Unveiling the Nexus: Peace Education, Tourism, and UNESCO Site Management Policies

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Publicado: Dez 23, 2024

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Fabio Carbone
Coventry University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6711-4892
T. N. Khanzadi

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The potential of UNESCO sites to serve as platforms for education and dialogue makes them ideal settings for promoting peace education through tourism. Research on peace education within the context of UNESCO sites is gradually expanding, but a systematic analysis of how peace education is integrated into tourism experiences at these sites remains underexplored. This prompts a deeper investigation into the effectiveness of specific initiatives and the nuances of visitor experiences. Limited research delves into the effectiveness of specific peace education initiatives at UNESCO sites or examines the nuances of visitor experiences in these contexts. Additionally, there is a dearth of studies focusing on UNESCO sites in specific regions, further underscoring the need for a comprehensive review to inform future research endeavors. This literature review aims to bridge these gaps by providing a foundation for a more nuanced and transversal understanding of the relationship between UNESCO sites and peace education. Ultimately, understanding the interconnectedness of UNESCO sites and peace education contributes to the broader discourse on how cultural heritage can be harnessed for peacebuilding and global understanding. The research adopts the traditional triangulation of qualitative methods such as archival analysis, semi-structured interviews, and fieldwork to explore the perception of managers towards their responsibilities to promote peace education through tourism at world heritage sites.

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2024
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Biografia do Autor

Fabio Carbone, Coventry University

Lecturer of International Tourism Management at the Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University (UK) - where he is winner of an Excellence Award - and researcher fellow at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (Coventry University, UK). Main research interest: the relations between cultural heritage management and tourism for the promotion of intercultural dialogue, global understanding and peace.

Ambassador-at-large of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT, New York), founder member of the IIPT Iran Chapter and IIPT Educator Network Coordinator.

 

A professional career based on a strong humanistic background, he started as archaeologist and later his interest in Cultural Heritage drove him to the area of Cultural Heritage Management and Heritage Tourism. Recently his interest is also related to the relations between cultural heritage management and the policy of integration and peace building in post-conflict areas. Among his academic awards: the excellence award 2018 by the Faculty of Business and Law, Coventry University and the honorific mention of Doctor Europaeus.

 

He has an extensive experience both as a practitioner and as academic. In the past he was project manager and consultant for public and private bodies promoting cultural projects co-financed by the European Commission through the non-profit organization HERA (www.heraonline.org). Invited member of the direction board of Dante Alighieri Society, Italian institution promoting activities of cultural diplomacy worldwide. He has already sat on many scientific board worldwide for the organisation of events such as the International Conference GEOGRAPHIES FOR PEACE (Bolivia), INVTUR2017 (Portugal) among others. He is an awarded reviewer for the international journal “Tourism Management” with the Outstanding Reviewer Status, as well as for the Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development; International Journal of Tourism Cities; Journal of Destination Marketing & Management.

 

He is affiliated to many academic institutions, such as the GOVCOPP - Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, DEGEI, University of Aveiro (Portugal); Geosciences Centre, University of Coimbra (Portugal); Italian Group of Geoarchaeology, JEAN MONNET Department of European Studies (Locarno, Switzerland), and he is member of the Forum UNESCO - University & Heritage (University of Valencia, Spain).

 

Beyond his strong engagement in academic citizenship, he is also affiliated to non-academic institutions: observer member of the Portuguese Steering Committee for HERITY - World Organisation for the Certification of Quality Management of Cultural Heritage. He has a special dedication to volunteering, both at local and international level. In 2003, he was European Volunteer, within the European Volunteer Service, and since that time he has collaborated in many voluntary humanitarian projects in countries like Serbia and with pro bono consulting for non-profit organizations in Bangladesh. He is also supporter of the UN Refugees Agency, and he belongs to the international UN Volunteers database, to serve in UN missions of Humanitarian Assistance and UN peacekeeping operation.