Cultural Geography research projects completed in the last 10 years

Wild Experiments

- The project examined the history, politics and geographies of rewilding, which is emerging as a new paradigm for wildlife conservation. It focused on...

Indigenous Land and the Politics of Voice: The strategic representation of indigeneity, in activism against land acquisition by mining companies

- By Radhika Borde. Acquisition of indigenous land for purposes of mineral extraction is a controversial issue for several environmental reasons,...

Shifting Chinese Urban Governance and Governmentalities in China: Observations from Hengqin Free Zone

- By dr. Chin Ee Ong - This project considers one aspect of the Chinese urbanisation process – the intended creation of the ‘free...

Medical Tourism Resiliency

- By dr. Meghann Ormond - A study led by the Medical Tourism Research Group, Services Research and Innovation Centre, Faculty of Business and...

Women Enacting Their Gender Roles to get (dis)empowerment through Tourism in Tanzania

- By Nelly Bisanda My research addresses women (dis)empowerment through tourism. In many developing countries, including Tanzania, tourism is argued...

Art in urban public space

- By dr. Martin Zebracki - Today many city planners make various physical-aesthetic, economic, social and cultural-symbolic claims about the...

Geographies of sexual citizenship

- By dr. Martin Zebracki - From the 1990s, geographers have been engaging increasingly more with sexuality and space. Seeing sexuality as an essential,...

Governance of Partnerships in the Tourism-Conservation-Development Nexus: Case study of Koija Starbeds and Sanctuary at Ol Lentile, Kenya

- By Rita Nthiga The discourse of linking biodiversity conservation and development in Africa has evolved over time. As a consequence, there have been...

Ordering tourism, poverty reduction, and development organizations - An aidnography of 15 years pro-poor sustainable tourism development by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

- By ir. John Hummel In the last two decades, international development organizations like SNV Netherlands Development Organization have cautiously...

Tangier urbanisation and migrant participation

- By dr. Lauren Wagner - Issues of migrant integration and cohesion in cities are predominantly discussed from the Northern perspective, with a focus on...