Society
for Folk Life Studies
Annual Conference
Isle
of Man 17 – 20 September
2009
Theme:
Selling the Folk –
Tourism & the marketing of folk culture over 200 years
The Society for
Folk Life Studies conference for 2009 takes place in the Isle of Man,
hosted by
Manx National Heritage. The theme being developed by the conference
team at MNH
for 2009 is ’Tourism & marketing of folk culture over
200 years’.
Based at the
Rutland Hotel on Douglas Promenade and at the Manx Museum, the
programme will
include speakers on facets of the Manx tourist industry, the
development of
aspects of traditional life into tourist attractions in other regions,
and also
comparative analysis of more recent developments across the British
Isles.
Among the excursions pencilled in are visits to the beautiful Niarbyl
Bay, the
magnificent Laxey Wheel, the National Folk Museum at Cregneash and of
course
trips on both the electric and steam railways – heritage
attractions in their
own right.
Delegates wishing
to attend this conference are strongly recommended to make their travel
arrangements as soon as conference booking forms become available, in
order to
secure the best prices.
If you would like
to offer a paper at this conference of for more information contact :
Steph Mastoris
(SFLS
conference secretary)
[Steph.Mastoris@museumwales.ac.uk]
Or
Matthew
Richardson (Local conference secretary) [matthew.richardson@gov.im]