The Study of Food, Tourism, Hospitality and Events

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Alison Morrison, Sue Beeton

      Pages 3-12

   3. Framing Scholarly Practice

      • Melanie Williams

      Pages 13-24

3. The Study of Food, Tourism, Hospitality and Events: Past, Present and Future

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Tourism and Food: Necessity or Experience?

      • Oswin Maurer

      Pages 27-35

   3. Event Studies: Progression and Future in the Field

      • Leonie Lockstone-Binney, Faith Ong

      Pages 37-46

   4. The Australian Qualifications Framework and Lifelong Learning: An Educator’s Perspective

      • Robert Broggian

      Pages 47-57

   5. Cooking the Books

      • David Gilligan

      Pages 59-69

   6. An Indigenous Journey

      • Karon Hepner, Liz Lotter

      Pages 71-86

4. From Vocational to Higher Education: A Continuing Journey or Full Stop?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Curricular Reform in Food Programs

      • Ken Albala

      Pages 89-94

   3. Supporting Scholarship: Reshaping a Vocational Educational Library for Higher Education

      • Paul Kloppenborg

      Pages 95-105

   4. Better Together: Negotiating the Tension Between Liberal and Practical Knowledge in Event Management Curriculum Design

      • Jeffrey Wrathall, Lynn Richardson

      Pages 107-119

   5. Mobility as the Teacher: Experience Based Learning

      • John O’Donnell, Laurin Fortune

      Pages 121-132

   6. Student Learning and Employability: Immersion in Live Events

      • Garth Lategan, Melanie Williams

      Pages 133-142

   7. Designing and Running Overseas Study Tours

      • Effie Lagos, Andrew Dolphin, Fran Kerlin

      Pages 143-153

5. Research Informed Teaching

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Bridging the Gap: Making Research ‘Useful’ in Food, Tourism, Hospitality and Events—The Role of Research Impact

      • Tom Baum

      Pages 157-166

   3. Participatory Action Research as Development Tool for Industry Training: Artisan Gelato

      • Angela Tsimiklis

      Pages 167-180

This book elaborates upon, critiques and discusses 21st-century approaches to scholarship and research in the food, tourism, hospitality, and events trades and applied professions, using case examples of innovative practice. The specific field considered in this book is also placed against the backdrop of the larger question of how universities and other institutions of higher learning are evolving and addressing the new relationships between research, scholarship and teaching.

• tourism
• hospitality
• events management
• qualitative research
• applied research
• vocational training
• vocational scholarship
• professional scholarship
• student-centred learning
• research-informed teaching
• participatory action research
• trade qualification
• craft skills
• applied knowledge

• William Angliss Institute, Melbourne, Australia

  Sue Beeton, Alison Morrison

Sue Beeton is the Foundation Chair of the College of Eminent Professors at William Angliss Institute in Melbourne, Australia and was previously at La Trobe University for 18 years, where she served as Head of the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management. She has published widely in the tourism field, particularly in the areas of film-induced tourism and nature-based tourism, as well as tourism-based community development and is a regular Keynote Speaker at conferences from Iran and Israel to Europe, Japan and other countries. She is founder and Past President of the Asia Pacific chapter of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) and Executive Board Member of TTRA International.



Alison Morrison is an Eminent Professor at William Angliss Institute, Melbourne. Most of her career was spent at the University of Strathclyde where she held posts as Vice-Dean (Research) of the Strathclyde Business School, and Head of the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management (formerly The Scottish Hotel School). This was followed by a role as Professor of Hospitality at Surrey University, and Head of School of International Business, Victoria University in Melbourne. Alison has published primarily in her specialist area of small and entrepreneurial hospitality and tourism businesses. Within the field of hospitality, key contributions have been made through the co-edited books ‘In Search of Hospitality’ and ‘Hospitality: A Social Lens’. She has taught entrepreneurship in hospitality and tourism extensively overseas at universities in Austria, the Netherlands, Finland, New Zealand, Canada, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Australia, Lapland, Iran and Mauritius. 

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