Dr Jim Butcher

Research Projects

• “Making a Difference” : Volunteer Tourism and Development. Researcher(s): Mr Peter Smith. Supervisor(s): Dr Chris Bull, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• An Investigation Into The Role of Mobile Phones During Visitors Experience When Attending Dark Tourism Destinations/Attractions. Researcher(s): Miss Lorna Mills Sexton Mills. Supervisor(s): Dr Lorna Thomas, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• CSR policy and leisure organisations – responses to the Covid pandemic.. Researcher(s): Mr Dave Melmoth. Supervisor(s): Dr Marion Stuart-Hoyle, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Takehiko Kozue. Supervisor(s): Dr Jim Butcher, Professor Thomas Hennessey. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mr Avagnale Avagnale. Supervisor(s): Dr Jim Butcher, Dr Hannan Azhar. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Flying with Wheels; A Netnographical Inquiry of the Wheelchair Using Community and their expectations of airline service quality.. Researcher(s): Mrs Elizabeth Aduhene. Supervisor(s): Dr Marion Stuart-Hoyle, Dr Shola Osinaike, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• How might a new approach to the production of Neo-Victorian writing, using experimental creative writing, historic material research, and ‘reenactment’, help resolve the tensions between creativity, imagination, and historical accuracy in the genre? What does the personal experience of neurodivergence add to the processes and outcomes of this approach to historical creative writing?. Researcher(s): Miss Elizabeth Waterman-Scrase. Supervisor(s): Dr Sonia Overall, Professor Carolyn Oulton. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Intersectional Feminism in 21st Century Horror Cinema. Researcher(s): Miss Eleanor Piper. Supervisor(s): Dr Andrew Butler, Dr Magz Hall. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Narratives in economics and their impact on fiscal/economic sustainability. Researcher(s): Mr Bryaan Masindo. Supervisor(s): Professor Richard McManus, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Organised/formal versus informal leisure: an investigation of parental views of freedom in their children's leisure lives. Researcher(s): Dr David Nash. Supervisor(s): Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Overtourism: Its meaning and its impact on the host country. Researcher(s): Dr Jim Butcher. [Project report]
• Please add a title that covers the whole portfolio. Researcher(s): Mrs Emma Lloyd. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Storytelling in World Heritage Sites: Balancing Authenticity and Modernity for Visitors Experience. Researcher(s): Mr Moyosola Timothy Agboola. Supervisor(s): Dr Jane Lovell, Dr Shola Osinaike, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• Sustainable tourism planning and policy implementation at selected attractions in Nigeria. Researcher(s): Dr Adenike Adebayo. Supervisor(s): Dr Jane Lovell, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• Teaching Students of English for Specific Purposes for Tourism how to communicate effectively and appropriately through integrating Authentic Materials for Oral Presentations into ESP Classes to Develop Learners’ Communication Skills.. Researcher(s): Miss Salima Rarbi. Supervisor(s): Dr Jim Butcher, Dr Julie Scott. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
• The Challenges of Rural Ecotourism: A Case Study of Thailand. Researcher(s): Miss Titiyawadee Punmanee. Supervisor(s): Dr Jim Butcher, Dr Marion Stuart-Hoyle. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• The proposal contributes to the REF Unit of assessment 24: Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism; within which this PhD aligns to the Tourism Management and Experience theme. The theme focuses on how the tourism, hospitality and events industries (THE) are managed and experienced in the context of sustainability and advancing, immersive technologies. Within this context, this project focuses on an innovative niche of magical tourism, examining storytelling, experiences and heritage in the context of the mediatization of New Orleans.. Researcher(s): Miss Diya Sharma. Supervisor(s): Dr Jane Lovell, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• The Role of Whisky Distilleries in Sustainable Heritage Tourism Development (through the lens of SDG 8) - The Case of Speyside Scotland. Researcher(s): Miss Ka Akwuba. Supervisor(s): Dr Zanda Serdane, Dr Jim Butcher. [Postgraduate Research Project]
• TRAINING OF PARENTS AND EDUCATORS ON APPLIED BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS (ABA), PLAY-BASED AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD). Researcher(s): Mr Daniel Quinones Melendez. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Professor Jan Burns. [Postgraduate Research Project]

• Volunteer tourism in the context of development thinking Butcher, J., (Jun 2024, 01 Mar 2024): SAGE Publications. [Journal article]
• Community empowerment in Nigeria’s tourism industry: An analysis of stakeholders’ perceptions Adebayo, A., Butcher, J., (01 Oct 2022, 04 Jul 2023): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Debate on de-growth in tourism: reply to Higgins-Desbiolles and Everingham Butcher, J., (15 Oct 2022, 02 Sep 2024): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Why the aftermath of Covid-19 is a good time to critique mass tourism's critics Butcher, J., (2022). Tilburg: ATLAS. [Discussion paper]
• Covid-19, tourism and the advocacy of degrowth Butcher, J., (22 Jul 2021, 03 Sep 2023): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Debating tourism degrowth post COVID-19 Butcher, J., (07 Jun 2021): Elsevier. [Journal article]
• Constructing mass tourism Butcher, Jim, (01 Nov 2020, 25 Mar 2020): SAGE Publications. [Journal article]
• Outsiders as insiders: the benefits of developing a long-term field work relationship with the Maltese islands Butcher, J., Tourism and the Maltese Islands. [Book chapter]
• Should we decolonise geography? Butcher, J., (11 Feb 2020). [Journal article]
• The construction of ‘overtourism’: the case of UK media coverage of Barcelona’s 2017 tourism protests and their aftermath Butcher, J., (31 May 2020), Overtourism Causes, Implications and Solutions: Palgrave Macmillan. [Book chapter]
• The development of mass tourism Butcher, J., The Future Past of Tourism Historical Perspectives and Future Evolutions. Bristol: Channel View. [Book chapter]
• Whither national citizenship? Butcher, J., (2019). [Working paper]
• Questioning the epistemology of decolonise: The case of geography Butcher, J., (06 Nov 2018). [Journal article]
• Tourism management in the Caribbean: The case of Haiti Séraphin, H., Butcher, J., (11 Jun 2018): Taylor and Francis Online. [Journal article]
• Citizenship, global citizenship and volunteer tourism: a critical analysis Butcher, J., (17 Mar 2017): Centre for Tourism Research and Development. [Journal article]
• Review of 'Making Sense of Tourism 1: The Beckoning Horizon. Halifax: Westwood Start by Alan Machin Butcher, J., (2017): Emerald. [Journal article]
• The morality of mass tourism Butcher, J., (26 May 2017), Mass Tourism in a Small World. Wallingford: CABI. [Book chapter]
• Volunteer tourism, cosmopolitanism and global citizenship Butcher, J., (18 Apr 2017): Centre for Tourism Research and Development. [Journal article]
• Challenging the negative images of Haiti at a pre-visit stage using visual online learning materials Séraphin, H., Butcher, J., Korstanje, M., (29 Nov 2016): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• What meaning for sustainability? The politics of ‘good development’ Butcher, J., (04 Dec 2016): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Ethical tourism and development: the personal and the political Butcher, J., (Feb 2015): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Volunteer tourism and development: the lifestyle politics of international development Butcher, J., Smith, P., (15 Jun 2015). London: Routledge. [Book]
• Is there a case for revising the UNWTO's Global Code of Ethics to include a new article on the ethical treatment of animals by the tourism industry? A response to the opinion piece by David Fennell Butcher, J., (2014): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
• Moralizing tourism: personal qualities, political issues Butcher, J., (Aug 2014), Moral Encounters in Tourism: Ashgate. [Book chapter]
• Ecotourism and community participation Butcher, J., (Oct 2013), International Handbook on Ecotourism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Book chapter]
• Review of 'Generation NGO' ed. by Alisha Nicole Apale and Valerie Stam (Toronto: Between the Lines, 2011) Butcher, J., (2013): Athabasca University Press. [Journal article]
• 'Ethical' travel and well-being: reposing the issues Butcher, J., (2012), Critical Debates in Tourism. Bristol: Channel View. [Book chapter]
• The mantra of community participation in context Butcher, J., (2012), Critical Debates in Tourism. Bristol: Channel View. [Book chapter]
• Volunteer tourism may not be as good as it seems Butcher, J., (2012), Critical Debates in Tourism. Bristol: Channel View. [Book chapter]
• Can ecotourism contribute to tackling poverty? The importance of ‘symbiosis’ Butcher, J., (2011): Routledge. [Journal article]
• Volunteer tourism may not be as good as it seems Butcher, J., (2011): Centre for Tourism Research and Development. [Journal article]
• In defence of the masses on holiday Butcher, J., Association for Tourism and Leisure Education Annual Conference 2010. [Conference keynote]
• Making a difference: volunteer tourism and development Butcher, J., (2010): Centre for Tourism Research and Development. [Journal article]
• The mantra of ‘community participation’ in context Butcher, J., (2010): Centre for Tourism Research and Development. [Journal article]
• Tradition, community and conservation: ecotourism as a development option Butcher, J., (2010), Sustainability, Nature Conservation and Community Development: Perspectives from the Anthropology of Tourism. [Conference keynote]
• Against ethical tourism Butcher, J., (15 Mar 2009), Philosophical Issues in Tourism. Bristol, UK: Channel View. [Book chapter]
• ‘Ethical’ travel and well-being: reposing the issue Butcher, J., (2008). [Journal article]
• Ecotourism as life politics Butcher, J., (May 2008). [Journal article]
• The myth of agency through community participation in ecotourism Butcher, J., (2008), Tourism Development: Growth, Myths and Inequalities. Wallingford: CABI. [Book chapter]
• NGOs, ecotourism and development: a critical analysis Butcher, J.. London: Routledge. [Book]
• A response to building a decommodified research paradigm in tourism: the contribution of NGOs by Stephen Wearing, Matthew McDonald and Jess Ponting Butcher, J., (2006): Routledge. [Journal article]
• Cultural politics, cultural policy and cultural tourism Butcher, J., (2006), Cultural Tourism in a Changing World: Politics, Participation and (Re)presentation. Clevedon: Channel View. [Book chapter]
• Natural capital and the advocacy of ecotourism as sustainable development Butcher, J.. [Journal article]
• The United Nations International Year of Ecotourism: a critical analysis of development implications Butcher, J.. [Journal article]
• The dubious merits of PDP Butcher, J., (Nov 2005). [Journal article]
• The moral authority of ecotourism: a critique Butcher, J., (Mar 2005): Routledge. [Journal article]
• The moralisation of tourism and the ethical alternatives Butcher, J., (26 Aug 2005), Tourism Business Frontiers: Consumers Products and Industry. London, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann. [Book chapter]
• Elend als Urlaubs-Ziel Butcher, J., (18 Jul 2003). [Journal article]
• Ökotourismus - Elend als (Urlaubs-)Ziel Butcher, J., (2003). [Journal article]
• The moralisation of tourism: sun, sand ... and saving the world? Butcher, J.. London: Routledge. [Book]
• Weighed down by ethical baggage Butcher, J., (2002), Ethical Tourism: Who Benefits?: Hodder and Stoughton. [Book chapter]
• Cultural baggage and cultural tourism Butcher, J., (2001), Innovations in Cultural Tourism: ATLAS. [Book chapter]
• New tourism for old Butcher, J., North-South: Contrasts and Connections in Global Tourism, Proceedings of the Seventh ATLAS International Conference. [Conference paper]
• The new tourist as anthropologist Butcher, J., (2000), Motivations, Behaviour and Tourist Types: Reflections in International Tourism. Sunderland: Centre for Travel and Tourism in association with Business Education. [Book chapter]
• Sustainable development or development? Butcher, J., (1997), Tourism and Sustainability: Principles to Practice. Wallingford: CAB International. [Book chapter]