Workshop "Prison heritage at ConSon and Beyond"

Heritage tourism has become an important type of tourism in Vietnam. To exchange knowledge and experience in heritage tourism research and to share research ideas as a basis for international collaborative research on this subject, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in collaboration with the University of Nottingham Trent (UK) held the seminar ";Prison heritage at Con Son and beyond".

The workshop was attended by six speakers from Nottingham Trent University, Liverpool University, Canterbury ChristChurch University (The UK), and Ton Duc Thang University (Vietnam). Speakers will present and discuss the general context of heritage tourism in the world and Vietnam, and the results of initial research on heritage tourism in Con Dao following a field trip from 3^rd to 5^th September 2018.

Venue: Room B308
Date:   Thursday, September 6^th, 2018 (1.30pm - 5.30pm)

Speakers:

- Prof. Charles Forsdick (University of Liverpool),
- Dr. Sophie Fuggle, Dr. Katharina Massing, and Mr. Charles Fox (Nottingham Trent University)
- Dr. Maryse Tennant, Canterbury ChristChurch University
- Dr. Thi Kim Phung Dang (Ton Duc Thang University)

Program tentative

1.30pm - Welcome
1.40pm - Contextualising Heritage
Professor Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool – Dark Heritage in Comparative Perspectives
Dr Katharina Massing, Nottingham Trent University – Ecotourism, ecomuseums and community participation
Dr. Maryse Tennant, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Canterbury ChristChurch University – Developing and Representing a Critical History of the Prison Questions and Discussion
3.00pm BREAK
3.30pm Reflections on Con Son Island
Dr. Thi Kim Phung Dang, TDT University – Heritage Tourism in Vietnam
Dr. Sophie Fuggle, Nottingham Trent University – The Poulo-Condore Archives
Charles Fox, Nottingham Trent University – Realising Con Son Island through photography
General Discussion
5.30pm END OF WORKSHOP