Þórný Barðadóttir
Biographic Data
| ID | 6441045 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Þórný Barðadóttir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Þórný |
| FAMILY NAME | Barðadóttir |
| SIGNATURE | BARÐADÓTTIR Þ |
| AFFILIATIONS | Icelandic Tourism Research Centre, University of Akureyri |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8415-7846 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reaching the edge of the Arctic: Tourism mobilities in rural Iceland
Few people and the birds”. Negotiating tourism development and more-than-human hospitality on the margin
Mobilities on the Margins
This chapter sets focus on Melrakkaslétta, a marginal place on the Icelandic northeast coast and home to a few hundred people. Generally, Melrakkaslétta is experienced as remote and inaccessible, located far from the country's main route of travels, the Icelandic highway that circles the country. The community has experienced outmigration in recent decades, but, recently, tourism has been brought to the fore as a tool for economic diversification…
Arctic expedition cruise tourism and citizen science: A vision for the future of polar tourism
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for using citizen science – defined as a data collection method through which non-professionals engage in contributing to authentic scientific inquiry – within the expedition cruise industry to contribute significantly to the collection of environmental data from hard-to-access Arctic areas. Design/methodology/approach The authors review trends in Arctic expedition cruise tour…
Arctic expedition cruise tourism and citizen science: A vision for the future of polar tourism
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for using citizen science – defined as a data collection method through which non-professionals engage in contributing to authentic scientific inquiry – within the expedition cruise industry to contribute significantly to the collection of environmental data from hard-to-access Arctic areas. Design/methodology/approach The authors review trends in Arctic expedition cruise tour…
Mobilities on the Margins
This chapter sets focus on Melrakkaslétta, a marginal place on the Icelandic northeast coast and home to a few hundred people. Generally, Melrakkaslétta is experienced as remote and inaccessible, located far from the country's main route of travels, the Icelandic highway that circles the country. The community has experienced outmigration in recent decades, but, recently, tourism has been brought to the fore as a tool for economic diversification…
Few people and the birds”. Negotiating tourism development and more-than-human hospitality on the margin
Reaching the edge of the Arctic: Tourism mobilities in rural Iceland
Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Tourism (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Arctic (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Geology (2 works)