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Faculty of HS | School of Human Kinetics | Personnel

Alexandra Arellano

Telephone: (613) 562-5800 ext. 2441
Fax: (613) 562-5497
E-mail Address: aarellan@uottawa.ca
Office (building, room number): MNT 336

Rank

• Assistant Professor
• Member of the Faculty of graduate and posdoctoral studies of the University of Ottawa

Biography

After my studies at Laval University, I completed my PhD in sociology at Lancaster University in England. I was interested in Inca heritage revival movements and cultural changes occasioned by the fast development of international tourism in Peru. During my postdoctoral studies in the “Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine urbain” (UQAM), I worked on festivals or the “festivalisation” of society from the perspective of identity and imagination renewals. This experience also gave me the opportunity to contribute in projects of sustainable tourism development and revitalization of indigenous heritage in Mexico.

After working one year as a full time lecturer in Leeds Metropolitan University, England, I started my present appointment as assistant professor at the School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa.

I am currently interested in tourism mobilities and social exclusion / inclusion in poor region such as the South Andes of Peru, in diverse projects related to heritage management and transformations occurring after the World Heritage Sites designation of UNESCO (see: http://whtrn.ca) and more recently, I am working on a research project with a partnership with Right To Play, looking at sport for development programs for Canadian aboriginal youth.

University Degrees

Year	Degree	Specialty	Institution
2003-2005	Postdoctoral Studies	Études urbaines et touristiques	Université du Québec à Montréal
2003	Ph.D.	Sociology	Lancaster University
1998	M.A.	Sociologie	Université Laval
1995	B.A.	Sociologie	Université Laval

Research Interests

• Sociology of tourism
• Sport for development / Development through sport
• Cultural and social transformations
• Festivals, heritages, memories and identities
• Events management
• Tourism and sustainability
• Development and inequalities
• Latin America

Useful Links*

• Interdisciplinary Research Group on the Americas: http://www.gira.info/
• World Heritage Tourism Research Network (WHTRN): http://www.whtrn.ca/
• Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society (RCSCS): http://www.crssc.uottawa.ca/

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