Noel B. Salazar
Brussels, Belgium
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- at University of Leuven
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Education
- Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania 2002-2008
- Master's Degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2000-2002
- Master's Degree, University of Essex 1996-1998
- Master's Degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1996-1993
- Bachelor's Degree, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1991-1993
Jobs
- Teaching Fellow at University of Pennsylvania from September 2003 to May 2005
- Communications Officer at Missio Belgium from January 2000 to August 2002
- Communications Officer at JRS International from September 1998 to December 1999
- Interim Associate Director at JRS Europe from April 1998 to July 1998
- Research Assistant at University of Essex from January 1997 to June 1997
- Research Assistant at University of Pennsylvania from October 2003 to April 2004
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Leuven from June 2008 to Present
Vitae
Subject Expertise
- Socio-cultural anthropology: Transnationalism & cosmopolitanism; glocalization; mobility & travel; identity & representation; critical theory; public interest ethnography
- Linguistic anthropology: Discourse-centred approaches; multi-modal semiotics
- Geographic areas: Indonesia (Southeast Asia), Tanzania (East Africa), Belgium (Europe)
Courses Taught
2007 Anthropology of Tourism in Tanzania (vocational)
Guest lecturer with Mr. Vedasto Izoba, Professional Tour Guide School, Arusha, Tanz.
Syllabus development, organizing lectures, leading discussion groups
2006 Anthropology of Tourism in Indonesia (vocational)
Guest lecturer with Drs. Hardi Wahyono, AMPTA, Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
Syllabus development, organizing lectures
2005 Introduction to Africa (undergraduate)
Teaching assistant with Dr. Sandra Barnes, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania
Supplementary lectures, grading of all written assignments and exams
Public Interest Anthropology (advanced undergraduate/graduate)
Teaching assistant with Dr. Peggy Sanday, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania
Syllabus development, supplementary lectures, individual student tutoring
African Wildlife Conservation (advanced undergraduate/graduate)
Guest lecturer with Dr. Peter Rogers, Center for African Studies, U. of Pennsylvania
Lecture and discussion on the socio-cultural aspects of wildlife conservation
2004 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (undergraduate)
Teaching fellow with Dr. Greg Urban, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania
Two weekly recitation sessions, grading of all written assignments and exams
Globalization in Historical Perspective (undergraduate)
Discussion leader with Dr. Mauro Guillén (Management & Sociology), Dr. Brian Spooner (Anthropology), & Dr. Lee Cassanelli (History), U. of Pennsylvania
Weekly discussions with changing groups of undergraduate students
Writing Multiculturalism (undergraduate)
Writing fellow with Dr. Peggy Sanday, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania
Handling of writing assignments, draft reading & commenting, student conferences
Anthropology of Tourism (vocational)
Guest lecturer with Mr. Vedasto Izoba, Professional Tour Guide School, Arusha, Tanz.
Syllabus development, organizing lectures, leading discussion groups
Popular Culture in Africa (undergraduate)
Teaching fellow with Dr. Sandra Barnes, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania
Test design and supplementary lectures, grading of written assignments and exams
2003 Introduction to Africa (undergraduate)
Teaching fellow with Dr. Sandra Barnes, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania
Test design and supplementary lectures, grading of all written assignments and exams
Seminar in Tourism Theory and Impacts: Environment, Social, and Economic (graduate)
Guest discussant with Dr. Sandro Formica, School of Tourism and Hospitality Man-agement Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
Graduate seminar on the socio-cultural aspects of tourism
1999 Psychological assistance and support for refugees & internally displaced people (professional)
In-house trainer for the Jesuit Refugee Service East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
Workshop leader, preparation of materials, personal tutoring
1995 Psychopedagogics (secondary school)
Psychology teacher internship at Sancta Maria Institute, Leuven, Belgium
Syllabus development, lectures, grading of tests
Publications
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Subm. Imaged or imagined? Cultural representations and the “tourismification” of people and places. To appear in Cahiers d’Études Africaines. [Theme issue]
“Enough talking!” Asian tourists redefining the roles of Asian tour guides. To appear in Civilisations 57(1/2). [Theme issue]
Tourism development and modernity in Africa. To appear in Le Bulletin de l’APAD. [Theme issue]
2007 Towards a global culture of heritage interpretation? Evidence from Indonesia and Tanzania. Tourism Recreation Research 32(3):23-30. [Theme issue]
2006 Touristifying Tanzania: Local guides, global discourse. Annals of Tourism Research 33(3): 833-852.
2005 Tourism and glocalization: ‘Local’ tour guiding. Annals of Tourism Research 32(3): 628-646.
[ScienceDirect Top 5 Hottest Article, Jul-Sep 2005; Top 10 Hottest Article Oct-Dec 2005]
Heritage tourism, conflict, and the public interest: An Introduction. International Jour-nal of Heritage Studies 11(5):361-370. [with Benjamin W. Porter]
2004 Cultural heritage and tourism: A public interest approach - Introduction. Anthropology in Action 11(2/3):2-8. [with Benjamin W. Porter]
NON-PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
2006 Antropología del turismo en países en desarrollo: Análisis crítico de las culturas, po-deres e identidades generados por el turismo. Tabula Rasa: Revista de Humanidades 5:99-128 [The anthropology of tourism in developing countries: A critical analysis of tourism cultures, powers, and identities]
Building a ‘culture of peace’ through tourism: Reflexive and analytical notes and que-ries. Universitas Humanística 62(2):319-333.
2005 Más allá de la globalización: La “glocalización” del turismo – Una perspectiva et-nográfica. Política y Sociología 42(1):135-149. [Beyond globalization: The “glocalization” of tourism – An ethnographical perspective]
2001 Openheid voor “onverwachte ontmoetingen”: Een uitdaging. Wereld en Zending 30(1):11-17. [with Sylvain Kalamba Nsapo]
BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES
2005 Resolving conflicts in heritage tourism: A public interest anthropology approach. In-ternational Journal of Heritage Studies 11(5). [with Benjamin W. Porter]
2004 Heritage and tourism, PIA and global interests. Anthropology in Action 11(2/3). [with Benjamin W. Porter]
BOOK CHAPTERS
Subm. Between the global and the local: Toward “glocal ethnographies” of tourism. To appear in Research methodologies and methods in cultural tourism, Greg Richard (Ed.).
2008 Representation in postcolonial analysis. In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sci-ences. 2nd edition. William A. Darity, ed. Pp. 172-173, Vol. 7. Detroit: Macmillan Refer-ence USA.
Vacations. In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd edition. William A. Darity, ed. Pp. 565-566, Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.
2007 ‘Small is successful’: The lure of small-scale tourism development and transnational networking. In Sustainability, Profitability and Successful Tourism. Aparna Raj, ed. Pp. 396-420. New Delhi: Kanishka.
2004 Developmental tourists vs. development tourism: A case study. In Tourist Behaviour: A Psychological Perspective. Aparna Raj, ed. Pp. 85-107. New Delhi: Kanishka.
BOOK REVIEWS
Subm. “Tourism, culture and development: Hopes, dreams and realities in East Indonesia” by S. Cole (2008). To appear in Tourism Review International.
Subm. “Tourism, development and terrorism in Bali” by M. Hitchcock & I. N. Darma Putra (2007). To appear on http://www.h-net.org/~travel/
2007 “Art as politics: Re-crafting identities, tourism, and power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia” by K. Adams (2006). http://www.h-net.org/~travel/
2006 “New horizons in tourism: Strange experiences and stranger practices” by T. V. Singh, ed. (2004). Journal of Heritage Tourism 1(2):148-149.
“Travels in paradox: Remapping tourism” by C. Minca and T. Oakes, eds.
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.cgi?path=2920611740612952004
“Initiation rituelle et arts martiaux. Trois écoles de kanuragan javanais” by J-M. de Grave (2001). [Ritual initiation and martial arts: Three schools of Javanese kanuragan]
http://www.antarakita.net/reviews.html and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indonesian-studies/message/697
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
2006 Experimenting with “glocal ethnography” as a methodology to study tourism in Asia and beyond. In Questions of methodology: Researching tourism in Asia. Asia Research Graduate Workshop Proceedings CD-ROM. Singapore: National University of Singa-pore.
“Enough talking! Can you take a picture of us instead?” Asian tourists redefining the role of local tour guides. In “Of Asian origin”: Rethinking tourism in contemporary Asia. International Conference Proceedings CD-ROM. Singapore: National University of Sin-gapore.
2005 “Seducation”: Learning the art of telling tourism tales. In On voyage: New directions in tourism theory. International Conference Proceedings CD-ROM. Berkeley: UC Berkeley Tourism Studies Working Group.
Note: The abstracts of papers presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Anthropo-logical Association (2007, 2005, 2004, 2003) and the Society for Applied Anthropology (2008, 2005, 2004) were published in the respective Annual Meeting Abstracts Books and Programs.
PRESS ARTICLES
2006 “De vrees voor een tsunami leidde tot massahysterie”, Brugsch Handelsblad, Friday, 9 June 2006, 4-5. [The fear of a tsunami led to mass hysteria]
Pengembangan Pariwisata Yogya: Terkendala masalah koordinasi-komunikasi, Kedau-latan Rakyat, Saturday, 11 March 2006, 21. [The development of tourism in Yogya: Con-strained by coordination and communication problems]
2004 Resolving conflicts in heritage tourism: A public interest approach. Anthropology News 45(2): 44-45. [with Benjamin W. Porter and Peggy R. Sanday]
Organizations
- American Anthropological Association (Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology)
- European Association of Social Anthropologists (Media Anthropology Network)
- World Anthropologies Network
- Society for Applied Anthropology (Tourism Interest Group)
- Association for Asian Studies (Indonesia and East Timor Studies Committee)
- African Studies Association (Tanzania Studies Association)
- TRINET – Tourism Research International Network
Outside Interests
2006 Java Tourism Care (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Tourism recovery planning after the Java earthquake (May 27, 2006)
2005- Public Interest Working Group, University of Pennsylvania
Founding member and co-organizer with Dr. Peggy Sanday (Anthropology), Dr. Michael Delli Carpini (Communication), Dr. Kathleen Hall (Education), and Dr. Ira Harkavy (Community Partnerships)
2002- National Geographic Society, Center for Sustainable Destinations (USA)
Expert member of annual survey panels
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWING
- Current Anthropology, Anthropology Matters, Boletín de Antropología
- Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Tourism Review International, International Journal of Tourism Policy
- Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group [book proposals in anthropology]
