Africa

Belgium

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

noel.salazar@soc.kuleuven.be

IMMRC, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Leuven
Parkstraat 45
bus 3615
B-3000
Leuven
Belgium

phone: +32 475 53.73.13
fax: +32 16 32.59.02

http://kuleuven.academia.edu/NoelBSalazar

Tanzania

Ethnographic fieldwork in Tanzania (2004, 2007, 2009)

Socio-cultural anthropology: Transnationalism & cosmopolitanism;
glocalization; mobility (tourism and migration); identity &
representation; critical theory; public interest ethnography; Linguistic
anthropology: Discourse-centred approaches; multi-modal semiotics

2007 Anthropology of Tourism in Tanzania (vocational): Guest lecturer with Mr. Vedasto Izoba, Professional Tour Guide School, Arusha,
Tanz.; Syllabus development, organizing lectures, leading discussion groups

2005 Introduction to Africa (undergraduate): Teaching assistant with Dr. Sandra Barnes, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania; Supplementary
lectures, grading of all written assignments and exams

2005 African Wildlife Conservation (advanced undergraduate/graduate): Guest lecturer with Dr. Peter Rogers, Center for African Studies, U. of
Pennsylvania; Lecture and discussion on the socio-cultural aspects of wildlife conservation

2004 Anthropology of Tourism (vocational): Guest lecturer with Mr. Vedasto Izoba, Professional Tour Guide School, Arusha, Tanz ; Syllabus development,
organizing lectures, leading discussion groups

2004 Popular Culture in Africa (undergraduate): Teaching fellow with Dr. Sandra Barnes, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania; Test design
and supplementary lectures, grading of written assignments and exams

2003 Introduction to Africa (undergraduate): Teaching fellow with Dr. Sandra Barnes, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Pennsylvania; Test design
and supplementary lectures, grading of all written assignments and exams

1999 Psychological assistance and support for refugees & internally displaced people (professional): In-house trainer for the
Jesuit Refugee Service East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; Workshop leader, preparation of materials, personal tutoring

Envisioning Eden: Mobilizing imaginaries in tourism and beyond. Oxford:
Berghahn Books. Forthcoming

Subm. "Imaged or imagined? Cultural representations and the
'tourismification' of peoples and places." To appear in Cahiers
d'Etudes Africaines. [Theme issue]
Subm. "Tourism development and modernity in Africa." To appear in
Le Bulletin de l.APAD. [Theme issue]
Subm. "A troubled past, a challenging present, and a promising
future: Tanzania's tourism development in perspective." To appear in
Tourism Review International 12(3). [Theme issue]

2008 "Representation in postcolonial analysis." In
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd edition.
William A. Darity, ed. Pp. 172-173, Vol. 7. Detroit: Macmillan Reference
USA.
2007 "Towards a global culture of heritage interpretation? Evidence
from Indonesia and Tanzania." Tourism Recreation Research
32(3):23-30. [Theme issue]
2007 " 'Small is successful': The lure of small-scale tourism
development and transnational networking." In Sustainability,
Profitability and Successful Tourism. Aparna Raj, ed. Pp. 396-420.
New Delhi: Kanishka.
2006 "Touristifying Tanzania: Local guides, global discourse."
Annals of Tourism Research 33(3): 833-852.

socio-cultural anthropology ; linguistic anthropology ; representation ; tourism ; culture ; ...