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Preschoolers' and Adults' Animism Tendencies Toward a Humanoid Robot
(Elsevier, 2021)This study examined whether three- and five-year-old children and adults changed their perceptions of a robot after a naturalistic interaction with it. We examined whether participants exhibited animism errors (i.e., ... -
Lived Spirituality: Exploring the Richness of Inner Work
(2020)This article investigates and documents inner processes which underlie and support my professional life – a livingeduational- theory based on what I term 'lived spirituality'. Influenced strongly by the work of Rudolf ... -
Flight, Climate Change, and Dangerous Times for Art and Pedagogy
(Brill, 2020)In his last book Chaosmosis, Felix Guattari (1995, p. 129) argues that both “intellectuals and artists have got nothing to teach anyone,” and that they produce “toolkits composed of concepts, percepts and affects, which ... -
Hinduism, Ecological Conservation, and Public Health: What Are the Health Hazards for Religious Tourists at Hindu Temple?
(MDPI AG, 2020)This exploratory ethnographic study aims to understand the visitation experience and to identify health hazards at pilgrimage sites in India. Specifically, this research aims to assess the tourism potential of holy Hindu ... -
Fear and Trembling of Cruise Ship Employees: Psychological Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic
(MDPI, 2020)The current COVID-19 pandemic has evolved to unprecedented proportions. This research aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the psychological e ects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ship employees stuck at sea. Using ... -
Social Network Sites, Fear of Missing Out, and Psychosocial Correlates
(Masaryk University, 2020)The use of Social Network Sites (SNSs) has grown to become a ubiquitous aspect of daily life in developed countries throughout the world. This rise of social media has resulted in increased public concern regarding the way ... -
Review: Costuming Cosplay: Dressing the Imagination, Therèsa Winge (Bloomsbury 2018)
(Iris Publishers, 2020)No abstract. -
Covid-19’s Impact on the Hospitality Workforce – New Crisis or Amplification of the Norm?
(Emerald, 2020)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospitality workforce in situ between mid-April and June 2020. Design/methodology/approach This is a viewpoint ... -
Beyond Catastrophic Forgetting in Continual Learning: An Attempt with SVM
(The International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2020)A big challenge in continual learning is avoiding catastrophically forgetting previously learned tasks. The possibility of improving existing knowledge whilst integrating new information has been much less explored. In ... -
Media Images and the Gendered Representation of Chefs
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Images portrayed in online media may influence societal perceptions of chefs, with the potential to perpetuate gender segregation in the professional kitchen. Little scholarly attention in previous research has been given ... -
Book Review: Dolezal, C., Trupp, A., & Bui, H. T. (Eds.). (2020). Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia.
(Society for South-East Asian Studies (SEAS), 2020)No abstract. -
Book Review: Promoting Spontaneous Use of Learning and Reasoning Strategies: Theory, Research and Practice for Effective Transfer
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)No abstract. -
The Outcomes of Tourism Social Entrepreneurship: Host Community Perspectives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study investigates the outcomes of tourism social entrepreneurship (TSE) activities in Sitio Liwliwa, a surfing destination community in Zambales, Philippines. Formally initiated by an accommodation-type tourism social ... -
Gender Research in Hospitality and Tourism Management: Time to Change the Guard
(Emerald, 2020)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the problem with how gender is positioned in hospitality and tourism management studies. It recommends critical theories to investigate how gender is researched in the ... -
Intangible Heritage, and Future Past of Rural Vietnam: A Hero’s Journey and Creative Place-making of Yen Tu’s Tourism
(Emerald, 2020)This paper aims to look at the future development of new tourism attractions through the visionary project of a leading Vietnamese developer in a remote area of Northern Vietnam in the Quang Ninh province. Design/meth ... -
Investigating Guesthouse and Cuisine Experiences in the Maldives: A New Research Method Utilising a Tasting Buffet
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Guesthouses have transformed the tourism industry in the Maldives, from being solely focussed on enclave, luxury resorts, to offering affordable local island tourism to a new market. Food and tourism are closely linked. ... -
Chinese Tourists’ Attitude Towards Road Safety in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Road safety is a global issue that has been given more attention in many countries. In tourist destinations, a high rate of car accidents could negatively influence the market image in tourism. Self-drive tourism has become ... -
'Taking Charge of Tourism' - Tourism Social Entrepreneurial Processes in Culion Island, Philippines: An Integrative Model
(The Tourism CoLab, 2020)Tourism social entrepreneurship (TSE) is described as an alternative approach to tourism development, characterised by goals of eradicating local social problems, maximising the positive outcomes of tourism, and delivering ... -
Kia Kaua Te Reo E Rite Ki Te Moa, Ka Ngaro: Do Not Let the Language Suffer the Same Fate As the Moa
(The Royal Society, 2020)More than a third of the world's languages are currently classified as endangered and more than half are expected to go extinct by 2100. Strategies aimed at revitalizing endangered languages have been implemented in numerous ... -
English Language Teachers’ Beliefs and Concerns About Pronunciation Teaching in Uruguay
(Oasis database, 2019)This article reports on the concerns and issues which 28 experienced and well-qualified teachers expressed during individual semi-structured interviews with the researcher. It describes and discusses the participants’ ...