Global & Sociocultural Studies Graduate Colloquium
African & African Diaspora Studies Graduate Colloquium
“The Revelation, Re-Affirmation, and Re-Invention of Self Through the ‘Discovery,’ Consumption, and Experiencing of Others: Globalization and Interactions in Senegambian Tourism Formations”

September 3rd, 2010
1:30pm-4:00pm, LC 110
Florida International University
Modesto Maidique Campus

Co-sponsored by the GSS & AADS GSAs and CSO.
This event is free and open to the public and all FIU Students.

Program:
1:30-1:45pm On the Relevance of the Concept of “Globalized Tourism Formation”
Jean Muteba Rahier, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies and African & African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University

1:45-2:00pm Globalization and the Emergence of “Academic Tourism” in U.S. Higher Education Curricula: Africa as Exotic Destination and the Prevalence of American Categories
Jean Muteba Rahier, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies and African & African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University

2:00-2:15pm “What is Africa to Me?” Now: The Impact of Heritage/Roots Tourism on African Americans’ Conceptions of Africa
Tyler Parry, Department of History, University of South Carolina

2:15-2:30pm The Tourismification and Invention of Sites of Memory: The Slavery Museum of Juffureh Village and the Guided Tour of James Island, The Gambia, in the Summer 2010
Harriett Marin Jones, Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University

2:30-2:45pm Demystifying the Diaspora?: The Performance of Power and Responsibility Between African American Tourists and Gambian locals Synatra Smith, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University

2:45-3:00pm Intimate Faces of Senegambian Tourism: Hustlers, Beachboys, or “Bumsters” Chris Stephens, African & African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University

3:00-3:15pm Interstices of Race and Nation: Encounters and Negotiations Among Multiple Regimes of Gender and Sexuality in Senegambian Tourism
Mamyrah A. Dougé-Prosper, Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University

3:15-3:30pm What do the Toubabs Want?: Conversations with “Businessmen,” “Bumsters,” and Other Young Male and Female Gambians about Sex Tourism in The Gambia
Mariama Jaiteh, African & African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University

3:30-4:00pm Q&A

Followed by the African & African Diaspora Studies Program Annual Welcome Back Reception, 4:30pm, LC 110 Light refreshments will be served.