Media, Place and Tourism (PDF)

Stijn Reijnders is Professor of Cultural Heritage and Vice Dean of Research at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research focuses on the intersection of media, culture and tourism. Furthermore, he is co-founder of the Erasmus Knowledge Centre for Film, Heritage and Tourism.

Emiel Martens is Assistant Professor in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and Senior Researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research focuses on the intersections between film, tourism and empire. Furthermore, he is co-founder of both the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (HUCOM) and the Knowledge Centre for Film, Heritage and Tourism (FIHETO).

Deborah Castro is Assistant Professor in Media Studies at the University of Groningen. Her research interests lie in the fields of television and audience studies. She received a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship to study the local community's reactions to film tourism in Spain.

Débora Póvoa is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on power dynamics of media production and tourism. She is a board member of the Erasmus Knowledge Centre for Film, Heritage and Tourism (FIHETO) and film review editor of the European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Apoorva Nanjangud is Postdoctoral Researcher at Radboud Institute of Culture and History, Radboud University Nijmegen. She is a cultural sociologist, with an expertise at the intersection of the media, tourism and the creative sectors, particularly in the context of India.

Rosa Schiavone is PhD Candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her PhD project examines the production of place in film tourism in Scotland and explores the interconnections between popular culture, place and local and national heritage.