Interdisciplinary approaches in visual and reflexive methodologies
Akademische Aus- und Weiterbildung
PhD Tourism Studies, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University/UK
MA Social Sciences in Anthropology, Universiteit van Amsterdam/the Netherlands
BA Communication Studies and Leisure, Tourism and Society Studies, University of Calgary/Canada
Lehr- und Forschungsprojekte
Emerald Forest Online Business Simulation (seit 2013)
ERASMUS PLUS Partner Acquisition Trip, Juli 2016, mit der Università degli Studi di Bergamo/Italien
ERASMUS PLUS: Emerald Forest Hotel Business Simulation (coach), März 2015, mit der Tallinna Tehnikaülikool/Estland
ERASMUS Mobilities Program STA 2014 Bournemouth University/UK
ERASMUS Teaching Mobility IP, Vidzemes 2013 Augstkola/Lettland
ERASMUS Mobilities Program STA 2013, Universidade de Coruña/Spanien
Bisa Research Grant 2011-2012, Keimyung University/Südkorea
Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship 2008-2009, National Library/Singapur
Expertentätigkeiten
Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Social Sciences, Keimyung University/South Korea
Lecturer, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Ngee Ann Polytechnic/Singapore
Curriculum Writer and Teacher Trainer, The Ark Learning Centre/Singapore
Weitere Angaben
Andre Jordan Best Paper Award, 3rd (2013) by Advances in Tourism Marketing Conference/Portugal.
Jon Rieger Award in Visual Sociology (2012) by International Visual Sociology Association
Young Leisure Scholar Award (2011) by International Sociological Association
Best Paper Award (2009) by International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
Most Remarkable Theses written in ISHSS History: 1997-2008 by International School for Humanities and Social Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam/the Netherlands
Academic Award in Teaching 2004/2005, Ngee Ann Polytechnic/Singapore
Roy Fleshman Award (1996) by University of Calgary/Canada
Publikationen
Wee, D. (forthcoming 2017): Growing me growing you: Collaborative student fieldwork in tourism research. In: Andrews, H., Dixon, L. and Jimura, T. (eds.): Routledge Advances in Anthropology Series: Tourism Ethnographies.
Wee, D. (forthcoming 2017): Mediating spaces of tourism in the German Village of South Korea. In: Kim, S.K. and Reijnders, S. (eds.): Film Tourism in Asia, Wiesbaden: Springer.
Wee, D. and Koens, K. (forthcoming 2016): 50 Shades of Hospitality: Exploring 'love motels' in South Korea. In Lashley, C. et al. (eds.): A Handbook of Hospitality Studies: Perspectives and Cases, London and New York: Routledge.
Sonnenburg, S. and Wee, D. (2016): An Introduction to Touring Consumption. In: Journal of Consumer Culture, 16(2), 323-333.
Sonnenburg, S. and Wee, D. (2015): Touring Consumption: Itineraries on the move. In: Sonnenburg, S. and Wee, D. (eds.): Touring Consumption. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 9-20.
Wee, D. (2014): Performing national identities in spaces of tourism. In: Journal of Tourism and Development, 21/22(1), 13-22.
Wee, D. (2014): Hospitality on a platter, in retrospect. In: Hospitality & Society, 4(1) 93-98.
Wee, D. (2012): Touring Heritage, Performing Home: Cultural Encounters in Singapore. In Smith, L., Waterton, E. and Watson, S. (eds.): The Cultural Moment in Tourism: New perspectives on performance and engagement. London and New York: Routledge, 79-96.
Wee, D. (2010): In touch with My Routes: Becoming a Tourist in Singapore. In: Biblioasia, 5(4), 10-14.
Wee, D. (2010): Carrying Gazes: Towards a reflexive visual Anthropology. In: Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences,3(2), 12.
Wee, D. (2009): Singapore language enhancer: identity included. In: Language and Intercultural Communication, 9(1), 15-23.
Wee, D. (2009): Missing an Umbrella (Einen Regenschirm vermissen). In: Annuß, E. (ed.): Stagings Made in Namibia: Postkoloniale Fotografie. Berlin: b_books Verlag, 239-241.
Vorträge
Wee, D. (2015): Walking out of class: Tourism and experiential learning. IMIC Conference on Experiential Tourism, Santorini/Greece.
Wee, D. (2015): The Grand Mobility: Tourism and Embodiment in Education.EASAAnthromob, "Grounding (im)mobility: Embodiment, ephemera, ecologies". Institute of Social Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa/Portugal.
Wee, D. (2014): Home away at home: Tourism Narratives of a German Village in South Korea. ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama/Japan.
Wee, D. (2014): Performing national identities in spaces of tourism. INVTUR Conference, Tourism: "When we travel we fabricate new societies". Universidade de Aveiro in Aveiro/Portugal.
Wee, D. (2013): Singapore in Venice: Touring spaces at home, 5th Advances in Tourism Marketing (ATMC) Conference, "Marketing Space and Place: Shifting Tourist Flows", Vilamoura/Portugal.
Wee, D. (2013): Looking back at the Tourist, as critical practice, Tourism Critical Practice, Critical Tourism Studies Group and University of Surrey, Sarajevo/Bosnia.
Wee, D. (2012): An "I" for an Eye: Looking back at visual research. Centre for Independent Social Research, Complex Gaze at a Complex World, European University at St. Petersburg/Russia.
Wee, D. (2011): Reversing Gazes, Performing Identities, Korean Sociological Association Conference, Yonsei University/South Korea.
Wee, D. (2011): Touring Home, Performing Identity: Leisure Spaces in Singapore, International Sociological Association RC-13, Mapping Leisure Across Borders, University of Palermo/Italy.
Wee, D. (2009): Becoming tourist, becoming local: performing place and identity in Singapore, Cities as Creative Spaces for Cultural Tourism Conference, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul/Turkey.
Wee, D. (2009): How to carry a camera like a tourist, Photocamp, Exposure Leeds, National Media Museum, Bradford/UK.
Wee, D. (2008): Performing the Sacred Toilet, Association of Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference, University of West Indies, Kingston/Jamaica.
Wee, D. and Calice, J. (2008): Polluting Bodies, Experiencing Space, Body Conference, Cardiff University/UK.
Wee, D. (2007): Singaporean Language Enhancer: Identity Included, International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication, Regions and Identities Conference, Györ/Hungary.