J.M. Cheer
@jmcheer.bsky.social
Professor at @westernsydneyu.bsky.social
Writing + Ranting
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Writing + Ranting
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I bless the rains down in Africa.
September 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I bless the rains down in Africa.
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🌏 Atlas Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that its In-Between Regional Conference will be hosted by Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto on 9-10 March, 2026.
🌏 Atlas Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that its In-Between Regional Conference will be hosted by Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto on 9-10 March, 2026.
July 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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🌏 Atlas Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that its In-Between Regional Conference will be hosted by Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto on 9-10 March, 2026.
🌏 Atlas Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that its In-Between Regional Conference will be hosted by Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto on 9-10 March, 2026.
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🚩 A Call for Papers
🌏 Special Issue in Tourism Geographies
🧭 Geographies of Personalisation and Immersion in Tourism Experiencescapes
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🌏 Special Issue in Tourism Geographies
🧭 Geographies of Personalisation and Immersion in Tourism Experiencescapes
🔗 See full details: www.tgjournal.com/personalisat...
July 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🚩 A Call for Papers
🌏 Special Issue in Tourism Geographies
🧭 Geographies of Personalisation and Immersion in Tourism Experiencescapes
🔗 See full details: www.tgjournal.com/personalisat...
🌏 Special Issue in Tourism Geographies
🧭 Geographies of Personalisation and Immersion in Tourism Experiencescapes
🔗 See full details: www.tgjournal.com/personalisat...
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✅ Cheer, J. M., & Mostafanezhad, M. (2025). On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies.
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On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies
Since the launch of Tourism Geographies in 1999, annual international tourist arrivals have surged from 664 million to 1.4 billion, with greater numbers of domestic tourists traversing within borde...
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✅ Cheer, J. M., & Mostafanezhad, M. (2025). On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies.
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🔗 Lerfald, M. (2025). Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development. Tourism Geographies, 1–22.
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🔗 Lerfald, M. (2025). Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development. Tourism Geographies, 1–22.
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Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development
Spatial unevenness in resource distribution and economic activity presents challenges for regional development, particularly in peripheral regions. Second-home development has emerged as a strategy...
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🔗 Lerfald, M. (2025). Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development. Tourism Geographies, 1–22.
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🔗 Lerfald, M. (2025). Beyond the dichotomy: revisiting endogenous-exogenous dynamics and place-based leadership in second-home development. Tourism Geographies, 1–22.
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Rural tourism is a viable pathway towards developing livelihoods + economic diversification, and central to rural revitalisation. The relevance of countryside capital has renewed importance as communities look to identify areas for comparative advantage.
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Rural revitalisation, rural tourism and countryside capital: a rural society redux
The allure of the rural fringe for touristic activity is longstanding. The prominence of rural tourism was heightened during the pandemic of 2020–2023 as the rush to the countryside intensified. Th...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Rural tourism is a viable pathway towards developing livelihoods + economic diversification, and central to rural revitalisation. The relevance of countryside capital has renewed importance as communities look to identify areas for comparative advantage.
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Szili, G., Butler, G., & Adie, B. A. (2024). From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectral-geographies and exorcising ‘ghosts’ in Port Adelaide. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 85–101.
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From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectral-geographies and exorcising ‘ghosts’ in Port Adelaide
Through an interpretivist and hauntological approach, our study explores how self-guided ghost walks use ‘spectral-geographies’ to reconcile problematic colonial histories while simultaneously supp...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Szili, G., Butler, G., & Adie, B. A. (2024). From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectral-geographies and exorcising ‘ghosts’ in Port Adelaide. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 85–101.
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Ironside, R., & Smith, F. (2024). Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 68–84.
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Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral
Ghosts, hauntings and the spectral are intrinsically linked to sites of dark tourism. Supernatural stories commonly emerge in places connected with tragedy, death and the macabre, forming spectral ...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Ironside, R., & Smith, F. (2024). Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 68–84.
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Zhang, Q., & Zhong, S. (2024). The politics of spectrality in earthquake ruins: remaking dark tourism in hauntology. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 49–67.
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The politics of spectrality in earthquake ruins: remaking dark tourism in hauntology
This study asks how specters have made disaster sites enchanting and important places of dark tourism, resonating with the history of the site and reconciling its current existence. The research is...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Zhang, Q., & Zhong, S. (2024). The politics of spectrality in earthquake ruins: remaking dark tourism in hauntology. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 49–67.
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Hillier, J., & Fu, S. (2024). Dark tourism goes underground: ghostly materialities of Japanese occupation in Datong, China. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 31–48.
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Dark tourism goes underground: ghostly materialities of Japanese occupation in Datong, China
In north China, memorial museums are often associated with the suffering of victims of the Japanese occupation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945). The Datong Coal Mine Massacre Site Me...
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Hillier, J., & Fu, S. (2024). Dark tourism goes underground: ghostly materialities of Japanese occupation in Datong, China. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 31–48.
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Dan Knox (2024). The spectral geographies of slavery: tourism and the hauntings of dissonant colonial heritage. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 17–30.
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The spectral geographies of slavery: tourism and the hauntings of dissonant colonial heritage
The spectral geography of the colonial legacy in Bristol is marked by a series of absences from official and tourist narratives about the city. The people and practices of the Atlantic slave trade ...
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Dan Knox (2024). The spectral geographies of slavery: tourism and the hauntings of dissonant colonial heritage. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 17–30.
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Martini, A., Sharma, N., & Timothy, D. J. (2025). Dark tourism and spectral geographies: ghosts, memories, and the rupturing of absence and presence. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 1–16.
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Dark tourism and spectral geographies: ghosts, memories, and the rupturing of absence and presence
This paper explores the intersection of dark tourism and spectral geographies, offering a critical examination of how spaces of death, disaster, trauma, and painful memories are shaped by hauntings...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Martini, A., Sharma, N., & Timothy, D. J. (2025). Dark tourism and spectral geographies: ghosts, memories, and the rupturing of absence and presence. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 1–16.
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Skinner, J. (2025). Haunted by Horace? Twilight tours, guides and the revival of the Gothic. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 120–144.
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Haunted by Horace? Twilight tours, guides and the revival of the Gothic
This paper uses a hauntological approach to examine the extent to which the present is haunted by the past. Specifically, it looks at playful indeterminate referentiality and the relationship betwe...
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Skinner, J. (2025). Haunted by Horace? Twilight tours, guides and the revival of the Gothic. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 120–144.
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Varnajot, A., & Salim, E. (2024). The hauntology of climate change: glacier retreat and dark tourism. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 102–119.
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The hauntology of climate change: glacier retreat and dark tourism
In recent decades, glaciers have become infamous symbols of climate change, and as they thaw and retreat, they leave behind haunted spaces favorable for the development of dark tourism practices. C...
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Varnajot, A., & Salim, E. (2024). The hauntology of climate change: glacier retreat and dark tourism. Tourism Geographies, 27(1), 102–119.
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Tourism Geographies Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2025 is out now.
A Special Issue, "Dark Tourism and Spectral Geographies"
Guest editors:
🔸 Anna Martini, Università di Bologna
🔸 Nitasha Sharma, The University of Alabama
🔸 Dallen Timothy, Arizona State University
A Special Issue, "Dark Tourism and Spectral Geographies"
Guest editors:
🔸 Anna Martini, Università di Bologna
🔸 Nitasha Sharma, The University of Alabama
🔸 Dallen Timothy, Arizona State University
May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Tourism Geographies Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2025 is out now.
A Special Issue, "Dark Tourism and Spectral Geographies"
Guest editors:
🔸 Anna Martini, Università di Bologna
🔸 Nitasha Sharma, The University of Alabama
🔸 Dallen Timothy, Arizona State University
A Special Issue, "Dark Tourism and Spectral Geographies"
Guest editors:
🔸 Anna Martini, Università di Bologna
🔸 Nitasha Sharma, The University of Alabama
🔸 Dallen Timothy, Arizona State University
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🌏 INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION (IGU) Regional Conference 17-21 August 2026, Istanbul University
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🚩 IGU COMMISSION ON TOURISM, LEISURE & GLOBAL CHANGE invites session proposals
⏰ Deadline 31 July 2025
📩 Submit a proposal - scan QR code or www.irc2026.org/SessionForm/
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🚩 IGU COMMISSION ON TOURISM, LEISURE & GLOBAL CHANGE invites session proposals
⏰ Deadline 31 July 2025
📩 Submit a proposal - scan QR code or www.irc2026.org/SessionForm/
May 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
🌏 INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION (IGU) Regional Conference 17-21 August 2026, Istanbul University
www.irc2026.org/en/
🚩 IGU COMMISSION ON TOURISM, LEISURE & GLOBAL CHANGE invites session proposals
⏰ Deadline 31 July 2025
📩 Submit a proposal - scan QR code or www.irc2026.org/SessionForm/
www.irc2026.org/en/
🚩 IGU COMMISSION ON TOURISM, LEISURE & GLOBAL CHANGE invites session proposals
⏰ Deadline 31 July 2025
📩 Submit a proposal - scan QR code or www.irc2026.org/SessionForm/
🏝️ The third edition of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Academic Symposium will take place during the GSTC2025 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference in Fiji (August 5–8, 2025)
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
🏝️ The third edition of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Academic Symposium will take place during the GSTC2025 Global Sustainable Tourism Conference in Fiji (August 5–8, 2025)
🚩Time has proved Musk to be a human sink - efficiently draining away value from any particular thing he sits atop
🚩There is remarkably little curiosity about what version of govt elicited widespread acclaim for making America great again
Via @noemamag.com
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🚩There is remarkably little curiosity about what version of govt elicited widespread acclaim for making America great again
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The Good Society Department | NOEMA
Once upon a time, there was a federal government department that helped design and distribute tools for living the good life. What happened to that vision?
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April 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
🚩Time has proved Musk to be a human sink - efficiently draining away value from any particular thing he sits atop
🚩There is remarkably little curiosity about what version of govt elicited widespread acclaim for making America great again
Via @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-good-soc...
🚩There is remarkably little curiosity about what version of govt elicited widespread acclaim for making America great again
Via @noemamag.com
www.noemamag.com/the-good-soc...
Gaza as a tourist zone?
“Gaza is on the sea, it has the best climate, a phenomenal location. Everything is great. I looked at pictures; the place looked like a giant ghost town. But you can do incredible things with it.”
US President Donald Trump
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“Gaza is on the sea, it has the best climate, a phenomenal location. Everything is great. I looked at pictures; the place looked like a giant ghost town. But you can do incredible things with it.”
US President Donald Trump
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Gaza as a tourist Resort? Shocking Statements by Trump - Sarajevo Times
His statements reflect the views of his son-in-law and former senior advisor, Jared Kushner, who previously said that coastal real estate in Gaza has “priceless value” and pointed to Gaza’s potential ...
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February 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Gaza as a tourist zone?
“Gaza is on the sea, it has the best climate, a phenomenal location. Everything is great. I looked at pictures; the place looked like a giant ghost town. But you can do incredible things with it.”
US President Donald Trump
sarajevotimes.com/gaza-as-a-to...
“Gaza is on the sea, it has the best climate, a phenomenal location. Everything is great. I looked at pictures; the place looked like a giant ghost town. But you can do incredible things with it.”
US President Donald Trump
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Two new episodes are now available in The Tourism Geographies Podcast.
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February 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Two new episodes are now available in The Tourism Geographies Podcast.
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“Write better papers, write fewer papers.”
A mantra for 2025.
A mantra for 2025.
December 28, 2024 at 12:15 PM
“Write better papers, write fewer papers.”
A mantra for 2025.
A mantra for 2025.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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Commentary: The destruction of monuments, artworks and irreplaceable archives in times of war is an erosion of civilization itself, the attacks born of the same motives that also drive genocide.
Why cultural heritage must be protected in wartime
Attacks on cultural sites are acts of cultural erasure, born of the same eliminationist motives that also drive genocide.
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December 27, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Commentary: The destruction of monuments, artworks and irreplaceable archives in times of war is an erosion of civilization itself, the attacks born of the same motives that also drive genocide.
Want OPEN ACCESS/FREE TO DOWNLOAD research articles to read over the holiday break and to add to your knowledge library?
Tourism Geographies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rtx...), with the help of Publisher Taylor & Francis has made several recently published papers, free access to 31 DECEMBER.
Tourism Geographies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rtx...), with the help of Publisher Taylor & Francis has made several recently published papers, free access to 31 DECEMBER.
December 15, 2024 at 4:15 AM
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Tourism Geographies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rtx...), with the help of Publisher Taylor & Francis has made several recently published papers, free access to 31 DECEMBER.
Tourism Geographies (www.tandfonline.com/journals/rtx...), with the help of Publisher Taylor & Francis has made several recently published papers, free access to 31 DECEMBER.
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"Landmark laws across the country have come into existence to preserve things we deem culturally significant. But they don't always protect what we actually want to save," Michael Kimmelman, our architecture critic, writes.
‘Intangible Heritage’ and How Cities Decide What to Preserve
A gay bar. A bookstore. Fresh salt air. We could learn to preserve what matters most to people.
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December 1, 2024 at 9:07 PM
"Landmark laws across the country have come into existence to preserve things we deem culturally significant. But they don't always protect what we actually want to save," Michael Kimmelman, our architecture critic, writes.