Browsing by Author "Wall, Karen"
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Capitalizing the Beauties: Cultural Institutions, Tourism and Art in Alberta
Wall, Karen (2011-03-30)Avant-garde art movements, extension education programs and public museums all have histories of attempting to dissolve institutional barriers, both literal and otherwise, between the arts and humanities and everyday life. ... -
Healing Water, Healing Histories: Aboriginal Pilgrimage in Western Canada
Wall, Karen (2010-06-23)Travel is a medium of communicating information and experience across time and space; aboriginal tourism involves consumption of sacred sites, traditions and contemporary cultures by outsiders. While much research addresses ... -
Moving Mountains: Post-War Painting and Tourism in Banff National Park, presented at the 10th World Leisure Congress, October 6 - 10, 2008
Wall, Karen (2008-12-22)The Banff School of Fine Arts was established in 1933 and for the next several decades offered summer adult education programs in the tradition of rational recreation projects. The role of the Banff School in structuring ... -
Scaling the pinnacle of art: learning vacations in Banff National Park, 1940s-1950s
Wall, Karen (2009-04-17)Typically targeted to well-educated, middle class older travellers, the market for learning tourism in Canada has grown significantly in recent years. Operators and conservation agencies in Banff National Park have expressed ... -
Sharpest Knives in the Drawer: Culture at the Intersection of Oil and State
Wall, Karen (2013-07-09)The infusion of the petroleum industry into the social and cultural imaginary goes deep in Alberta, where the oil economy and provincial governments have together shaped discourses of prosperity, identity and citizenship ...