaraba, Nicole. 2022. Transmedia Narratives for Cultural Heritage: Remixing History. Routledge.  Sam and Colby. 2014. Sam and Colby. YouTube. [YouTube Channel]. YouTube. Retrieved October 24, 2024, from https://www.youtube.com/c/samandcolby/about.  Sam and Colby. 2021. Our Demonic Encounter at Haunted Sallie House. YouTube. 1 hr., 10 min. Retrieved October 24, 2024, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqwiR871KU.  

Winner of Giveaway of Pranav's book - Kunal Sachdev This week, The Musafir Stories speaks to author and content creator, Aakash Mehrotra as he takes us to his hometown of Allahabad of the yesteryears, now known as Prayagraj! Today's destination: Allahabad, UP! Nearest Airport: Prayagraj Airport (IXD) Nearest Railway Station: Prayagraj Railway station, PRYJ Packing: Pack depending on the weather, winters are cold and summers are hot and humid! Time of the year: Feb-Mar, or during the Kumbh if you have a chance! Length of the itinerary: 4-5 days Itinerary Highlights: Aakash covers a short history and mythological significance of Allahabad, formerly known as Prayag and currently known as Prayagraj, the home to the confluence of the 3 rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. We also cover other influences on the city including the Mughal period and the origin of the Ganga Jamuni tehzeeb as well as the British period and the strategic location of the city. Important places to visit include the sangam, Allahabad fort, Civil lines and the british architecture, Khusro Bagh, Anand Bhavan, Swaraj Bhavan, Azad park, State Museum, Minto park, Allahabad University, All Saints Cathedral, Alopi devi temple, Kalbhairav temple, Lete Hanuman temple, Nag Vasuki temple, Jhusi fort of Chaupat Raja, Shankar Viman temple, Muni Bharadwaj's ashram. We also touch upon the literary connection of Allahabad including the Allahabad university and some of the popular hindi writers and poets including Sumitranandan Pant, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Harivanshrai Bachchan, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Kailash Gautam, Yash Malviya, Mahadevi Varma, Akbar Allahabadi to name a few. We also visit some of the important cuisines and foods one should try while in Allahabad including chaat like khasta and dum aloo, poor ke samosa, aaloo samosa, gajak, kali gajar ka halwa, malai makkhan, til ka laddoo, mughlai dishes, dahi jalebi, amrood, kandmool. Links: Link to Aakash's book: The Other Guy - https://www.amazon.in/Other-Guy-Aakash-Mehrotra/dp/9352017609 Link to Aakahs's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aakashmehrotra/ Link to Aakash's blog: https://handofcolors.in/ Link to episode on Nagaland: https://open.spotify.com/episode/26TT57iSuUu5iGXGjOCtPL?si=1qLlPkemRJ2eOA17I7Bx2Q Link to episode on Landour: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jyTU9Q4fQK8AIkB0mBqbM?si=VhOwfvL-T8-XiLjg7IuneQ Link to episode on Pragpur and Garli: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PRTJBAwq50iebqS7L5XYM?si=b-d-sjX8Ttasum8lBQhHCA Photo by Shubhanshu Prajapati on Unsplash Follow the Musafir stories on: Twitter : https://twitter.com/musafirstories?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themusafirstories/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musafirstoriespodcast/?hl=en website: http://www.themusafirstories.com email: themusafirstories@gmail.com Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media. We are @‌IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Gaana, Amazon Music Do share the word with your folks!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Gastronomica's Krishnendu Ray talks with Sean Wyer about the 21st century transformation of Rome's Jewish Quarter. Drawing on his latest research, recently published in Gastronomica, Sean considers how a range of factors – from heritage tourism and cosmopolitan innovation to religious dietary laws and diasporic migration – helped shape Jewish-Roman cuisine and the evolving character of a historic neighborhood.Gastronomica is Powered by Simplecast.

Author Paul Berton discusses his new book "Misfortune & Fame" (10 Reasons Don't Want To Be Rich or Famous, with anecdotes and facts about the perils of fame and fortune. David Leonard of Doors Open Ontario tells us what's open IRL and online as Heritage Tourism takes off in Ontario, and Take 5 With RBC looks at student fraud we might want to warn our grandkids about.

Welcome to a captivating episode of "The Truth in This Art"! Join host Rob Lee as he engages in a meaningful conversation with the innovative and passionate Shauntee Daniels, the Executive Director of the Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), a distinguished region that celebrates historic structures, cultural traditions, and unique patterns of history.In this episode, we explore:- Shauntee Daniels' inspiring journey as an advocate for heritage tourism and promoting Black history and cultural heritage.- A comprehensive understanding of heritage areas, with a focus on BNHA's pivotal role in preserving Baltimore's rich past and promoting cultural development.- BNHA's impactful initiatives, including guided walking tours and grants that encourage tourism and historic preservation.Join us for an insightful exploration of Shauntee Daniels' journey at BNHA, the significance of heritage areas, and the profound impact of promoting cultural heritage through heritage tourism.

What is historic preservation and how can any resident or visitor be a part of it? Arizona's State Historic Preservation Officer, Kathryn Leonard, joins us on the show to share. We discuss the many sides of historic preservation, from the ideological perspective of anchoring us to our past and providing tangible ways for future generations to understand it, all the way to the practical side, including laws, tax breaks, economic benefits, and more.As far as who can be a part of preservation efforts? If you find value in a sense of place (and who doesn't?), congratulations! Kathryn makes the case that this is all you need to be a preservationist.Check out the links mentioned during this episode:State Historic Preservation Office website, AZStateParks.com/shpoHistoric Preservation Tax Incentive ProgramState Historic Preservation Office's social mediaAnnual Historic Preservation Conference: AZPreservation.org/conferenceBimonthly preservation book clubArizona Preservation Foundation webinarsOsterman Gas Station on this year's listing of 11 Most Endangered Historic PlacesThe preservation success story of Camp Naco

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the Iowa Sociability Caravan that will take place a few days before the Jefferson Highway Associaiton Conference held June 7-10, 2023 in Mason City, Iowa. This special driving event will be similar to historic caravans of old. It begins in Lamoni, Iowa on the morning of Monday, June 5th and will have subsequent overnight stays in Des Moines and Iowa Falls before arrival in Mason City on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 7th. The tour will include visiting JH sites and communities in Iowa and will be designed to bring further awareness to the JH byway and its future as a Heritage Tourism portal. Full details: https://www.jeffersonhighway.org/Featured Guests:- Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association- Diana Thies - Executive Director of Iowa Falls Chamber Main Street: https://iowafallschamber.com/- Jim Hamman - Iowa Falls Historian- Ashleigh Eckels - Executive Director of Osceola Chamber Main Street: https://theosceolachamber.com/- Evon Sallee - The Hotel Osceola (formerly Arlington-Howe Hotel that was built in 1884): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089245389879Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of Big Blend Radio's "Jefferson Highway" Show focuses on the Iowa Sociability Caravan that will take place a few days before the Jefferson Highway Associaiton Conference held June 7-10, 2023 in Mason City, Iowa. This special driving event will be similar to historic caravans of old. It begins in Lamoni, Iowa on the morning of Monday, June 5th and will have subsequent overnight stays in Des Moines and Iowa Falls before arrival in Mason City on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 7th. The tour will include visiting JH sites and communities in Iowa and will be designed to bring further awareness to the JH byway and its future as a Heritage Tourism portal. Full details: https://www.jeffersonhighway.org/Featured Guests:- Roger Bell, President of the Jefferson Highway Association- Diana Thies - Executive Director of Iowa Falls Chamber Main Street: https://iowafallschamber.com/- Jim Hamman - Iowa Falls Historian- Ashleigh Eckels - Executive Director of Osceola Chamber Main Street: https://theosceolachamber.com/- Evon Sallee - The Hotel Osceola (formerly Arlington-Howe Hotel that was built in 1884): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089245389879Created by the Jefferson Highway Association which was originally founded in 1915, the Jefferson Highway is an international highway, also known as "The Pines to the Palms Highway," that runs from Winnipeg, Canada to New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more at: https://jeffersonhighway.org/Special thanks to the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau who represent Louisiana's Oldest City, which is also on the Jefferson Highway. See: https://www.natchitoches.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the New Books in Japanese Studies, a channel of the New Books Network. I am your host: Ran Zwigenberg, a historian of Japan at Penn State. Today I will be talking to Jennifer Prough about her book Kyoto Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Contemporary Japan, which came out with the University of Hawaii Press this year (2022). With me today is Dr. Daniel Milne of Kyoto University, who is co-organizing with me our own project on Kyoto heritage and history. Kyoto Revisited looks at the uses and effects of heritage in tourism in Kyoto today seen through city policy and advertising, hotel infrastructure and tour guiding, season-based events, tourism to sites connected to the Bakumatsu-period hero Sakamoto Ryoma, and the phenomenon of walking in rental kimono. Emphasizing the ways experience-based tourism has been transforming Kyoto's tourist landscape, Prough examines how heritage has been understood, marketed, and experienced by both the tourist “industry” and domestic and international tourists. Heritage, Prough argues have multiple meanings. These meanings are created as “interested parties—state and local, public, and private—tell different stories about the past,” which are marketed in response to tourists' desire for face-to-face engagement in an experience economy. Through interviewing long-term tour guides and revealing the traces of past tourism forms in hotels and other tourist infrastructure, among other methodologies, Kyoto Revisited explores the local impact of global and national shifts in tourism on Kyoto's domestic and international tourism industry from the 1970s to the COVID era. Prough's period of fieldwork neatly overlapped with a rapid escalation in foreign tourist numbers to the city, with growing calls to address overtourism, and the current crisis in tourism with Japan closed to tourists. The book thus provides important insight into Kyoto during a decade of the biggest transitions in international tourism to the city in the last half century. Kyoto Revisited, thus, demonstrates not only how the past has been used to construct the city's identity and shape understandings of Japan for travelers, but also how these speak to broader trends in our contemporary moment. Ran Zwigenberg is an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Kyoto Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Contemporary Japan (U Hawaii Press, 2022) looks at the uses and effects of heritage in tourism in Kyoto today seen through city policy and advertising, hotel infrastructure and tour guiding, season-based events, tourism to sites connected to the Bakumatsu-period hero Sakamoto Ryoma, and the phenomenon of walking in rental kimono. Emphasizing the ways experience-based tourism has been transforming Kyoto's tourist landscape, Prough examines how heritage has been understood, marketed, and experienced by both the tourist “industry” and domestic and international tourists. Heritage, Prough argues have multiple meanings. These meanings are created as “interested parties—state and local, public, and private—tell different stories about the past,” which are marketed in response to tourists' desire for face-to-face engagement in an experience economy. Through interviewing long-term tour guides and revealing the traces of past tourism forms in hotels and other tourist infrastructure, among other methodologies, Kyoto Revisited explores the local impact of global and national shifts in tourism on Kyoto's domestic and international tourism industry from the 1970s to the COVID era. Prough's period of fieldwork neatly overlapped with a rapid escalation in foreign tourist numbers to the city, with growing calls to address overtourism, and the current crisis in tourism with Japan closed to tourists. The book thus provides important insight into Kyoto during a decade of the biggest transitions in international tourism to the city in the last half century. Kyoto Revisited, thus, demonstrates not only how the past has been used to construct the city's identity and shape understandings of Japan for travelers, but also how these speak to broader trends in our contemporary moment. Ran Zwigenberg is an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Welcome to the New Books in Japanese Studies, a channel of the New Books Network. I am your host: Ran Zwigenberg, a historian of Japan at Penn State. Today I will be talking to Jennifer Prough about her book Kyoto Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Contemporary Japan, which came out with the University of Hawaii Press this year (2022). With me today is Dr. Daniel Milne of Kyoto University, who is co-organizing with me our own project on Kyoto heritage and history. Kyoto Revisited looks at the uses and effects of heritage in tourism in Kyoto today seen through city policy and advertising, hotel infrastructure and tour guiding, season-based events, tourism to sites connected to the Bakumatsu-period hero Sakamoto Ryoma, and the phenomenon of walking in rental kimono. Emphasizing the ways experience-based tourism has been transforming Kyoto's tourist landscape, Prough examines how heritage has been understood, marketed, and experienced by both the tourist “industry” and domestic and international tourists. Heritage, Prough argues have multiple meanings. These meanings are created as “interested parties—state and local, public, and private—tell different stories about the past,” which are marketed in response to tourists' desire for face-to-face engagement in an experience economy. Through interviewing long-term tour guides and revealing the traces of past tourism forms in hotels and other tourist infrastructure, among other methodologies, Kyoto Revisited explores the local impact of global and national shifts in tourism on Kyoto's domestic and international tourism industry from the 1970s to the COVID era. Prough's period of fieldwork neatly overlapped with a rapid escalation in foreign tourist numbers to the city, with growing calls to address overtourism, and the current crisis in tourism with Japan closed to tourists. The book thus provides important insight into Kyoto during a decade of the biggest transitions in international tourism to the city in the last half century. Kyoto Revisited, thus, demonstrates not only how the past has been used to construct the city's identity and shape understandings of Japan for travelers, but also how these speak to broader trends in our contemporary moment. Ran Zwigenberg is an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Welcome to the New Books in Japanese Studies, a channel of the New Books Network. I am your host: Ran Zwigenberg, a historian of Japan at Penn State. Today I will be talking to Jennifer Prough about her book Kyoto Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Contemporary Japan, which came out with the University of Hawaii Press this year (2022). With me today is Dr. Daniel Milne of Kyoto University, who is co-organizing with me our own project on Kyoto heritage and history. Kyoto Revisited looks at the uses and effects of heritage in tourism in Kyoto today seen through city policy and advertising, hotel infrastructure and tour guiding, season-based events, tourism to sites connected to the Bakumatsu-period hero Sakamoto Ryoma, and the phenomenon of walking in rental kimono. Emphasizing the ways experience-based tourism has been transforming Kyoto's tourist landscape, Prough examines how heritage has been understood, marketed, and experienced by both the tourist “industry” and domestic and international tourists. Heritage, Prough argues have multiple meanings. These meanings are created as “interested parties—state and local, public, and private—tell different stories about the past,” which are marketed in response to tourists' desire for face-to-face engagement in an experience economy. Through interviewing long-term tour guides and revealing the traces of past tourism forms in hotels and other tourist infrastructure, among other methodologies, Kyoto Revisited explores the local impact of global and national shifts in tourism on Kyoto's domestic and international tourism industry from the 1970s to the COVID era. Prough's period of fieldwork neatly overlapped with a rapid escalation in foreign tourist numbers to the city, with growing calls to address overtourism, and the current crisis in tourism with Japan closed to tourists. The book thus provides important insight into Kyoto during a decade of the biggest transitions in international tourism to the city in the last half century. Kyoto Revisited, thus, demonstrates not only how the past has been used to construct the city's identity and shape understandings of Japan for travelers, but also how these speak to broader trends in our contemporary moment. Ran Zwigenberg is an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyoto Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Contemporary Japan (U Hawaii Press, 2022) looks at the uses and effects of heritage in tourism in Kyoto today seen through city policy and advertising, hotel infrastructure and tour guiding, season-based events, tourism to sites connected to the Bakumatsu-period hero Sakamoto Ryoma, and the phenomenon of walking in rental kimono. Emphasizing the ways experience-based tourism has been transforming Kyoto's tourist landscape, Prough examines how heritage has been understood, marketed, and experienced by both the tourist “industry” and domestic and international tourists. Heritage, Prough argues have multiple meanings. These meanings are created as “interested parties—state and local, public, and private—tell different stories about the past,” which are marketed in response to tourists' desire for face-to-face engagement in an experience economy. Through interviewing long-term tour guides and revealing the traces of past tourism forms in hotels and other tourist infrastructure, among other methodologies, Kyoto Revisited explores the local impact of global and national shifts in tourism on Kyoto's domestic and international tourism industry from the 1970s to the COVID era. Prough's period of fieldwork neatly overlapped with a rapid escalation in foreign tourist numbers to the city, with growing calls to address overtourism, and the current crisis in tourism with Japan closed to tourists. The book thus provides important insight into Kyoto during a decade of the biggest transitions in international tourism to the city in the last half century. Kyoto Revisited, thus, demonstrates not only how the past has been used to construct the city's identity and shape understandings of Japan for travelers, but also how these speak to broader trends in our contemporary moment. Ran Zwigenberg is an associate professor at Pennsylvania State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/japanese-studies

As one of the world's fastest growing industries, heritage tourism is surrounded by political and ethical issues. This research explores the social and political effects and implications of heritage tourism through several pertinent topics. It examines the hegemonic power of heritage tourism and its consequences, the spectre of nationalism and colonialism in heritage-making, particularly for minorities and indigenous peoples, and the paradox of heritage tourism's role in combating these issues. Drawing from global cases, the study addresses a range of approaches and challenges of empowerment within the context of heritage tourism, including cultural landscapes, intangible heritage and eco-museums. The research argues that heritage tourism has the potential to develop as a form of co-production. It can be used to create a mechanism for community-centred governance that integrates recognition and interpretation and promotes dialogue, equity and diversity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

As one of the world's fastest growing industries, heritage tourism is surrounded by political and ethical issues. Yujie Zhu's Heritage Tourism: From Problems to Possibilities (Cambridge UP, 2021) explores the social and political effects and implications of heritage tourism through several pertinent topics. It examines the hegemonic power of heritage tourism and its consequences, the spectre of nationalism and colonialism in heritage-making, particularly for minorities and indigenous peoples, and the paradox of heritage tourism's role in combating these issues. Drawing from global cases, the study addresses a range of approaches and challenges of empowerment within the context of heritage tourism, including cultural landscapes, intangible heritage and eco-museums. The research argues that heritage tourism has the potential to develop as a form of co-production. It can be used to create a mechanism for community-centred governance that integrates recognition and interpretation and promotes dialogue, equity and diversity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

As one of the world's fastest growing industries, heritage tourism is surrounded by political and ethical issues. Yujie Zhu's Heritage Tourism: From Problems to Possibilities (Cambridge UP, 2021) explores the social and political effects and implications of heritage tourism through several pertinent topics. It examines the hegemonic power of heritage tourism and its consequences, the spectre of nationalism and colonialism in heritage-making, particularly for minorities and indigenous peoples, and the paradox of heritage tourism's role in combating these issues. Drawing from global cases, the study addresses a range of approaches and challenges of empowerment within the context of heritage tourism, including cultural landscapes, intangible heritage and eco-museums. The research argues that heritage tourism has the potential to develop as a form of co-production. It can be used to create a mechanism for community-centred governance that integrates recognition and interpretation and promotes dialogue, equity and diversity.

Focusing on Thomas Paine's history between England and America, this episode of Big Blend Radio's Way Back When History Show features Glynn Burrows, family history expert and owner Norfolk Tours. Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. Read Glynn's article here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/thomas-paine-from-england-to-america-and-back/ Glynn appears on Big Blend Radio, every fourth Saturday.

Sandra Howard is the Executive Director of Medellín Convention & Visitors Bureau. For five years she led Colombia's public policies and sustainable tourism development strategies as Vice-minister of Tourism under President Juan Manuel Santos. She served as State Secretary of Education and Culture, and also as Governor of the Colombia Island Archipelago of San Andres and Providencia, where she was born. She is an Associate of Beyond Green Travel, a sustainable tourism firm. Her commitment to the promotion of sustainable tourism as a way to address poverty alleviation, nature conservation, and protecting cultural heritage remains fundamental to her professional work. Sandra has appeared on stage at global events including UNESCO World Heritage Tourism Summit, Small Island Developing States Summit, and Caribbean States Association for Heritage Tourism, among others. In 2015, she was responsible for organizing and co-hosting the 21st UNWTO General Assembly in Colombia, attended by 170 countries. From 2016 to 2018 she also led the Sustainable Tourism Commission of the UNWTO. The International Institute for Peace through Tourism recognized her as one of the World's women empowered in tourism, during ITB Berlin 2018. Besides being a seasoned journalist, tourism administrator, and specialist in cultural management, Sandra is also the mother of Camila and Mariana and a curious traveler. What You Will Learn: How the diversity of culture in her upbringing impacted Sandra's life How the city of Medellin has transformed since the 80s and 90s and is becoming one of the most innovative cities in Latin American Why did Sandra decide to allow her daughters to go back to Colombia with their father while she stayed in the United States What judgments and expectations does society place on mothers, that are not placed on fathers What limitations are put on women in Latin America, and how have things improved for women in Colombia How to Contact Sandra Howard Twitter: https://twitter.com/sahowardt LinkedIn: https://co.linkedin.com/in/sandra-howard-45356aa2

Stories Behind Tennessee Tourism. A Designsensory (https://designsensory.com/) Original Production. Our host and creative director, Joseph Nother, takes you behind the scenes with experts in tourism, creativity, business, technology, and marketing. This edition of the podcast was recorded live at the Governs Conference for Travel and Tourism Murfreesboro, TN, where we spoke with over twenty industry leaders across the state of Tennessee Tourism. Stories Behind TN Tourism is one of many original productions for Designsensory. Designsensory (https://designsensory.com/)is a full-service research, branding, advertising and digital firm based in Knoxville, TN and known all over the world. Visit our site to learn more or drop us a line (https://bestbehavior.fireside.fm/contact).

Since Lady of Palenque aka Yax Ahau Xoc is woefully undocumented, we're learning about Maya society! We're also exploring what contemporary Maya people groups are doing to fight for their land and cultural expressions, while we confront the concept of Heritage Tourism. If the Ancient Aliens are real and you find yourself hurdled back through time and space, this is the episode you don't want to miss! Follow us for more research, fun facts, soundtracks and aesthetic posts. You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter.

When you travel with the intention to connect with your history, your ancestors, your roots... you come to know and understand yourself. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ When you are there, in those places that made you, you learn what you can't learn in books, you see people you've never met and yet you have a sense that you know them, you know their stories, you feel the vibration of the place, you feel you are travelling in time. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ If this speaks to you, join us onboard The Travel Coach this Tuesday at 7pm BST as we speak with Julia Browne, pioneer of Black heritage tourism in France. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ As a founder of the heritage education company Walking The Spirit Tours - Black Paris & Beyond, her Afrocentric tours and customised itineraries have introduced countless travellers, students, and educators to the incredibly rich, yet lesser known, influence of Black history and culture in Europe, the UK, USA, and Canada. ⁠⁠⁠

This episode covers best practices for cross-departmental collaboration as well as the City of Austin’s COVID-19 economic recovery initiatives, robust economic development divisions, place-based economic development strategies, and innovative approach to using data and technology.A note to our listeners: Unfortunately, we experienced technical difficulties while recording this episode—about 15 minutes in, we lost all audio for our host, Nigel Griswold. We’ve gone back and added in new audio for Nigel; however, because of this, the flow of conversation might occasionally feel disjointed. Thank you for understanding!About Veronica BriseñoVeronica is the Chief Economic Recovery Officer and Director of the Economic Development Department for the City of Austin, Texas.Veronica Briseño has served the City of Austin in various roles since 1999. Currently, she is the City of Austin’s Chief Economic Recovery Officer, responsible for identifying and implementing strategies to help Austin’s economy recover from the unprecedented health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also serves as Director for the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department, which engages business and creatives in Austin through its six divisions: Cultural Arts, Global Business Expansion, Heritage Tourism, Music & Entertainment, Redevelopment, and Small Business. In addition, she is currently serving as the Interim President/CEO for the Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC). Prior to these positions, Veronica served as the City of Austin’s Interim Homeless Strategy Officer and held several progressively responsible positions at City of Austin’s Small & Minority Business Resources (SMBR) Department, including Director, Assistant Director, and Certification and Administration Manager. Prior to SMBR, she was a Policy Aide to former Austin City Council Member Raul Alvarez and the City Council Agenda Manager in the City of Austin’s City Manager’s Office. Veronica currently serves on the Board of Directors for Workforce Solutions Capital Area and LifeWorks. She previously served on boards for the Austin Metro YMCA, PeopleFund and Mission Capital. When it comes to professional engagement, Veronica serves as Past President of the Local Government Hispanic Network (LGHN), a national organization that promotes inclusiveness of Latinos in local government. She also co-founded and co-chairs Woman to Woman, a City of Austin employee affiliation group for women. Previously she served on the board of the Austin Hispanic/Latino Network in many roles, including President. She earned her Master of Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, as well as undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Government from The University of Texas at Austin.

This episode covers best practices for cross-departmental collaboration as well as the City of Austin’s COVID-19 economic recovery initiatives, robust economic development divisions, place-based economic development strategies, and innovative approach to using data and technology.A note to our listeners: Unfortunately, we experienced technical difficulties while recording this episode—about 15 minutes in, we lost all audio for our host, Nigel Griswold. We’ve gone back and added in new audio for Nigel; however, because of this, the flow of conversation might occasionally feel disjointed. Thank you for understanding!About Veronica BriseñoVeronica is the Chief Economic Recovery Officer and Director of the Economic Development Department for the City of Austin, Texas.Veronica Briseño has served the City of Austin in various roles since 1999. Currently, she is the City of Austin’s Chief Economic Recovery Officer, responsible for identifying and implementing strategies to help Austin’s economy recover from the unprecedented health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also serves as Director for the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department, which engages business and creatives in Austin through its six divisions: Cultural Arts, Global Business Expansion, Heritage Tourism, Music & Entertainment, Redevelopment, and Small Business. In addition, she is currently serving as the Interim President/CEO for the Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC). Prior to these positions, Veronica served as the City of Austin’s Interim Homeless Strategy Officer and held several progressively responsible positions at City of Austin’s Small & Minority Business Resources (SMBR) Department, including Director, Assistant Director, and Certification and Administration Manager. Prior to SMBR, she was a Policy Aide to former Austin City Council Member Raul Alvarez and the City Council Agenda Manager in the City of Austin’s City Manager’s Office. Veronica currently serves on the Board of Directors for Workforce Solutions Capital Area and LifeWorks. She previously served on boards for the Austin Metro YMCA, PeopleFund and Mission Capital. When it comes to professional engagement, Veronica serves as Past President of the Local Government Hispanic Network (LGHN), a national organization that promotes inclusiveness of Latinos in local government. She also co-founded and co-chairs Woman to Woman, a City of Austin employee affiliation group for women. Previously she served on the board of the Austin Hispanic/Latino Network in many roles, including President. She earned her Master of Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, as well as undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Government from The University of Texas at Austin.

This episode covers best practices for cross-departmental collaboration as well as the City of Austin’s COVID-19 economic recovery initiatives, robust economic development divisions, place-based economic development strategies, and innovative approach to using data and technology.A note to our listeners: Unfortunately, we experienced technical difficulties while recording this episode—about 15 minutes in, we lost all audio for our host, Nigel Griswold. We’ve gone back and added in new audio for Nigel; however, because of this, the flow of conversation might occasionally feel disjointed. Thank you for understanding!About Veronica BriseñoVeronica is the Chief Economic Recovery Officer and Director of the Economic Development Department for the City of Austin, Texas.Veronica Briseño has served the City of Austin in various roles since 1999. Currently, she is the City of Austin’s Chief Economic Recovery Officer, responsible for identifying and implementing strategies to help Austin’s economy recover from the unprecedented health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also serves as Director for the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department, which engages business and creatives in Austin through its six divisions: Cultural Arts, Global Business Expansion, Heritage Tourism, Music & Entertainment, Redevelopment, and Small Business. In addition, she is currently serving as the Interim President/CEO for the Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC). Prior to these positions, Veronica served as the City of Austin’s Interim Homeless Strategy Officer and held several progressively responsible positions at City of Austin’s Small & Minority Business Resources (SMBR) Department, including Director, Assistant Director, and Certification and Administration Manager. Prior to SMBR, she was a Policy Aide to former Austin City Council Member Raul Alvarez and the City Council Agenda Manager in the City of Austin’s City Manager’s Office. Veronica currently serves on the Board of Directors for Workforce Solutions Capital Area and LifeWorks. She previously served on boards for the Austin Metro YMCA, PeopleFund and Mission Capital. When it comes to professional engagement, Veronica serves as Past President of the Local Government Hispanic Network (LGHN), a national organization that promotes inclusiveness of Latinos in local government. She also co-founded and co-chairs Woman to Woman, a City of Austin employee affiliation group for women. Previously she served on the board of the Austin Hispanic/Latino Network in many roles, including President. She earned her Master of Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, as well as undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Government from The University of Texas at Austin.

This episode covers best practices for cross-departmental collaboration as well as the City of Austin’s COVID-19 economic recovery initiatives, robust economic development divisions, place-based economic development strategies, and innovative approach to using data and technology.A note to our listeners: Unfortunately, we experienced technical difficulties while recording this episode—about 15 minutes in, we lost all audio for our host, Nigel Griswold. We’ve gone back and added in new audio for Nigel; however, because of this, the flow of conversation might occasionally feel disjointed. Thank you for understanding!About Veronica BriseñoVeronica is the Chief Economic Recovery Officer and Director of the Economic Development Department for the City of Austin, Texas.Veronica Briseño has served the City of Austin in various roles since 1999. Currently, she is the City of Austin’s Chief Economic Recovery Officer, responsible for identifying and implementing strategies to help Austin’s economy recover from the unprecedented health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also serves as Director for the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department, which engages business and creatives in Austin through its six divisions: Cultural Arts, Global Business Expansion, Heritage Tourism, Music & Entertainment, Redevelopment, and Small Business. In addition, she is currently serving as the Interim President/CEO for the Austin Economic Development Corporation (AEDC). Prior to these positions, Veronica served as the City of Austin’s Interim Homeless Strategy Officer and held several progressively responsible positions at City of Austin’s Small & Minority Business Resources (SMBR) Department, including Director, Assistant Director, and Certification and Administration Manager. Prior to SMBR, she was a Policy Aide to former Austin City Council Member Raul Alvarez and the City Council Agenda Manager in the City of Austin’s City Manager’s Office. Veronica currently serves on the Board of Directors for Workforce Solutions Capital Area and LifeWorks. She previously served on boards for the Austin Metro YMCA, PeopleFund and Mission Capital. When it comes to professional engagement, Veronica serves as Past President of the Local Government Hispanic Network (LGHN), a national organization that promotes inclusiveness of Latinos in local government. She also co-founded and co-chairs Woman to Woman, a City of Austin employee affiliation group for women. Previously she served on the board of the Austin Hispanic/Latino Network in many roles, including President. She earned her Master of Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, as well as undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Government from The University of Texas at Austin.

Today's podcast features returning guest Dr. Antoinette Jackson, Professor Department of Anthropology Chair at the University of South Florida. We go in depth about her new book Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure. This book was written in response to the common question, “Why are there so few minority visitors to National Parks?”. In response, Dr. Jackson challenges mainstream beliefs about leisure and race, as well as highlighting African American active and diverse pursuits of leisure in spite of the legal and social exclusion. We explore the original enslaved African caving history at Mammoth Cave, the Green Book, Black entrepreneurship, and Black beaches during segregation. We close out by discussing how COVID-19 reframes the concepts of space and exclusion for those who have maybe never had to think about it before, as well as where Dr. Jackson sees the Black Lives Matter movement taking the conversations and hopes present within the book. Links Book: Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure Book: Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites Dr. Jackson: atjackson@usf.edu Contact Jessica Jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Lyle Lyle.Balenquah@gmail.com Please Visit Our Sponsors Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

Today’s podcast features returning guest Dr. Antoinette Jackson, Professor Department of Anthropology Chair at the University of South Florida. We go in depth about her new book Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure. This book was written in response to the common question, “Why are there so few minority visitors to National Parks?”. In response, Dr. Jackson challenges mainstream beliefs about leisure and race, as well as highlighting African American active and diverse pursuits of leisure in spite of the legal and social exclusion. We explore the original enslaved African caving history at Mammoth Cave, the Green Book, Black entrepreneurship, and Black beaches during segregation. We close out by discussing how COVID-19 reframes the concepts of space and exclusion for those who have maybe never had to think about it before, as well as where Dr. Jackson sees the Black Lives Matter movement taking the conversations and hopes present within the book. Links Book: Heritage, Tourism, and Race: The Other Side of Leisure Book: Speaking for the Enslaved: Heritage Interpretation at Antebellum Plantation Sites Dr. Jackson: atjackson@usf.edu Contact Jessica Jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org @livingheritageA @LivingHeritageResearchCouncil Lyle Lyle.Balenquah@gmail.com Please Visit Our Sponsors Archaeology Southwest Cafe: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/things-to-do/cafe Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular

This podcast episode discusses the topic of Black heritage tourism and the transnational dimensions of Black consumerism. The history of African Americans who have traveled to the locations of the diaspora such as Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil in the African diaspora, is the focus of this episode. The concept of heritage or roots tourism is related to the question of how African Americans have historically viewed their place in the world.

In this Berkeley Talks episode, Stephen Small, a professor in UC Berkeley's Department of African American Studies, and interim director for the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, discusses research from his upcoming book, tentatively titled Inside the Shadows of the Big House: 21st Century Antebellum Slave Cabins and Heritage Tourism in Louisiana. Since the 1990s, Small has visited more than 200 plantation museum sites in 10 states. Tours of these sites included narratives that privileged white elites and consistently avoided mention of slavery and the experience of enslaved people, says Small."Slavery is typically described in passive, general and abstract ways," said Small. "If mentioned at all, Black people typically appear as an undifferentiated stereotypical mass, with few exceptions."Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Bob and Laura Lee Watson as she discusses how she found that Frank Sinatra is her 3rd cousin from the same town in Sicily. Laura Lee also talks about her company located in Calabria "Digging Up Roots In The Boot"Laura Lee Watson is a proud third-generation Italian American who ventured abroad to Italy in 2005 with the intention of digging a little deeper into her Italian roots. She visited her ancestral villages in Sicily, met and developed ongoing relationships with distant cousins, and had her Italian citizenship recognized in 2008. It was after thiat amazing experience that she dedicated to promote Italian cultural heritage. Digging up Roots in the Boot specializes in Heritage Tourism and Genealogical Research throughout Italian descents living abroad. She takes great pride in delivering custom and personalized services with passion and attention to detail. She designs our bespoke ancestral village heritage tours to meet your time frame and personal goals. No two family histories are the same so you can expect a unique approach to planning your itinerary. She offers consulting services, to help you prioritize your efforts and make the bureaucracy seem a little less daunting while you are preparing the necessary paperwork for Italian Citizenship. She is dedicated to breaking down brick walls when it comes to researching Italian historical documents. Digging up Roots in the Boot offers 4 distinct services:Italian Document Research, Italian Citizenship - administratively, judicial, and in Italy, Italian Heritage Tours, and locating Italian relatives.Website: Digging up Roots in the Boot - https://digginguprootsintheboot.comYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/LauraLeeDiggingupRootsintheBootTwitter: https://twitter.com/DRB_LauraLee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauralee.drb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiggingUpRootsInTheBoot/ Pintrest: https://www.pinterest.com/lauralee_drb/boards/ Digging up Roots in the Boot Storefront - https://www.amazon.com/shop/drb_lauralee Mention IG2020 when callingInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=30519446)

In a recent Zoom conference hosted by the African American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, hospitality entrepreneur Kristin Kitchen talked about her lodging company that showcases Black heritage and supports minority-owned companies. Kitchen is part of a trend toward building hospitality ventures related to Black history and culture, a sub-sector of the $200 billion global Heritage Tourism movement, which also ranks as the fastest-growing travel trend in America. As with most hospitality ventures, Kitchen and her company, Sojourn Heritage Accommodations, are struggling to do business amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the effort to increase the number of Black-owned hotels continues, albeit at a reduced pace. During the business lull, two entrepreneurs new to the scene are developing fresh concepts that celebrate Black culture and cater to the next generation of travelers. In this episode of Lodging Leaders we feature Damon Lawrence, founder of Homage Hospitality Group in Oakland, California, and Robin Staten, founder of Tiny Urban Escapes in Indianapolis, Indiana. They share their visions for independent boutique accommodations and how they're preparing to capitalize on pent-up demand during and after the coronavirus crisis.

Heritage tourism in India has registered an immense growth in the last few years, ever since additional initiatives were taken by the government of India to boost India's image as a destination for heritage tourism. Hey guys, I am Rushil Verma, By qualification - I am an IT graduate and by profession, I am a storyteller, a vlogger, traveler, trekker, digital content creator, and a Digital Marketer. I have been traveling India for the last 3 years now and will be doing the same in the coming years too. You can join me on my trips if you want to. Just be in contact with me on Instagram and Facebook for travel updates. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/travelwith.rv/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TravelwithRushil --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Stephanie Jones, Founder & CEO of the Cultural Heritage Alliance for Tourism, joins the Destination Marketing Podcast to talk cultural heritage tourism. Topics discussed include tapping into cultural heritage tourism, understanding if your destination has a market for cultural heritage tourism, and the benefits of such tourism.  "Through our tours, we change a lot of those negative perceptions about heritage neighborhoods or under served communities because people now have walked the community and they've interacted with the locals so they know 'Oh I could come back here on my own and have dinner at this restaurant', and oftentimes, many people do" - Stephanie Jones on the benefits of cultural heritage tourism. 

This month marks the much-anticipated premiere of the Downton Abbey movie, the follow-up to the massively popular television series. In this episode, we are joined by guest host Sara McGillivray to discuss her research on the "Downton Abbey Effect." Sara explores how the series transformed heritage tourism and conservation, ultimately saving the country house that Downton is based on: Highclere Castle. She also examines how the history of Highclere Castle, the Carnarvon family, and the decline of the aristocracy are portrayed on screen.Notice History is the official podcast of Know History, a historical research company based in Ottawa. Visit our website at knowhistory.ca/podcast, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NoticeHistory.

Most people the world over think of the United States as a multicultural melting pot. We are still quintessentially American, but from north to south and east to west, our cities and outlying communities are dotted with districts defined by residents' ethnicity and culture. Today, the more developed and culturally defined areas are attracting visitors in search of new experiences and information. Cities with Chinatowns, Latino barrios, Indian American corridors and African American neighborhoods are seeing a surge in national and international travelers eager to either connect with their roots or satisfy their curiosity. Many ethnically diverse communities, as well as business and social organizations, are rising up to abet the travel trend, which many experts say is only going to grow stronger as more and more travelers seek unique and memorable experiences. Multicultural or heritage tourism is good for the hospitality industry and it is also beneficial to a city's economic growth. One study we'll talk about says the more diverse a city, the stronger its economy. In today's episode, Lodging Leaders examines how hotels and other hospitality businesses can capture a generous piece of this tourism trend. We talk to Connie Kinnard, vice president of multicultural tourism development for the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau; Greg DeShields, executive director of PHL Diversity in Philadelphia; and Michael Fullerton, senior director of public policy and public affairs for Brand USA.

Most people the world over think of the United States as a multicultural melting pot. We are still quintessentially American, but from north to south and east to west, our cities and outlying communities are dotted with districts defined by residents’ ethnicity and culture. Today, the more developed and culturally defined areas are attracting visitors read more

This summer, Notice History is taking listeners on a virtual cross-Canada road trip to explore some of our country's best historic sites, landmarks, and museums. We begin on the East Coast, where we highlight spots like L'Anse aux Meadors, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Wyatt Historic House Museum, and Metepenagiag Heritage Park. Notice History is the official podcast of Know History, a historical research company based in Ottawa. Visit our website at knowhistory.ca/podcast, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NoticeHistory.

Heritage tourism in India has registered an immense growth in the last few years, ever since additional initiatives were taken by the government of India to boost India's image as a destination for heritage tourism. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cultural and Heritage Tourism is a valued asset in Macon’s growing vibrancy. Learn from local tourism leaders on how the city’s rich music heritage is poised to take center stage.

Guest host Tom Bigelow joins Robin and Keely as they travel through the topic of Heritage Tourism. What attracts us to heritage sites? Who does heritage tourism appeal to? What is the future of this type of attraction? Join us and find out. Notice History is the official podcast of Know History, a historical research company based in Ottawa. Visit our website at knowhistory.ca/podcast, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NoticeHistory.

Morocco's little known tradition of women troupes who perform the famous Fantasia ("tbourida") equestrian ceremony is the doctoral focus of Fulbright scholar Gwyneth Talley from the University of California at Los Angeles, who discussed her research findings at TALIM on Monday, April 23. Gwyneth shared insights into the culture of tbourida and how the revival in women's equestrian sports, in particular the tbourida, coincided with the 2004 passage of Morocco's new personal status code, the Mudawana. The following afternoon, Gwyneth met separately with participants from TALIM's Women's Arabic Literacy program for a lively exchange on the same topic, this time in Moroccan dialect. Bibliography and Further Reading: Bimberg, Edward L. 1999 The Moroccan Goums: Tribal Warriors in a Modern War. London: Greenwood Press. Daumas, Eugène 1968(2012) The Horses of the Sahara. S.M. Ohlendorf, transl. Ausin, TX: The University of Texas Press. 1971(2012) The Ways of the Desert. S.M. Ohlendorf, transl. Austin, TX: The University of Texas Press. Djebar, Assia 1993[1985] Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade. D.S. Blair, transl. Portsmouth: Heinemann. Estrin, James 2015 A Female Fantasia In Morocco. In Lens. New York Times: New York Times. Mernissi, Fatima 1994 Dreams of Trespass, Tales of a Harem Girlhood. New York City, NY: Perseus Books. Sedrati, Azeddine; Tavernier, Roger & Wallet, Bernard 1997 L'art de la Fantasia: Cavaliers et Chevaux du Maroc. Casablanca: Plume. Talley, Gwyneth U.J. 2017 Tbourida: Performing Traditional Equestrianism as Heritage Tourism in Morocco. In Equestrian Cultures in Global & Local Contexts. M.T. Adelman, Kirrilly, ed. New York: Springer. Zand, Sahar 2016 Morocco's warrior women beating men at their own game. Pp. 2:39. London: BBC News. 2016 The Horsewomen of Fantasia. In BBC Women's Hour. S. Zand, ed. Woman's Hour. London: BBC.

Sometime in the very early 1990s, while I was in grad school, I got a call from a student at Grinnell College, where I myself had graduated asking me about studying Poland. It was an engaging chat with a young woman very interested in exploring Poland and the relationship between Poles and Jews in contemporary Poland. Erica Lehrer‘s Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (Indiana University Press, 2013) is the flower of that research, and it has been worth the wait. In the popular imagination, one of the most common tropes about contemporary Poland is that it is a land where Anti-Semitism thrives without any Jews. Sadly, the current PiS government's policies regarding Polish history have only reinforced that judgment, but the story is much more complex, and in fact the first two decades of the post-Communist order saw a revival of interest in Jewish culture among Poles. At the same time, the end of Communism has also made traveling to Poland less daunting, with Jewish travelers among those eager to make sense of their heritage. Erica's book is a thoughtful exploration of these phenomena. Through the book we learn about a wide variety of heritage tourism from group tours for young Jews where the Holocaust and the inhospitality of Poland to Jews is the focus to individuals who are captivated and intrigued by the complexity of the lengthy history of Polish and Jewish relations. At the same time we are introduced to Poles who have become stewards of Jewish culture as well as Poles who have rediscovered their own Jewish heritage. It is a fascinating book that is all the more important to read right now. It was a pleasure to talk to Erica Lehrer about her book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometime in the very early 1990s, while I was in grad school, I got a call from a student at Grinnell College, where I myself had graduated asking me about studying Poland. It was an engaging chat with a young woman very interested in exploring Poland and the relationship between Poles and Jews in contemporary Poland. Erica Lehrer‘s Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (Indiana University Press, 2013) is the flower of that research, and it has been worth the wait. In the popular imagination, one of the most common tropes about contemporary Poland is that it is a land where Anti-Semitism thrives without any Jews. Sadly, the current PiS government’s policies regarding Polish history have only reinforced that judgment, but the story is much more complex, and in fact the first two decades of the post-Communist order saw a revival of interest in Jewish culture among Poles. At the same time, the end of Communism has also made traveling to Poland less daunting, with Jewish travelers among those eager to make sense of their heritage. Erica’s book is a thoughtful exploration of these phenomena. Through the book we learn about a wide variety of heritage tourism from group tours for young Jews where the Holocaust and the inhospitality of Poland to Jews is the focus to individuals who are captivated and intrigued by the complexity of the lengthy history of Polish and Jewish relations. At the same time we are introduced to Poles who have become stewards of Jewish culture as well as Poles who have rediscovered their own Jewish heritage. It is a fascinating book that is all the more important to read right now. It was a pleasure to talk to Erica Lehrer about her book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometime in the very early 1990s, while I was in grad school, I got a call from a student at Grinnell College, where I myself had graduated asking me about studying Poland. It was an engaging chat with a young woman very interested in exploring Poland and the relationship between Poles and Jews in contemporary Poland. Erica Lehrer‘s Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (Indiana University Press, 2013) is the flower of that research, and it has been worth the wait. In the popular imagination, one of the most common tropes about contemporary Poland is that it is a land where Anti-Semitism thrives without any Jews. Sadly, the current PiS government’s policies regarding Polish history have only reinforced that judgment, but the story is much more complex, and in fact the first two decades of the post-Communist order saw a revival of interest in Jewish culture among Poles. At the same time, the end of Communism has also made traveling to Poland less daunting, with Jewish travelers among those eager to make sense of their heritage. Erica’s book is a thoughtful exploration of these phenomena. Through the book we learn about a wide variety of heritage tourism from group tours for young Jews where the Holocaust and the inhospitality of Poland to Jews is the focus to individuals who are captivated and intrigued by the complexity of the lengthy history of Polish and Jewish relations. At the same time we are introduced to Poles who have become stewards of Jewish culture as well as Poles who have rediscovered their own Jewish heritage. It is a fascinating book that is all the more important to read right now. It was a pleasure to talk to Erica Lehrer about her book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometime in the very early 1990s, while I was in grad school, I got a call from a student at Grinnell College, where I myself had graduated asking me about studying Poland. It was an engaging chat with a young woman very interested in exploring Poland and the relationship between Poles and Jews in contemporary Poland. Erica Lehrer‘s Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (Indiana University Press, 2013) is the flower of that research, and it has been worth the wait. In the popular imagination, one of the most common tropes about contemporary Poland is that it is a land where Anti-Semitism thrives without any Jews. Sadly, the current PiS government’s policies regarding Polish history have only reinforced that judgment, but the story is much more complex, and in fact the first two decades of the post-Communist order saw a revival of interest in Jewish culture among Poles. At the same time, the end of Communism has also made traveling to Poland less daunting, with Jewish travelers among those eager to make sense of their heritage. Erica’s book is a thoughtful exploration of these phenomena. Through the book we learn about a wide variety of heritage tourism from group tours for young Jews where the Holocaust and the inhospitality of Poland to Jews is the focus to individuals who are captivated and intrigued by the complexity of the lengthy history of Polish and Jewish relations. At the same time we are introduced to Poles who have become stewards of Jewish culture as well as Poles who have rediscovered their own Jewish heritage. It is a fascinating book that is all the more important to read right now. It was a pleasure to talk to Erica Lehrer about her book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometime in the very early 1990s, while I was in grad school, I got a call from a student at Grinnell College, where I myself had graduated asking me about studying Poland. It was an engaging chat with a young woman very interested in exploring Poland and the relationship between Poles and Jews in contemporary Poland. Erica Lehrer‘s Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (Indiana University Press, 2013) is the flower of that research, and it has been worth the wait. In the popular imagination, one of the most common tropes about contemporary Poland is that it is a land where Anti-Semitism thrives without any Jews. Sadly, the current PiS government’s policies regarding Polish history have only reinforced that judgment, but the story is much more complex, and in fact the first two decades of the post-Communist order saw a revival of interest in Jewish culture among Poles. At the same time, the end of Communism has also made traveling to Poland less daunting, with Jewish travelers among those eager to make sense of their heritage. Erica’s book is a thoughtful exploration of these phenomena. Through the book we learn about a wide variety of heritage tourism from group tours for young Jews where the Holocaust and the inhospitality of Poland to Jews is the focus to individuals who are captivated and intrigued by the complexity of the lengthy history of Polish and Jewish relations. At the same time we are introduced to Poles who have become stewards of Jewish culture as well as Poles who have rediscovered their own Jewish heritage. It is a fascinating book that is all the more important to read right now. It was a pleasure to talk to Erica Lehrer about her book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometime in the very early 1990s, while I was in grad school, I got a call from a student at Grinnell College, where I myself had graduated asking me about studying Poland. It was an engaging chat with a young woman very interested in exploring Poland and the relationship between Poles and Jews in contemporary Poland. Erica Lehrer‘s Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (Indiana University Press, 2013) is the flower of that research, and it has been worth the wait. In the popular imagination, one of the most common tropes about contemporary Poland is that it is a land where Anti-Semitism thrives without any Jews. Sadly, the current PiS government’s policies regarding Polish history have only reinforced that judgment, but the story is much more complex, and in fact the first two decades of the post-Communist order saw a revival of interest in Jewish culture among Poles. At the same time, the end of Communism has also made traveling to Poland less daunting, with Jewish travelers among those eager to make sense of their heritage. Erica’s book is a thoughtful exploration of these phenomena. Through the book we learn about a wide variety of heritage tourism from group tours for young Jews where the Holocaust and the inhospitality of Poland to Jews is the focus to individuals who are captivated and intrigued by the complexity of the lengthy history of Polish and Jewish relations. At the same time we are introduced to Poles who have become stewards of Jewish culture as well as Poles who have rediscovered their own Jewish heritage. It is a fascinating book that is all the more important to read right now. It was a pleasure to talk to Erica Lehrer about her book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometime in the very early 1990s, while I was in grad school, I got a call from a student at Grinnell College, where I myself had graduated asking me about studying Poland. It was an engaging chat with a young woman very interested in exploring Poland and the relationship between Poles and Jews in contemporary Poland. Erica Lehrer‘s Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (Indiana University Press, 2013) is the flower of that research, and it has been worth the wait. In the popular imagination, one of the most common tropes about contemporary Poland is that it is a land where Anti-Semitism thrives without any Jews. Sadly, the current PiS government’s policies regarding Polish history have only reinforced that judgment, but the story is much more complex, and in fact the first two decades of the post-Communist order saw a revival of interest in Jewish culture among Poles. At the same time, the end of Communism has also made traveling to Poland less daunting, with Jewish travelers among those eager to make sense of their heritage. Erica’s book is a thoughtful exploration of these phenomena. Through the book we learn about a wide variety of heritage tourism from group tours for young Jews where the Holocaust and the inhospitality of Poland to Jews is the focus to individuals who are captivated and intrigued by the complexity of the lengthy history of Polish and Jewish relations. At the same time we are introduced to Poles who have become stewards of Jewish culture as well as Poles who have rediscovered their own Jewish heritage. It is a fascinating book that is all the more important to read right now. It was a pleasure to talk to Erica Lehrer about her book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hayley Saul and Emma Waterton were doing ethnographic and anthropological fieldwork in the Langtang valley in Nepal when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit in 2015. The earthquake killed more than 9,000 people. At the time of the quake, they were with several local guides from the village of Langtang, one of the worst affected areas in Nepal. Emma and Hayley were recording local oral histories. Their ethnographic research was recording how local stories are written into the Himalayan landscape. Little do they know that their guides’ knowledge of the landscape would save their lives many times over, and enabled them to reach safety after the quake. FEATURED Dr Emma Waterton is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, where she is affiliated with both the School of Social Sciences and Psychology and the Institute for Culture and Society. She holds a BA (anthropology) for UQ and an MA (Archaeological Heritage Management) and a PhD from the University of York. Her research explores the interface between heritage, identity, memory and affect at a range of heritage sites. She is author of Politics, Policy and the Discourses of Heritage in Britain (2010, Palgrave Macmillan) and co-author of the Semiotics of Heritage Tourism (with Steve Watson; 2014; Channel View Publications), and Heritage, Communities and Archaeology (with Laurajane Smith; 2009, Duckworth). Dr Hayley Saul completed her PhD in 2011, on the Baltic Foragers and Early Farmers Ceramic Research project, specialising in the study of plant microfossils, particularly in pottery residues. Since then, she has completed a post-doctoral research position in Japan, looking at why some of the earliest pottery in the word was invented. Most recently, she has set up a fieldwork project in the Nepalese Himalayas called the Himalayan Exploration and Archaeological Research Team (HEART). Alongside fieldwork, HEART collaborates with local communities, NGOs and charities to stimulate the local economies of this developing region of the world using heritage-based initiatives.

When Paul Norrington, one of the driving forces behind the creation of the K-Town Historic District, suggested that President Obama build his Library in North Lawndale, his neighbors laughed him to scorn. UIC eventually partnered with the North Lawndale community to submit a bid that made it to the final round of the Obama Presidential Library site selection process.   As a result, there is heightened interest in redeveloping the community. Paul is currently spearheading the celebration of North Lawndale’s 150th anniversary celebration and is working with the Chicago History Museum to re-write the Wikipedia article on North Lawndale. Join us for a lively conversation on how communities can focus on a community’s heritage to drive positive change. Call in live at (347) 884-8121. You don't need an account to listen, but, if you want to participate in an online chat, open a listener-only account at https://secure.blogtalkradio.com/register.aspx?type=listener to participate in a live chat. Visit Valeriefleonard.com. Archived episodes may be found at http://Valeriefleonard.com/NonprofitU, iTunes, Podcast Chart, Blubrry and Stitcher.

“Chicago area heritage musicians still play today, often in obscure holes-in-the-wall for very little money, competing for limited spots in downtown clubs, or exporting their skills overseas.  At home, blues is an undervalued cultural asset.  Crain's business magazine in January pointed out the city is losing money for failure to promote it. Chicago's West Side has a deeply-rooted history of blues and soul music. What if we could promote it to help develop a local tourism industry?”  --Barrel House Bonni McKeown Join “Barrel House Bonni” McKeown, bluesman Larry Taylor and me as the discussion continues on Nonprofit “U”.  We will talk about  the history of blues on the West Side, and how it may be leveraged to develop heritage tourism. Call in live at (347) 884-8121. You don't need an account to listen, but, if you want to participate in an online chat, open a listener-only account at https://secure.blogtalkradio.com/register.aspx?type=listener to participate in a live chat. Visit Valeriefleonard.com. Archived episodes may be found at http://Valeriefleonard.com/NonprofitU, iTunes, Podcast Chart, Blubrry and Stitcher.  

Broadcast originally aired on Monday, January 18, 2016, 10:10 amClare Sheridan welcomed Orange County Historian Johanna Yaun, whose recent address on the state of local history in 2015 has piqued the interest of many people in the local history community. Ms. Yaun  spoke about the unique mandate in New York State that every municipality must have a historian; the role the municipal historian plays; and the challenges and rewards of the role.  The Historic Tavern Tour, "SKILLSHARE," and Heritage Tourism were also discussed.Many of the issues facing the history community in Orange County also exist in Rockland County.Born and raised in the city of Newburgh, Johanna Yaun began her career in historic preservation as a tour guide in the East End Historic District, New York State's largest contiguous historic district, with 445 acres of structures that span four centuries of architectural history. From 2004 to 2010, she was a historic interpreter at Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, the nation's first historic house museum, which has been open to the public and caring for a museum collection since 1850. She holds degrees in European history and anthropology, with a focus in 18th-century military history and archaeology. She earned a certificate in museum studies from Smith College in 2007; a certificate in archaeology from the University of Virginia; and a master's of public administration from Marist College in 2010. During her time at Marist, she focused on the institutional history of the New York State Historic Bureau and traveled to the Mediterranean to make worldwide comparisons about how modern communities care for their historic resources. In 2011, she returned to Newburgh, where she applied her many skills to restoring a home in the Colonial Terraces architectural district. Before becoming the Orange County Historian, she serve as director of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands and the Crawford House Museum and Archives, where she received recognition for her efforts from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 10:10 am on WRCR Radio 1700 AM (live streaming at www.WRCR.com). Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month. To view an index of past programs and listen to sound recordings, click here: http://www.rocklandhistory.org/page.cfm?page=323www.RocklandHistory.org

  "A Heritage District for Black History and More" Dan Clark's guest is Kent Sissel, restorer and resident of the 1878 Alexander G. Clark House. This week Muscatine City Council will consider Kent's proposal for naming a two-square-block area on both sides of West Third Street as the "Alexander Clark Heritage District." The center of the district would be the intersection of West Third and Chestnut which is the original site of Clark's house. They discuss the process the Historic Preservation Commission went through before recommending approval. Alexander G. Clark Week, Feb. 21-27, honors the legacy of Muscatine's equal-rights pioneer http://alexanderclark.org. Other recent conversations with Kent: "White Folks Talking Black History" (Feb. 3, 2009) http://muscatinetours.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=429539 and "More on Heritage Tourism and Black History" (Feb. 17, 2009) http://muscatinetours.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=434366.