Cara Aitchison
Biographic Data
| ID | 4929346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cara Aitchison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cara |
| FAMILY NAME | Aitchison |
| SIGNATURE | AITCHISON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 328 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Geographies of Muslim Identities
Contents: Introduction: geographies of Muslim identities, Peter E. Hopkins, Mei-Po Kwan and Cara Carmichael Aitchison Beyond the mosque: Turkish immigrants and the practice and politics of Islam in Duisburg-Marxloh, Germany, Patricia Ehrkamp Visible minorities constructing and deconstructing the 'Muslim Iranian' diaspora, Cameron McAuliffe 'The other within the same': some aspects of Scottish-Pakistani identity in suburban Glasgow, Sadiq Mir Migr…
Gender and Leisure
The highly contested nature of both 'gender' and 'leisure' encapsulates many of the most critical social and cultural debates of the early twenty-first century. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical perspectives, as well as extensive empirical research, Gender and Leisure goes forward to offer a contemporary socio-cultural analysis of gender relations in leisure practice and leisure policy. The book begins by introducing and evaluating the key s…
Unicef and UN women's evidence gathering to address inequalities in the post-2015 global development agenda
This paper was devised on behalf of the Women and Gender Commission of World Leisure in response to the call by UNICEF and UN women, in July 2012, for evidence to inform the “Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. The results of the global consultation exercise are intended to form a platform on which to build sustainable global development beyond the horizon of the Millennium Development Goa…
Labouring the leisure society thesis
Exclusive discourses
This article presents an outline of a thesis concerning the ways in which the discourse of leisure studies has become ‘disabled by definition’. Through a failure to engage adequately with disability studies, disability politics and disabled people as both leisure participants and leisure theorists, the subject field of leisure studies has been unable to develop a coherent body of knowledge on disability and leisure. In effect, leisure studies’ en…
The Role of Food Tourism in Sustaining Regional Identity
This exploratory paper examines the role of food tourism in developing and sustaining regional identities within the context of rural regeneration, agricultural diversification and the creation of closer relationships between production and consumption in the countryside. It focuses on Cornwall, South West England, an area with rural development issues, increasing tourism impacts and contested issues of regional identity. A literature and policy …
Tourism and the sexualisation of the gaze
This article investigates the exercise of power through the sexualisation of women as both subjects and objects of the gaze(s) of men in tourism. More specifically, the research addresses ways in which this surveillance impacts on the embodied experiences of women travelling alone. The article analyses the links between gendered power and surveillance by shifting the focus of tourism studies’ analysis from ‘the tourist gaze’ to ‘the mutual gaze’ …
The Critical and the Cultural
In this brief paper I explore, and offer explanations for, the divergent experiences of leisure studies and tourism studies in their engagements with ‘the cultural turn’. The social sciences of the
Feminist and gender perspectives in tourism studies
This article calls for a pause for reflection on the theoretical trajectory of feminist and gender research in tourism studies. It offers a critical appraisal of the origins, development and contemporary application of the three epistemological approaches of feminist empiricism, standpoint feminism and poststructural feminism. Although each of these broad perspectives has served to shape our multiple understandings of the relationships between ge…
"The cultural industries and a model of sustainable regeneration
Many UK cities that experienced industrial decline during the 1980s and 1990s have turned increasingly to the cultural industries and the production of consumer culture in an effort to diversify local economies and rebuild local communities. This paper attempts to synthesize a range of academic literature addressing the role of the cultural industries in delivering sustainable regeneration. Literature from geography, leisure studies, tourism stud…
From leisure and disability to disability leisure
Theorises empirical data from a Scope-funded study of young disabled people's leisure participation conducted by Aitchison. It serves to redefine 'leisure' in relation to established definitions and discourses, informing theory and policy in a new field of 'disability leisure', with recommendations adopted by disability charities and local authority leisure services
Theorizing Other discourses of tourism, gender and culture
At its broadest level, this article is concerned with identifying, reviewing and developing synergies between three subject fields that have experienced rapid growth over the last two decades: tourism studies, gender studies and wider cultural theory. At a more specific level, the article seeks to review the interface between structural and cultural power in the construction of gender relations and gendered Others in tourism. The article adopts a…
Gender and Leisure Research
Theorises empirical data from Aitchison's research of knowledge production in leisure and tourism studies. Developing Aitchison's thesis of 'the social-cultural nexus' of gender-power relations it reveals the inter-relationship of material and symbolic power in publication processes, contributes to reconstitution/reworking of editorial boards (Leisure Studies, JoHLSTE, Annals Leisure Research)
Young Disabled People, Leisure and Everyday Life
Conventional definitions of leisure have focussed on when young people participate in leisure (leisure time), what they do in their leisure (leisure activities) and where this leisure is provided (leisure spaces). For young disabled people, however, questions of who appear to be just as significant as questions of when, what and where. This paper discusses the importance of social interaction with significant others as a prerequisite for defining…
Poststructural feminist theories of representing Others
References made to a contemporary theoretical 'crisis' in leisure studies discourse have been made by a number of scholars in the field (Scraton, 1994; Coalter, 1997; Mommaas, 1997). This article examines the origins and nature of such a 'crisis' and attempts to map one possible route through the current academic impasse. It is argued that leisure studies' reluctance to embrace recent theoretical advances in cognate disciplines and subject fields…
Women in leisure management
Previous research has highlighted women’s unequal status in relation to management within a range of service sector industries. Leisure services, however, has remained an under‐researched sector in spite of its growing significance to the economy and its increasing importance as an employer of women. This paper reports selected results from recent research examining gender equity in leisure management. The research, examined gender equity in leis…
New cultural geographies
The contribution of geography to leisure research is well established. The relationships between spatiality, gender and sexuality are, however, less clearly articulated within previous leisure geographies. Whilst the concepts of spatialized feminism and gendered space have been well documented in geography, this is less true in relation to leisure studies. Only recently have leisure and tourism scholars begun to acknowledge that the synergy betwe…
A decade of compulsory competitive tendering in UK sport and leisure services
The last decade has witnessed the transformation of public policy in the UK following an extensive programme of privatization across a range of public services. When compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) in sport and leisure services was first proposed in 1987 there was widespread opposition from feminists and also from the Labour party who had been out of government for eight years. This period out of office was to continue for a further ten ye…
Poststructural feminist theories of representing Others
References made to a contemporary theoretical 'crisis' in leisure studies discourse have been made by a number of scholars in the field (Scraton, 1994; Coalter, 1997; Mommaas, 1997). This article examines the origins and nature of such a 'crisis' and attempts to map one possible route through the current academic impasse. It is argued that leisure studies' reluctance to embrace recent theoretical advances in cognate disciplines and subject fields…
New cultural geographies
The contribution of geography to leisure research is well established. The relationships between spatiality, gender and sexuality are, however, less clearly articulated within previous leisure geographies. Whilst the concepts of spatialized feminism and gendered space have been well documented in geography, this is less true in relation to leisure studies. Only recently have leisure and tourism scholars begun to acknowledge that the synergy betwe…
Tourism and the sexualisation of the gaze
This article investigates the exercise of power through the sexualisation of women as both subjects and objects of the gaze(s) of men in tourism. More specifically, the research addresses ways in which this surveillance impacts on the embodied experiences of women travelling alone. The article analyses the links between gendered power and surveillance by shifting the focus of tourism studies’ analysis from ‘the tourist gaze’ to ‘the mutual gaze’ …
From leisure and disability to disability leisure
Theorises empirical data from a Scope-funded study of young disabled people's leisure participation conducted by Aitchison. It serves to redefine 'leisure' in relation to established definitions and discourses, informing theory and policy in a new field of 'disability leisure', with recommendations adopted by disability charities and local authority leisure services
Theorizing Other discourses of tourism, gender and culture
At its broadest level, this article is concerned with identifying, reviewing and developing synergies between three subject fields that have experienced rapid growth over the last two decades: tourism studies, gender studies and wider cultural theory. At a more specific level, the article seeks to review the interface between structural and cultural power in the construction of gender relations and gendered Others in tourism. The article adopts a…
Feminist and gender perspectives in tourism studies
This article calls for a pause for reflection on the theoretical trajectory of feminist and gender research in tourism studies. It offers a critical appraisal of the origins, development and contemporary application of the three epistemological approaches of feminist empiricism, standpoint feminism and poststructural feminism. Although each of these broad perspectives has served to shape our multiple understandings of the relationships between ge…
The Critical and the Cultural
In this brief paper I explore, and offer explanations for, the divergent experiences of leisure studies and tourism studies in their engagements with ‘the cultural turn’. The social sciences of the
Gender and Leisure Research
Theorises empirical data from Aitchison's research of knowledge production in leisure and tourism studies. Developing Aitchison's thesis of 'the social-cultural nexus' of gender-power relations it reveals the inter-relationship of material and symbolic power in publication processes, contributes to reconstitution/reworking of editorial boards (Leisure Studies, JoHLSTE, Annals Leisure Research)
Exclusive discourses
This article presents an outline of a thesis concerning the ways in which the discourse of leisure studies has become ‘disabled by definition’. Through a failure to engage adequately with disability studies, disability politics and disabled people as both leisure participants and leisure theorists, the subject field of leisure studies has been unable to develop a coherent body of knowledge on disability and leisure. In effect, leisure studies’ en…
Geographies of Muslim Identities
Contents: Introduction: geographies of Muslim identities, Peter E. Hopkins, Mei-Po Kwan and Cara Carmichael Aitchison Beyond the mosque: Turkish immigrants and the practice and politics of Islam in Duisburg-Marxloh, Germany, Patricia Ehrkamp Visible minorities constructing and deconstructing the 'Muslim Iranian' diaspora, Cameron McAuliffe 'The other within the same': some aspects of Scottish-Pakistani identity in suburban Glasgow, Sadiq Mir Migr…
Young Disabled People, Leisure and Everyday Life
Conventional definitions of leisure have focussed on when young people participate in leisure (leisure time), what they do in their leisure (leisure activities) and where this leisure is provided (leisure spaces). For young disabled people, however, questions of who appear to be just as significant as questions of when, what and where. This paper discusses the importance of social interaction with significant others as a prerequisite for defining…
Unicef and UN women's evidence gathering to address inequalities in the post-2015 global development agenda
This paper was devised on behalf of the Women and Gender Commission of World Leisure in response to the call by UNICEF and UN women, in July 2012, for evidence to inform the “Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. The results of the global consultation exercise are intended to form a platform on which to build sustainable global development beyond the horizon of the Millennium Development Goa…
Labouring the leisure society thesis
A decade of compulsory competitive tendering in UK sport and leisure services
The last decade has witnessed the transformation of public policy in the UK following an extensive programme of privatization across a range of public services. When compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) in sport and leisure services was first proposed in 1987 there was widespread opposition from feminists and also from the Labour party who had been out of government for eight years. This period out of office was to continue for a further ten ye…
A decade of compulsory competitive tendering in UK sport and leisure services
The last decade has witnessed the transformation of public policy in the UK following an extensive programme of privatization across a range of public services. When compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) in sport and leisure services was first proposed in 1987 there was widespread opposition from feminists and also from the Labour party who had been out of government for eight years. This period out of office was to continue for a further ten ye…
Women in leisure management
Previous research has highlighted women’s unequal status in relation to management within a range of service sector industries. Leisure services, however, has remained an under‐researched sector in spite of its growing significance to the economy and its increasing importance as an employer of women. This paper reports selected results from recent research examining gender equity in leisure management. The research, examined gender equity in leis…
New cultural geographies
The contribution of geography to leisure research is well established. The relationships between spatiality, gender and sexuality are, however, less clearly articulated within previous leisure geographies. Whilst the concepts of spatialized feminism and gendered space have been well documented in geography, this is less true in relation to leisure studies. Only recently have leisure and tourism scholars begun to acknowledge that the synergy betwe…
Young Disabled People, Leisure and Everyday Life
Conventional definitions of leisure have focussed on when young people participate in leisure (leisure time), what they do in their leisure (leisure activities) and where this leisure is provided (leisure spaces). For young disabled people, however, questions of who appear to be just as significant as questions of when, what and where. This paper discusses the importance of social interaction with significant others as a prerequisite for defining…
Poststructural feminist theories of representing Others
References made to a contemporary theoretical 'crisis' in leisure studies discourse have been made by a number of scholars in the field (Scraton, 1994; Coalter, 1997; Mommaas, 1997). This article examines the origins and nature of such a 'crisis' and attempts to map one possible route through the current academic impasse. It is argued that leisure studies' reluctance to embrace recent theoretical advances in cognate disciplines and subject fields…
Theorizing Other discourses of tourism, gender and culture
At its broadest level, this article is concerned with identifying, reviewing and developing synergies between three subject fields that have experienced rapid growth over the last two decades: tourism studies, gender studies and wider cultural theory. At a more specific level, the article seeks to review the interface between structural and cultural power in the construction of gender relations and gendered Others in tourism. The article adopts a…
Gender and Leisure Research
Theorises empirical data from Aitchison's research of knowledge production in leisure and tourism studies. Developing Aitchison's thesis of 'the social-cultural nexus' of gender-power relations it reveals the inter-relationship of material and symbolic power in publication processes, contributes to reconstitution/reworking of editorial boards (Leisure Studies, JoHLSTE, Annals Leisure Research)
"The cultural industries and a model of sustainable regeneration
Many UK cities that experienced industrial decline during the 1980s and 1990s have turned increasingly to the cultural industries and the production of consumer culture in an effort to diversify local economies and rebuild local communities. This paper attempts to synthesize a range of academic literature addressing the role of the cultural industries in delivering sustainable regeneration. Literature from geography, leisure studies, tourism stud…
From leisure and disability to disability leisure
Theorises empirical data from a Scope-funded study of young disabled people's leisure participation conducted by Aitchison. It serves to redefine 'leisure' in relation to established definitions and discourses, informing theory and policy in a new field of 'disability leisure', with recommendations adopted by disability charities and local authority leisure services
Feminist and gender perspectives in tourism studies
This article calls for a pause for reflection on the theoretical trajectory of feminist and gender research in tourism studies. It offers a critical appraisal of the origins, development and contemporary application of the three epistemological approaches of feminist empiricism, standpoint feminism and poststructural feminism. Although each of these broad perspectives has served to shape our multiple understandings of the relationships between ge…
The Critical and the Cultural
In this brief paper I explore, and offer explanations for, the divergent experiences of leisure studies and tourism studies in their engagements with ‘the cultural turn’. The social sciences of the
The Role of Food Tourism in Sustaining Regional Identity
This exploratory paper examines the role of food tourism in developing and sustaining regional identities within the context of rural regeneration, agricultural diversification and the creation of closer relationships between production and consumption in the countryside. It focuses on Cornwall, South West England, an area with rural development issues, increasing tourism impacts and contested issues of regional identity. A literature and policy …
Tourism and the sexualisation of the gaze
This article investigates the exercise of power through the sexualisation of women as both subjects and objects of the gaze(s) of men in tourism. More specifically, the research addresses ways in which this surveillance impacts on the embodied experiences of women travelling alone. The article analyses the links between gendered power and surveillance by shifting the focus of tourism studies’ analysis from ‘the tourist gaze’ to ‘the mutual gaze’ …
Exclusive discourses
This article presents an outline of a thesis concerning the ways in which the discourse of leisure studies has become ‘disabled by definition’. Through a failure to engage adequately with disability studies, disability politics and disabled people as both leisure participants and leisure theorists, the subject field of leisure studies has been unable to develop a coherent body of knowledge on disability and leisure. In effect, leisure studies’ en…
Labouring the leisure society thesis
Gender and Leisure
The highly contested nature of both 'gender' and 'leisure' encapsulates many of the most critical social and cultural debates of the early twenty-first century. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical perspectives, as well as extensive empirical research, Gender and Leisure goes forward to offer a contemporary socio-cultural analysis of gender relations in leisure practice and leisure policy. The book begins by introducing and evaluating the key s…
Unicef and UN women's evidence gathering to address inequalities in the post-2015 global development agenda
This paper was devised on behalf of the Women and Gender Commission of World Leisure in response to the call by UNICEF and UN women, in July 2012, for evidence to inform the “Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities in the Post-2015 Development Agenda”. The results of the global consultation exercise are intended to form a platform on which to build sustainable global development beyond the horizon of the Millennium Development Goa…
Geographies of Muslim Identities
Contents: Introduction: geographies of Muslim identities, Peter E. Hopkins, Mei-Po Kwan and Cara Carmichael Aitchison Beyond the mosque: Turkish immigrants and the practice and politics of Islam in Duisburg-Marxloh, Germany, Patricia Ehrkamp Visible minorities constructing and deconstructing the 'Muslim Iranian' diaspora, Cameron McAuliffe 'The other within the same': some aspects of Scottish-Pakistani identity in suburban Glasgow, Sadiq Mir Migr…
Sociology (17 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Social science (9 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (8 works) · Tourism (8 works)