Study program	Bachelor in Tourism, 3rd year – obligatory course Bachelor in Tourism, 2nd year – elective course Bachelor in Hotel Administration, 2nd or 3rd year – elective course
Objective	The aim of the course is to enhance the understanding of tourism as an international phenomenon from the perspective of social sciences, including also cultural and business-related implications. This is obtained by adopting a scientific approach to highlighting central topics. Focus will mainly be on sociological aspects, through the study of classical as well as recent travel literature.
Prerequisities	Desirable with background from courses in tourism, sociology or anthropology
Content	The foundation of tourism -          Different perspectives on tourism and the tourist: traveller or tourist? -          Essential features of tourism: adventure, movement, and differentness. -          Tourism in time and space. -          Modern trends in tourism. -          Tourism as metaphor.   The tourist, his gaze and his other senses -          A semiotic approach to tourism. -          The tourist gaze as metaphor and approach. -          The tourist gaze: John Urry’s contribution to understanding tourism. -          Tourism and the senses.   Authenticity and commercialization of tourism -          The classics of the authenticity theory: MacCannell, Cohen, Bruner and Wang. -          Different approaches to authenticity. -          Authenticity as discourse.   Tourism as a cross-cultural phenomenon -          The concept of tourism in the study of tourism. -          Tourism and modernity. -          Tourist performance in a cross-cultural perspective.   Tourism as a global phenomenon
Language of instruction	English
Organisation of the course	Lectures, seminars, presentation of papers, and discussions.
Working methods	Lectures, participation in seminars, presentation of material, individually and/or in groups.
Process evaluation	In order to be allowed to sit for the exam, the student must have fulfilled the following requirements: Presentation of articles. Every student must make an oral presentation to the class of articles covering various parts of the syllabus, possibly as a contribution to a theme-based seminar. Agreements on choice of topics and time of presentation are made through out the semester. Minimum two presentations must be approved by lecturer. Paper. Every student must write an individual assignment, the assignment shall be submitted at end of April (date will be set later).
Final assessment	The examination has two parts, which are assessed together. Every student is to write an individual assignment. The topic of the paper must be within the scope of the course, and it must be approved by the teacher. The student is entitled to guidance during the writing process. A 4-hour written examination. No aids are allowed.   The student is given one final grade for the course. In case of a non-passing grade, the student may do a re-take in those parts in which he/she has failed.
Grades	Grades are given according to the scale A – F.  E is the lowest passing grade. F is failure.
Syllabus	CURRICULUM   Jørgen. O. Bærenholdt, Michael Haldrup, Jonas Larsen, and John Urry 2004. Performing Tourist Places. New Directions in Tourism Analyses. Aldershot: Ashgate.   Daniel Boorstin 1962: Chapter 3 From traveler to tourist: the lost art of travel. In The Image. A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America.  New York: Vintage Books, pp 77-117.   Edward M. Bruner 1994. Abraham Lincoln as authentic reproduction: A critique of postmodernism. American Anthropologist, 96(2): 397–415.   Erik Cohen 1988: Authenticity and commoditization in tourism. Annals of Tourism Research 15: 371-386.   Erik Cohen 1995 Chapter 2: Contemporary tourism – trends and challenges. Sustainable authenticity or contrived post-modernity? In  Richard Butler and Douglas Pearce (eds.) Change in Tourism. People, Places, Processes. London: Routledge, pp.12-29.     Paul Fussell 1980:  Abroad. British literary travelling between the wars. Pp37-50: From exploration to travel to tourism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   Graham Dann 2002 Chapter 1: The tourist as a metaphor of the social world. In Graham Dann (ed.) The Tourist as a Metaphor of the Social World. Wallingford: CABI Publishing, pp. 1-17.   Adrian Franklin 2003. Objects and rituals of heritage. In Tourism: An Introduction. London: Sage, pp. 176-210.   Jens Kristian Jacobsen 1997 The making of an attraction. Annals of Tourism Research, 24: 341-356.   Jafar Jafari 2001 Chapter 2: The scientification of tourism. In Valene Smith and Maryann Brent (eds.) Hosts and Guests Revisited: Tourism Issues of the 21st Century. New York: Cognizant, pp 28-41.   Neil Leiper 1999. Tourist attraction systems. Annals of Tourism Research 17: 367-384.   Dean MacCannell 1999 [1976]. Chapter 5: Staged authenticity. In The Tourist. A New Theory of the Leisure Class. New York: Schocken, pp.  91-107.   Kjell Olsen 2002 Authenticity as a concept in tourism research. The social organisation of the experience of authenticity. Tourist Studies 2 (2): 159-182.   Chris Rojek 1997 Chapter 3: Indexing, dragging and the social construction of tourist sights. In Chris Rojek and John Urry (eds.) Touring Cultures. London: Routledge.   pp 52-73   John Urry 2002 (1990). The Tourist Gaze. London: Sage.   John Urry 1996 How societies remember their past. In Sharon MacDonald and Gordon Fyfe (eds.) Theorizing Museums. Oxford: Blackwell, pp 45-65.   Ning Wang 1999 Rethinking authenticity in tourism experience. Annals of Tourism Research 26: 349-370.

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