Mona Eskola- Doctor of Philosophy
- Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Lapland I Multidimensional Tourism Institute
Mona Eskola
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Lapland I Multidimensional Tourism Institute
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Introduction
My passion is to explore phenomena with practice-based approach, body-reflexivity and (auto)ethnography. The affective interaction of the human body within sociomaterial and nature environment including for example rhythmic gestures, voice, touch, movement and stillness are inborn features of my research area. My knowledge lies in researching sensuous, affecto-rhythmic practices with body-reflexivity as a methodology as well as high-class, luxury customer experiences & hospitality.
Current institution
University of Lapland I Multidimensional Tourism Institute
Current position
- Faculty of Social Sciences
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Publications (2)
Keywords: luxury, tourism research, embodied knowing, practice theory,
sociomateriality, afect, rhythm, autoethnography
Traditionally, luxury is presented as conspicuous, expensive and extraordinary
products and services in branding and marketing literature. Nevertheless, in
contemporary society the understanding of luxury has extended towards exp...
This chapter investigates the experiential nature of luxury emerging in various practices related to a yoga retreat holiday in luxury hotel premises. In foregrounding the embodied and subjective nature of luxury, we depart from the conventional understanding of luxury defined by the managerial, product- and brand-centric views (Kapferer and Bastien...
