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Nitasha Sharma
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Geographer|DarkTourism| Rituals|Authenticity|Sacred Spaces|Folklore|MagicalTourism|Pilgrimage| Sustainability| ailurophile. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110792072/html
🔔 CALL FOR CHAPTERS
We invite contributions to an edited volume, "Dark Tourism Rituals and Micro-Rituals: Performance, Negotiation and Meaning-Making" (Channel View Publications). Please send your abstracts to me at nitashar.iu@gmail.com or Dr. Daniel Olsen at dholsen@byu.edu. #darktourism
October 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
On Halloween Eve (30 Oct, 6pm GMT), join us for a magical journey into tourism’s enchanted side! From festivals & fantasy worlds to heritage, folklore & greener futures, this webinar uncovers how magical tourism is reshaping visitor experiences. ⭐️🪄🏰 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
September 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Glad to be featured in this very comprehensive article by Sneha Mahale published by The New Indian Express on dark tourism, and sharing space with some brilliant friends and experts who work on this topic. www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/ma... #darktourism
July 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Honored to have been one of the speakers today at a session on #Darktourism at the 19th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine at NOLA. I spoke about dark tourism, trauma and mental health and potential areas of intervention. #CISTM19
May 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The kind of good and encouraging news in life that keeps you going in the midst of academic turmoil and depressing socio-political climate! #AAG2025 #AmericanAssociationofGeographers #AAGRTS #darktourism #tourismgeographies @tourismgeographies.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Fellow geographers, why are we not talking about this?? 😱😳👇🏼

Google Maps just made the switch from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
February 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
In our latest book on Critical theories in dark tourism, one of the chapters explores the conceptual intersections between dark tourism and traumascapes raised by the shrinking cryosphere with discussions on ecological grief. If you haven't checked it out yet, then you must! #darktourism
January 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM