CATS will hold the Tourism Online Forum Series (TOFS) vol.39 on Thursday, September 5. Anyone is welcome to attend. We look forward to your participation.

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Sugar shacking in maple’s territory

Abstract:
In 2021, the Québec government gives to Le temps des sucres (that we could translate as Maple syrup seasons) the status of intangible heritage. Maple syrup, and its derivative like sugar and toffee, play an important role in the heritage of Quebec, as still today its the main producers of maple syrup in the world with a little over 10 million gallons per years which account to 64% of the world production. As a heritage practice, we could expect that the experience of the sugar party at the sugar shack would develop into a signature tourism experience, but today it is still linked with the tourism industry in subtle and discreet ways. The conference will explore the assemblage (Deleuze & Guattari, 1980) of the sugar shack with tourism, territory and history/tradition.

Hosted by: Hokkaido University, Center for Advanced Tourism Studies (CATS)

Date/Time: Thursday 5 September 2024  |  18:30-20:00 (JST)

Venue: Online (Zoom Webinar)

Language: English

Capacity: 50 persons

Participation fee: Free to join (pre-registration system)

Speaker: Dr. Dominic Lapointe
Bio:
Dominic Lapointe, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies at Université du Québec à Montréal. He hold the Chaire de recherche sur les dynamiques touristiques et les relations socioterritoriales and leaders of the Groupe de recherche et d’intervention tourisme territoire et société (GRITTS) at UQAM. Dominic is chairing of the Critical Tourism Studies North America conference in 2020 and he is the head editor in chief of the journal Téoros – Revue de recherche en tourisme since summer 2020. His work explores the production of tourism space and its role in the capitalist system expansion and its biopolitical dimensions. Its latest research looks at climate change, social innovations, indigeneity and critical perspective in tourism studies.

Moderator: Dr. Meng Qu

Registration:
Please register at the URL below. 
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7_cT5D7vQHizdHzn06Hn_g

Contact:
Hokkaido University, Center for Advanced Tourism Studies (CATS)
online-forum(at)cats.hokudai.ac.jp
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