Tag: cultural development

• A visit to Belgrade

  

  Last week, Dr Samantha Chaperon and I, from the University of Greenwich, presented at the Belgrade Tourism Conference 2015, which was being held alongside the Belgrade Tourism Fair.  We were invited to speak by Serbia4Youth, an amazing organisation who are working to present Serbia as a destination for young people from across Europe and beyond. Serbia4Youth brought […]

  James Kennell

  March 2, 2015

  conferences, cultural regeneration, economic development, policy, regeneration, Tourism, tourism marketing, Uncategorized

  belgrade, conference, cultural development, cultural regeneration, cultural tourism, policy, presentations, serbia, serbia4youth, Tourism, university of greenwich

• Tourism, culture and economic development: The Tourism Symposium 2014

  

  I’ll be speaking at the Tourism Society symposium in Liverpool on 3rd June 2014.  This event is looking at the relationship between tourism, culture and economic development and has some fantastic contributors.  The symposium runs over two days and is being held in the Merseyside Maritime Museum – you have to book and you can […]

  James Kennell

  April 11, 2014

  conferences, cultural regeneration, economic development, Tourism

  art, cultural development, cultural regeneration, cultural tourism, Tourism

• Arts-led regeneration – visit of Japanese scholars to Kent

  I was very pleased to be invited last week to speak to a group of Japanese scholars from Oita University who were on a visit to Kent to investigate cultural regeneration led by Teresa Smith from the University of Oxford.    I spoke about my research into the social impacts of cultural regeneration and we had a […]

  James Kennell

  November 9, 2010

  bourdieu, cultural regeneration, regeneration, seaside

  cultural development, cultural regeneration, regeneration, resorts, seaside, Theory

• Why choose the arts to regenerate a community?

  This is the presentation that I gave at the ‘Cultural Journeys’ conference at University Centre Folkestone on 9th September. It is mainly images, but if you download it you can read my notes in the PowerPoint file that include references to some useful sources about cultural regeneration.

  James Kennell

  September 12, 2010

  conferences, cultural regeneration, publications, seaside

  coastal, conference, conferences, cultural development, cultural regeneration, Folkestone, seaside

• Simulated Cities

  I’ve recently had this monograph, based on my Master’s research, published as a book called ‘Simulated Cities: cultural regeneration, branding and representation in urban development’.  Click on the image below to find out more information…

  James Kennell

  July 8, 2010

  branding, city branding, cultural regeneration, publications, regeneration, Theory

  baudrillard, branding, city branding, cultural development, cultural regeneration, derrida, publications, regeneration, Theory

• Social Seaside

  I have started a new blog and a new twitter account to record the progress of my PhD research into the cultural regeneration of seaside towns in the UK.  I’ll be posting fairly regular updates on my research, which is now into its last 12 months, and also using them as a forum for discussion […]

  James Kennell

  March 8, 2010

  bourdieu, cultural regeneration, regeneration, seaside, Tourism

  bourdieu, coastal, cultural development, cultural regeneration, Folkestone, margate, regeneration, seaside, Tourism

• The politico-cultural complex by the seaside

  Last week I went to the Black/North SEAS conference in Skegness.  I posted regularly to my twitter profile while I was there and because of this I was asked by New Start Magazine to contribute a blog post to their website.  You can read this short article by clicking here. “There was some exciting artistic […]

  James Kennell

  October 8, 2009

  art, conferences, cultural regeneration, politics, regeneration, seaside, Social Justice

  coastal, conference, cultural development, cultural regeneration, regeneration, seaside

• SeaScape conference

  I’m planning on going to this conference in October,which for some reason I only found out about today! SeaScape Conference – Butlins, Skegness, PE25 1NJ Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd October 2009 This is a two-day international conference exploring culture as a regenerative force for coastal communities. Bringing together cultural strategists, architects, and regeneration experts […]

  James Kennell

  September 7, 2009

  conferences, cultural regeneration, regeneration, seaside

  coastal, conferences, cultural development, cultural regeneration, margate, regeneration, resorts, seaside

• Kent Profile

  This is a copy of an article published this month in Kent Profile magazine, based on an interview with me about Kent’s seaside towns.  Click on the image to read it. Share this: 

  James Kennell

  February 2, 2009

  cultural regeneration, regeneration, seaside, Tourism

  coastal, credit crunch, cultural development, cultural regeneration, economic crisis, Folkestone, margate, regeneration, resorts, seaside, Tourism

• CECC online resource

  The Centre of Expertise on Culture and Communities at Simon Fraser University held a conference in April entitled “Creative Construct: building for culture and creativity”.  The conference materials are now all available online here, where you can download presentations and papers from the event.  This is a fantastic resource if you are interested in the […]

  James Kennell

  June 17, 2008

  art, regeneration

  conference, cultural development, presentations, regeneration