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  Title:

  Associate Professor

  Teacher Group:

  Regional Tourism Management

Classes

Introduction to Tourism and Culture (Area Studies), Special Lecture on Tourism Creation I
Sociocultural Issues in Tourism (Community Based Tourism), Seminar in Creative Destination Design, Seminar in International Development and Tourism

Class Content

Cultural, Social and Economic Sustainability in Heritage Tourism Development

This course focuses on understanding how the attribution and negotiation of the significance and value of cultural heritage in contemporary contexts is involved in the expression of identity, social empowerment and economic development. There has been a rise in the recognition of heritage as a resource for cultural, social, and economic development. Thus, cultural and natural heritage have come to be viewed as potential tourist sites as the tourism industry continues to see growth globally. Concurrently, various values, such as historical, ethical, religious, economic and political values, are projected onto heritage by its stakeholders. However, the gap between the interests of stakeholders can increase as the values tourists ascribe to heritage impacts perceptions of ethnic groups, regions, and even nations related to the heritage. This course will consider how to manage the diversity of values associated with heritage, and how to develop heritage tourism with the aim of cultural, social and economic sustainability.

Brief Outline of History & Achievements

Mayumi Okada received her Ph.D. in History at Keio University. Following post graduate degree work with the Centre for Ainu and Indigenous Studies and the Creative Research Institution at Hokkaido University, she joined the Center for Advanced Tourism Studies. Her primary research interests include Public Archaeology, Heritage Studies and Indigenous Tourism Studies. Recent publications include Cultural Heritage Management in Israel (Keio University Press, 2017) and “Pathway to Decolonizing Collections of Ainu Ancestral Remains: Recent Developments of the Repatriation in Japan,” in Meloche, C. H. et al. (eds.) Working With and For Ancestors: Collaboration in the Care and Study of Ancestral Remains (Routledge, 2020).

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Academic Society Affiliations

World Archaeological Congress, Palestine Exploration Fund, Japanese Society for Cultural Heritage, The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan

E-mail

m-okada@cats.hokudai.ac.jp

Research Areas

Pulic Archaeology, Heritage Studies, Indigenous Tourism