Dr Tony Johnston

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Job title: Lecturer in Ecotourism

Email: a.johnston@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: +44 (0) 1298 334441
Room: Oaklands Manor 107

Johnston, T. (2013, forthcoming, in press), Mark Twain and The Innocents Abroad: Illuminating the gaze on death, International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research.
Taylor, S., Varley, P. & Johnston, T. (eds.) (2013) Adventure Tourism: Meaning, Experience and Learning, Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility series, London: Routledge.
Johnston, T. (forthcoming 2014) 'Sustainable Tourism', in M. Redclift & D. Springett (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Development, Routledge, London.
Johnston, T. (2010) 'Thanatourism and the Commodification of Space in Post-War Croatia and Bosnia', in R. Sharpley & P.R. Stone (eds.), The Tourist Experience, Contemporary Perspectives, London: Routledge.

Department: Outdoor, Countryside, Adventure & Ecotourism

Faculty: Buxton

Subject Area: Travel and Tourism

I am a lecturer in Ecotourism at the Buxton Campus, based in the Oaklands Manor Outdoor Leadership Centre. I am the Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Ecotourism and Joint Honours Ecotourism, and I also teach on a number of the programme modules.

Johnston, T. (2013) Mark Twain and Thanatourism, The Prince's Teaching Institute, London.
Johnston, T. (2013) Thanatourism Perspectives Tour, at the Special Exhibition on Death, The Wellcome Collection, London.
Johnston, T. (2012) Thanatourism & dissonant Heritage, speaker at Conflicts, The Prince's Teaching Institute, London.
Johnston, T. (2012) Thanagazing: deconstructing the tourist gaze on death, keynote speaker at The Institute of Dark Tourism Research, The University of Central Lancashire.

MLitt on role of design and architecture in Irish business parks (2005), National University of Ireland, Galway
PhD on thanatourism (2011), National University of Ireland, Galway

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