Lénia MarquesErasmus University Rotterdam | EUR · Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture (ERMeCC)
Lénia Marques
PhD
Assistant Professor Cultural Organizations and Management
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Introduction
Lenia Marques currently works at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Additional affiliations
January 2015 - October 2017
January 2012 - January 2015
January 2009 - December 2011
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Publications (69)
Concepts such as the “playable city” provide the basis of concrete projects for cities around the world facing the challenge of reconciling the needs of residents and tourists. By analysing a case study of Recife's initiative within the playable city concept, “Playtown”, this paper investigates how digital technologies can play a role in the co-cre...
Experience has been widely recognized as an essential part of an event’s success, but few studies have analyzed the processes underlying the event as social experience. This article contributes to a better understanding of the social processes that make an event a social interaction platform.
The social interaction processes that shape the event’s...
This paper argues for increased awareness of local cultures through an educational approach, as it is explored in the CultSense project. The tourist experience is a multi-layered phenomenon moderated by a dynamic relationship with the places visited and local populations. A holistic approach to tourism tensions and challenges, as well as a more pro...
In this ebook you will find a series of papers, which can be read out of curiosity,
as a leisure activity, for inspiration, for research, for self-reflection, and as
educational material in formal and informal educational contexts. The case
studies are divided into four sections: Emotions, Culture and Tourism; Tastes
of Culture; Spirituality and Sa...
Bridging Cultures through Travel: From theory to practice
Conference by CultSense Project & ATLAS SIG Cultural Tourism
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
14-15 June 2023
Call for papers
How can travel encourage cultural sensitivity? In a post-pandemic world, travel and tourism have been regaining popularity. With this regained popularity c...
Datas importantes Envio de resumos antes de 15 de fevereiro de 2023 Para mais informação, visite os websites da ATLAS ou CultSense Como as viagens podem promover a sensibilidade cultural? Em um mundo pós-pandêmico, as viagens e o turismo recuperaram a popularidade. Essa recuperação da popularidade traz uma pressão renovada sobre os anfitriões e loc...
¿Cómo pueden los viajes fomentar la sensibilidad cultural? En un mundo pospandémico, los viajes y el turismo han recuperado popularidad. Esta recuperación de la popularidad conlleva una presión renovada sobre los anfitriones y los lugares locales debido al aumento del número de visitantes. ¿Puede la sensibilidad cultural ser una herramienta para mi...
This conceptual paper focuses on understanding the interactions between art, science, and technology as a forms of wide interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary collaboration. There is scarce knowledge about how the wide interdisciplinary interaction between artists, scientists, and technologists can be conceptualized through a shared framework for c...
Conference in Rotterdam, 14-15 June 2023
How can travel encourage cultural sensitivity? In a post-pandemic world, travel and tourism have been regaining popularity. With this regained popularity comes a renewed pressure on local hosts and sites because of increasing visiting numbers. Can cultural sensitivity be a tool to mitigate tensions between hosts and visitors? For the last two years...
This survey is part of a worldwide research programme conducted by the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS). The aim of the study is to find out more about visitors to cultural events and attractions, their motivations, activities and impressions. For further information about the survey please contact: Richards.g@buas.nl.
CultSense Edu - Sharing Educational Insights
In this first number, we share insights into how the project has been stimulating co-creation with students with video, on staff training for cultural sensitivity and the use of interactive webinars for and with students.
The ATLAS Events Experiences Project has been conducting research on Carnival, comparing the experience of Carnival in different places, and analysing the meaning of
Carnival in contemporary society. Covid-19 provided a new research question: what
happens to communities when Carnival disappears? This paper reviews the results of surveys in Brazil a...
The movie industry is a creative sector that has the potential to contribute to (regional) economic development. Understanding the role of different stakeholders in the different parts of the process of movie production is paramount to provide an overview of the aspects that underlie an interaction that leads to regional economic development. There...
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In the context of new media art, the intrinsic interplay of disciplines poses constant learning challenges to the artists, as it requires a continuous acquisition and reconfiguration of knowledge. This article seeks to understand to what extent knowledge processes of creation, transfer and adoption contribute to the creative collaborative outcomes...
This book provides a synthesis of current research and international best practice, including practitioner perspectives and a range of case study examples. It covers types of creative tourist, trends, designing and implementing creative tourism products, embedding activities in a community and place, and addressing sustainability challenges.
Link to webinar recording: https://www.cultsense.com/videos/webinar-fostering-culturally-sensitive-practices-in-tourism/?fbclid=IwAR2rCwJcyygN_JZVoocpbKVPvwAr2oFpztSDFGeqG43eh9hhVzzEj_cDH4E
Webinar on Fostering Culturally-Sensitive Practices in Tourism, with research and cases
This teaching case analyses the trajectory of Roberto Torres, describing his life story, professional growth, as well as his decisions concerning his company, the Centro Universitário Águia. The paper presents the political, social, and economic scenarios and challenges that this manager faced between 2001 and 2019. In this dynamic environment, the...
This is the second of a series of three International Creative Tourism Webinars in Spring 2021 within the umbrella of CREATOUR International. Conceived as “global conversations,” the webinars aim to create a platform for connecting creative tourism research and practice in a spirit of co-learning.
Each webinar will bring together practitioners and...
This special issue of Event Management, on ‘Events as platforms, networks and communities’ presents a selection of papers from the Association for Tourism and Leisure Research and Education (ATLAS) conference in Copenhagen in 2018. We are aware that networks in particular are a frequent subject of events research (e.g., Getz, Andersson & Larson, 20...
The present study entails an analysis of the early measures and policies developed by five smaller and medium-sized European countries (the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland) in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In order to enable such a comparison, data was collected and categorised on government measures tha...
Amongst leisure practices, culture plays a fundamental role in the leisure landscape. Leisure provides opportunities for escaping daily routines of work and care, and contributes to expanding knowledge, skills and sense of belonging and self-realization. But what happens to leisure, and cultural leisure in the face of extreme scenarios? This articl...
In dark tourism affects are generated in a relational manner by the tourists and the locations visited by them. Exploring affective meanings of Banksy’s Dismaland via socio-spatial theories of emotion and affect is a way to contribute to the understanding of dystopian tourism. The dystopian touristic experience of Dismaland evolves from the interac...
While theatre performances in traditional venues seem to attract specific segments
of the population, theatre performances during arts festivals have been gaining in
popularity. A lower perception of risk seems to be attracting attendees to festivals
more than to traditional theatre venues. We find that arts and theatre festivals are
more accessibl...
Experience has been widely recognised as an essential part of an event’s success, but few studies have analysed the processes underlying the event as social experience. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the social processes which make an event a social interaction platform. The social interaction processes that shape the event’s s...
This article investigates the similarities and differences for tangible and intangible elements (factors and language use) contributing to placemaking in Airbnb English language reviews in Paris (59,057 reviews), Barcelona (19,291 reviews) and London (30,403 reviews). This paper contributes to provide new insights on the narrative construction of r...
This article explores the relation between motivation and experience in attendees at different types of events. There has been relatively little research into the experience dimensions of event attendees, or to what extent different motivations affect the experience, even in the events literature, motivation has been a central topic. Both academia...
The WLO Special Interest Group on “Leisure and Innovation” aims at looking into the diverse fields of innovation in leisure contexts, practices and theories. In a world where change is constant,
new challenges and practices arise, also in leisure. Innovation in different areas have consequences in leisure as well as leisure becomes a field of exper...
Innovation has been widely debated in various fields. However, except for leisure innovation in ageing and digital leisure, scant research has been done on the relationship between leisure and innovation. This article presents an overview of the field by mapping out the areas of innovation and leisure, suggesting also a taxonomy for innovations in...
The present chapter interrogates the image of the “literary city”, in particular with the emergence of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, and the title of “city of literature” (awarded since 2004). Considering the complex relationships between literature and place in global contexts, the first question to ask is How is the literary city configured...
Executive summary of the report produced for the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) on the relationship between cultural policies and tourism.
Blog post by Lorenz, based on the UCLG report Creating synergies between cultural policies and tourism for permanent and temporary citizens
Drawing on the network sociality concept, this article investigates network relationality principles relating to shareable tourism experiences through peer-to-peer platforms. The methodology is based on a case study approach, using qualitative research tools. Four key principles of network relationality emerge from the findings: temporary belonging...
A forma como anfitriões e hóspedes interagem entre si são abordadas neste trabalho pela hospitalidade em rede que, a partir dos resultados, pode ser apresentada uma relacionalidade. O objetivo do artigo foi compreender quais os aspectos fundamentais que embasam a relação entre hóspede e anfitrião em um Cama e Café da cidade de Olinda. Para a realiz...
This report examines how cultural policy can contribute to the management and development of tourism, and how tourism can contribute to supporting urban cultures. This review concentrates on the cities of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Montreal and Rome, and seeks to add new perspectives to current debates on 'overtourism' and the growth...
Longitudinal research on visitor experiences during Carnival and São João celebrations in Brazil.
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12980.96641
Este informe es el resultado de la colaboración entre la Secretaría de la Comisión de Cultura de CGLU y el Instituto de Cultura de la ciudad de Barcelona (ICUB), en el marco de la implementación del programa Ciudades Líderes en Barcelona. El proyecto tiene como objetivo analizar la relación entre cultura y turismo desde la perspectiva de las políti...
Résumé éxécutif du rapport: Créer des Synergies entre les Politiques Culturelles et Le Tourisme pour les Citoyens Permanents et Temporaires
This special issue of the Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice considers many different facets of the creative tourism phenomenon, and examines the ways in which it has been developed in a range of places, ranging from the frozen north of Canada to the searing heat of Mali. The papers that compose this special issue identify trends and chall...
The WLO Special Interest Group on“Leisure and Innovation”aims at looking into the diverse fields of innovation in leisure contexts, practices and theories. In a world where change is constant, new challenges and practices arise, also in leisure. Innovation in different areas have con-sequences in leisure as well as leisure becomes a field of experi...
This paper aims to provide insights into the experience of Carnival in Brazil, using an events studies framework. This paper uses a quantitative approach, drawn from the Event Experience Scale (EES) which was developed as a tool for measuring event experiences (Geus et al. 2015; Richards, 2017). The results are part of an ongoing study in which thi...
The increasingly multifaceted nature of event impacts makes them even more attractive as a potential solution to a range of urban and regional problems. As a result, competition to stage major cultural and sporting events is intensifying, and the cost of bidding is also rising. Given that such bidding processes only produce one winner, this means t...
In the present publication, we present a collection of cases from creative districts
in different parts of the world, both as an ebook and as an interactive platform. This
publication aims at giving visibility to creative districts that gained a new life from the
creative dynamics of the cities around them. The aim is to provide an analytical
resou...
Events are becoming more complex as their range of functions grows, as meeting places, creative spaces, economic catalysts, social drivers, community builders, image makers, business forums and network nodes. Effective design can produce more successful business models that can help to sustain cultural and sporting activities even in difficult econ...
The contributions to this volume underline the wealth of different approaches that can be taken to event design and the study of how events are designed. Event design can be approached as far more than a simple physical act of arranging event elements or the look and feel of an event. In particular this volume points to the important role played by...
This article presents art as a tool in the construction of place narrative. Discussing
that place narrative is beyond city marketing or city branding in the sense that it
strives to take into account the relationship between visitors and locals, place
narrative can explore the variety of rhizomatic dimensions of art. In this sense,
and using the pr...
The connection between rural tourism and literary tourism, with a particular focus on
entrepreneurship practices, lacks a deeper study in its varied intersections and
dynamics. This paper considers these relations, within the limits of potentiality and
inherent risks, taking as a best practice example a non-profit organization based in
the north of...
"The phenomenon of events and its consequent study is not new in the fields of sociology anthropology or tourism. However, there is a particular lacuna in the study of events regarding social outcomes. [...] The aim of this chapter is therefore to contribute to the analysis of the impact of cultural events in social landscape. More than proffering...
This paper provides an overview of the contributions to special issue of the Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice entitled „Exploring Creative Tourism‟. Creative tourism has grown rapidly in the past decade, reflecting the growing desire of consumers to develop their own creative potential and to attach themselves to creative networks, as we...
From early on, Nicolas Bouvier (Geneva, 1929-1998) dedicated himself to travel and writing. This paper proposes to investigate Bouvier’s look on alterity through his writings and photographs, two complementary forms of expression used to put out his concerns towards humankind. Furthermore, writing and photography bear witness to a philosophy of lif...
The meeting of the river, the land and the sea, with an important urban center as its framework, has been an essential reference to those who go to Oporto, live there, or simply search for a moment of inspiration.
This paper aims to question what the main elements are that participate in the representations of cultural landscapes in the Portuguese...
The written and visual work by Henri Michaux (Brussels, 1899 – Paris, 1984) and by Nicolas Bouvier (Geneva, 1929-1998) suggests resistances and mutations. Characterized by their intercultural scope and the dialogue they propose between the arts (writing, painting and photography), these works give an account of a panoply of journeys, through which...
This paper aims to reflect on literature and on the value of literary cultures beyond their cultural scope, looking outside the purely academic context. Literary heritage can be of inestimable value for countries, communities, writers and readers. This article intends to take an attentive look at three European examples of the management of literar...
Nicolas Bouvier’s work (Geneva, 1929-1998) is the result of his lifelong travel impressions which began while he was still a teenager. In the circuits taken by this great traveler, the land routes are seemingly the most significant ones even though the sea, which is virtually absent, often reveals itself through associated elements which are materi...
Questions
Questions (3)
We would like to share some details about a methodology (designing Q-Sorts in Q-methodology) which should be available as quickly as possible. We are considering registering a pre-print version in an open repository. But it seems that sometimes journals don't accept these articles as originals. We would appreciate tips and considerations from colleagues, in particular with experience in this field. Thank you!
For years now, within the ATLAS SIG Events, we have been doing research on the experience of Carnival in many countries (Brazil, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Hungary, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.)
This year, many public celebrations are cancelled. It looks like 2021 is a year with a different Carnival (or maybe no Carnival?). The question is therefore:
How are people celebrating Carnival around the world when public festivities are cancelled?
Please share your thoughts and what you see happening around you related to Carnival this year!
Projects
Projects (11)
Our project aims to study Carnival in its different forms in any country that celebrates it. Surveys in different countries, regions and cities have been undertaken since 2014 to establish cross-comparative analysis. To date surveys have covered the profile of Carnival participants, their experience, behaviour and outcomes (spending, satisfaction). Over the past two years we have particularly focussed on the impact of Covid-19 on Carnival celebrations. How have people managed to celebrate Carnival among restrictions, social distancing and cancelled events? Surveys in 2020 and 2021 have shown that people have missed the social and celebratory aspects of the event, but in many cases they have also found creative ways to celebrate in public spaces, at home and online.
The research has been undertaken primarily through online surveys distributed to Carnival participants in different countries. The research programme is coordindated by a research team in the Netherlands, drawn from Breda University of Applied Sciences and the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. In each country local research managers help with the organisation of the surveys and the interpretation of the results. For more information, please contact Greg Richards (richards.g@buas.nl).
To Identify the theoretical and empirical dimensions that can articulate collaborative consumption and creative tourism.
As specific objectives, to identify collaborative and creative practices in the Cariri region, and to propose managerial directions emphasizing creative tourism for entrepreneurs
