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Email hazel.tucker@otago.ac.nz
Background
Hazel joined the Department in January 2000. She has a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Durham, UK. Hazel's PhD was an ethnographic study of tourism and social change in Goreme, a cultural tourism destination and World Heritage Site in central Turkey. Along with a number of published articles in refereed journals and books, Hazel is author of Living With Tourism: Negotiating Identity in a Turkish Village (Routledge 2003), and co-editor of Tourism and Postcolonialism (Routledge 2004) and Commercial Homes in Tourism (Routledge (2009).
Hazel holds a Visiting Professorship at Napier University, Edinburgh, and is Co-President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 50: International Tourism (2018-22) as well as Associate Member of Equality in Tourism and the Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific Consortium. Hazel serves as an Associate Editor for Annals of Tourism Research and is an editorial board member of 10 other journals. Hazel is also a steering committee member of the University of Otago's “Performance of the Real” interdisciplinary research theme.
Hazel’s main research objective lies in the advancement of critical interpretative methodologies and theory regarding tourism’s influence on socio-cultural identities, relationships and change. Since her doctoral research, she has continued to track tourism development and change in the Cappadocia region of central Turkey, focusing particularly on entrepreneurial and destination developments, gender and tourism work, heritage representation and tourism and emotion.
Hazel received a 2021 Ako Aotearoa Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching.
Research groups
Middle East and Islamic Studies Aotearoa (MEISA)
Major works
Tucker, H. 2003. Living With Tourism: Negotiating Identities in a Turkish Village, London: Routledge.
Hall, M. (C) and Tucker, H. (Eds.), 2004. Tourism and Postcolonialism, London: Routledge.
Lynch, P. (C), McIntosh, A., and Tucker, H. (C) (Eds.), 2009. Commercial Homes in Tourism: An International Perspective. London: Routledge.
PhD and Master's supervision: Current
PhD: Xi Zhu. The Role of Tour Guides in Chinese Tourists' Tour Experience in New Zealand.
PhD: Yunzhen Zhang. Understanding and assessing tourists’ awe in different tourism settings.
PhD: Animesh Tripathi. The rise of Asian/Indian lifestyle travellers.
PhD and Master's supervision: Completed
PhD: Easnin Ara. An Investigation into the Relationship between Ethnic Tourism and the Tradition of Ethnic Handicrafts in Rural Bangladesh.
PhD: Gebeyaw Degarege. Community Based Ecotourism and Rural Livelihoods in Ethiopia: Exploring the Patterns, Impacts and Implication.
PhD: Stuart Hayes. Tourism Education: A Critical Analysis.
PhD: Liang Jiang. The characteristics of Chinese free independent travellers, a case study of New Zealand.
PhD: Jingru Zhang. Non-local owners in ethnic tourism community in China.
PhD: Hongrui Zhu. Tourist behaviours of Chinese backpackers and their influences on tourism industry in New Zealand.
PhD: Maureen Ukaegbu. Heritage, tourism and authenticity in the middle belt region of Nigeria.
PhD: Alyse Foster. Dark Tourism: Guiding Performances and Emotion.
PhD: Jundan (Jasmine) Zhang. Dualistic conundrums in ethnic tourism: The role of the ecological thought.
PhD: Neil Walsh. The relationship between Backpacking, Guidebooks and Practice.
PhD: Adam Doering. Negotiating “Home” in Rural Japan.
PhD: Fateme Etemaddar. Mobility, Gender and Culture.
PhD: Kelly Whitney-Squire. The Role of Language in Sustainable Community-based Aboriginal Tourism Development.
PhD: Fiona Bakas. Handicraft Tourism, Gender and Sustainability.
PhD: Eric Shelton. Expedition cruising in Solander: An application of ecology without nature (2012).
PhD: Brenda Boonabaana. Community-based tourism development and gender relations in Uganda (2012).
PhD: Maria Amoamo. Decolonising Māori Tourism: “Representation and Identity” (2008).
PhD: Maurice Kane. New Zealand's Adventure Culture: In Hillary's Steps (2008).
PhD: Dirk Reiser. Connecting and Changing Places: Globalisation and Tourism Mobility on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand (2008).
PhD: Gregory Szarycz. Cruising with Containers: A Qualitative Investigation of the Lived Experience of Passenger Freighter Travel (2007).
PhD: Michael Lueck. Environmental Values and On-Site Experiences of Tourists on Wildlife Watch Tours in New Zealand: A Study of Visitors Watching and/or Swimming With Dolphins. (2003).
Masters: Adam Doering. “Don't Just Visit It. Live It!” A Descriptive Study of Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Participants' Experiences in Miyazaki Prefecture (2007).
Masters: Maurice Kane. Adventure Tourism: The Freedom to Play with Reality (2003).
Masters: Jennifer Johnson. Exploring Experiences of Authenticity at Heritage Tourist Sites in New Zealand (2003).
Masters: Shiva Sharan Thapa., Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Based Tourism Projects in Nepal (2003).
Masters: Duncan Cambray. Literary Myths of New Zealand: A Comparative Analysis of German Travel Journals on New Zealand, 1777-1889 and 1995-2000 (2002).
Masters: S. Sikha. “Pilgrimmage tourism at a religious site in India”
Publications
Zhang, Y., & Tucker, H. (2022). Affect in tourism. In D. Buhalis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of tourism management and marketing (Vols. 1-4). (pp. 71-73). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800377486
Tripathi, A., Tucker, H., & Torabian, P. (2022). Exploring the 'routes' of lifestyle travellers. Proceedings of Critical Tourism Studies (CTS) 9: With In Dangerous Times. Retrieved from https://www.criticaltourismstudies.info/programme
Zhang, Y., Tucker, H., & Zhang, J. (2022). Affect in tourism research during the pandemic. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference: Shaping the Next Normal in Tourism, Hospitality and Events. (pp. 86). [Abstract]
Hayes, S., & Tucker, H. (2022). Remaking a case for Philosophic Practitioner education. Annals of Tourism Research, 94, 103404. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103404
Ara, E., Tucker, H., & Coetzee, W. J. L. (2022). Handicrafts-enacted: Emplacing non-human agency in ethnic tourism. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management, 50, 345-354. doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2022.01.008
Tucker, H. M. (2003). Living with tourism: Negotiating identities in a Turkish village. London: Routledge, 211p.
Authored Book - Research
Çakmak, E., Tucker, H., & Hollinshead, K. (Eds.). (2021). Tourism paradoxes: Contradictions, controversies and challenges. Bristol, UK: Channel View, 192p.
Edited Book - Research
Lynch, P. A., McIntosh, A. J., & Tucker, H. (Eds.). (2009). Commercial homes in tourism: An international perspective. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 277p.
Edited Book - Research
Hall, C. M., & Tucker, H. (Eds.). (2004). Tourism and postcolonialism: Contested discourses, identities and representations. London, England: Routledge, 208p.
Edited Book - Research
Zhang, Y., & Tucker, H. (2022). Affect in tourism. In D. Buhalis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of tourism management and marketing (Vols. 1-4). (pp. 71-73). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800377486
Chapter in Book - Research
Çakmak, E., Hollinshead, K., & Tucker, H. (2021). Afterword: Reflections on paradoxes in understanding, culture, mobility, and tourism. In E. Çakmak, H. Tucker & K. Hollinshead (Eds.), Tourism paradoxes: Contradictions, controversies and challenges. (pp. 159-164). Bristol, UK: Channel View.
Chapter in Book - Research
Çakmak, E., Tucker, H., & Hollinshead, K. (2021). Introduction: Tourism paradoxes: Contradictions, controversies and challenges. In E. Çakmak, H. Tucker & K. Hollinshead (Eds.), Tourism paradoxes: Contradictions, controversies and challenges. (pp. 1-14). Bristol, UK: Channel View.
Chapter in Book - Research
Shabani, B., Tucker, H., & Nazifi, A. (2020). UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites: The interplay between international and local branding for the Gonbad-e Qābus Brick Tower, Iran. In S. Seyfi & C. M. Hall (Eds.), Cultural and heritage tourism in the Middle East and North Africa: Complexities, management and practices. London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429279065-12
Chapter in Book - Research
Shabani, B., & Tucker, H. (2019). The role of socio-cultural events in rebuilding Iran's image. In S. Seyfi & C. M. Hall (Eds.), Tourism in Iran: Challenges, development and issues. (pp. 144-157). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315146409
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. (2019). Colonialism and its tourism legacies. In D. J. Timothy (Ed.), Handbook of globalisation and tourism. (pp. 90-99). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781786431295
Chapter in Book - Research
Hayes, S., & Tucker, H. (2018). Qualitative research skill training: Learning ethnography in the field. In P. Mura & C. Khoo-Lattimore (Eds.), Asian qualitative research in tourism: Ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies, and methods. (pp. 139-151). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-7491-2_7
Chapter in Book - Research
Zhang, J., & Tucker, H. (2018). Knowing subjects in an unknown place: Producing identity through tourism and heritage in Niru Village, Southwest China. In G. Hooper (Ed.), Heritage at the interface: Interpretation and identity. (pp. 106-120). Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. doi: 10.5744/florida/9780813056579.003.0008
Chapter in Book - Research
Zhu, H., Tucker, H., & Duncan, T. (2018). Working and travelling in New Zealand: A reflective narrative in the field. In P. Mura & C. Khoo-Lattimore (Eds.), Asian qualitative research in tourism: Ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies, and methods. (pp. 153-171). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-7491-2_8
Chapter in Book - Research
Shelton, E. J., Tucker, H., & Zhang, J. (2017). A political ecology of the yellow-eyed penguin in southern New Zealand: A conceptual and theoretical approach. In I. Borges de Lima & R. J. Green (Eds.), Wildlife tourism, environmental learning and ethical encounters: Ecological and conservation aspects. (pp. 21-32). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55574-4_2
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. (2016). Community-based tourism as sustainable development. In I. Egresi (Ed.), Alternative tourism in Turkey: Role, potential development and sustainability. (pp. 335-347). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47537-0
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. (2014). Mind the gap: Opening spaces of multiple moralities in tourism encounters. In M. Mostafanezhad & K. Hannam (Eds.), Moral encounters in tourism. (pp. 199-208). Farnham, UK: Ashgate.
Chapter in Book - Research
Carnegie, E., & Tucker, H. (2013). Interpreting the shared past within the World Heritage Site of Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey. In V. Golding & W. Modest (Eds.), Museums and communities: Curators, collections and collaboration. (pp. 246-259). London: Bloomsbury.
Chapter in Book - Research
Keen, D., & Tucker, H. (2012). Future spaces of postcolonialism in tourism. In J. Wilson (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of tourism geographies. (pp. 97-102). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. (2011). Success and access to knowledge in the tourist-local encounter: Confrontations with the unexpected in a Turkish community. In J. Skinner & D. Theodossopoulos (Eds.), Great expectations: Imagination and anticipation in tourism (Vol. 34). (pp. 27-39). Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. (2010). Negotiating gender relations and identity between locals and tourists in Turkey: Romantic developments. In S. B. Gmelch (Ed.), Tourists and tourism: A reader. (2nd ed.) (pp. 305-327). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lynch, P. A., McIntosh, A. J., & Tucker, H. (2009). Conclusions and research considerations. In P. A. Lynch, A. J. McIntosh & H. Tucker (Eds.), Commercial homes in tourism: An international perspective. (pp. 204-218). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lynch, P. A., McIntosh, A. J., & Tucker, H. (2009). Introduction. In P. A. Lynch, A. J. McIntosh & H. Tucker (Eds.), Commercial homes in tourism: An international perspective. (pp. 1-21). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. (2009). The cave-homes of Göreme: Performing tourism hospitality in gendered space. In P. A. Lynch, A. J. McIntosh & H. Tucker (Eds.), Commercial homes in tourism: An international perspective. (pp. 127-137). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H., & Akama, J. (2009). Tourism as postcolonialism. In T. Jamal & M. Robinson (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of tourism studies. (pp. 504-520). London, UK: SAGE.
Chapter in Book - Research
Kane, M. J., & Tucker, H. (2007). An adventure tourist experience. In S. Coleman & T. Kohn (Eds.), The discipline of leisure: Embodying cultures of 'recreation'. (pp. 57-71).
Chapter in Book - Research
Hall, C. M., & Tucker, H. (2004). Tourism and postcolonialism: An introduction. In Tourism and postcolonialism: Contested discourses, identities and representations. (pp. 1-24). London, England: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lynch, P., & Tucker, H. (2004). Quality homes, quality people: The challenge of quality grading and assurance in small accommodation enterprises. In R. Thomas (Ed.), Small firms in tourism: International perspectives. (pp. 185-195). Oxford: Elsevier.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H., & Hall, C. M. (2004). Conclusion. In Tourism and postcolonialism: Contested discourses, identities and representations. (pp. 184-190). London, England: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. M. (2003). The host-guest relationship and its implications in rural tourism. In D. Hall, L. Roberts & M. Mitchell (Eds.), New directions in rural tourism. (pp. 80-89). Hants, England: Ashgate.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. M. (2002). Welcome to Flintstones-land: Contesting place and identity in Goreme, Central Turkey. In S. Coleman & M. Crang (Eds.), Tourism: Between place and performance. (pp. 143-159). Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. M. (2001). Kapadokya, Zelve'de Miras, Bellek ve Deneyim. In E. Ozyurek (Ed.), Turkiye 'nin Toplumsal Hafizasi. (pp. 249-266). Istanbul: Iletisim.
Chapter in Book - Research
Tucker, H. M. (1997). Ideal Village: interactions through tourism in Central Anatolia. In S. Abram, J. Waldren & D. MacLeod (Eds.), Tourists and Tourism: Identifying with People and Places. (pp. 107-128). Oxford: Berg Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Ara, E., Tucker, H., & Coetzee, W. J. L. (2022). Handicrafts-enacted: Emplacing non-human agency in ethnic tourism. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management, 50, 345-354. doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2022.01.008
Journal - Research Article
Hayes, S., & Tucker, H. (2022). Remaking a case for Philosophic Practitioner education. Annals of Tourism Research, 94, 103404. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103404
Journal - Research Article
Tucker, H. (2022). Gendering sustainability’s contradictions: Between change and continuity. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 30(7), 1500-1517. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1839902
Journal - Research Article
Zhu, H., Duncan, T., & Tucker, H. (2022). The precariousness of young Chinese being working holiday makers in New Zealand. Journal of China Tourism Research, 18(4), 831-846. doi: 10.1080/19388160.2021.1966562
Journal - Research Article
Hayes, S., & Tucker, H. (2021). Using synchronous hybrid pedagogy to nurture a community of inquiry: Insights from a tourism Master’s programme. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, 29, 100339. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2021.100339
Journal - Research Article
Li, M., Tucker, H., & Chen, G. (2021). Chineseness and behavioural complexity: Rethinking Chinese tourist gaze studies. Tourism Review, 77(3), 841-858. doi: 10.1108/tr-02-2021-0088
Journal - Research Article
Tucker, H., & Hayes, S. (2021). Decentring scholarship through learning with/from each ‘other’. Tourism Geographies, 23(4), 704-724. doi: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1625070
Journal - Research Article
Zhu, H., Duncan, T., & Tucker, H. (2021). Personal changes of young Chinese through working holidays in New Zealand. Journal of China Tourism Research, 17(1), 57-72. doi: 10.1080/19388160.2019.1700862
Journal - Research Article
Hayes, S., Tucker, H., & Golding, C. (2020). Exploring ‘deep learning’ during an international tourism field school. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, 26, 100229. doi: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2019.100229
Journal - Research Article
Tripathi, A., Hayes, S., & Tucker, H. (2020). In search of ‘Other’ voices: On the need for non-Western (auto)ethnographic/(auto)biographical accounts of tourist culture. Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism, 1(1), 112-120. doi: 10.4337/jqrt.2020.01.06
Journal - Research Article
Zhang, J., Tucker, H., & Albrecht, J. N. (2020). The reflexive self-project of “lifestyle entrepreneurial migrants”. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 37(5), 535-546. doi: 10.1080/10548408.2018.1536016
Journal - Research Article
Zhu, H., Tucker, H., Duncan, T., & Zhang, J. (2020). Young Chinese becoming working holiday makers in New Zealand: A thematic analysis of WHMs’ motivations. Journal of China Tourism Research, 16(3), 406-423. doi: 10.1080/19388160.2019.1650154
Journal - Research Article
Zhu, H., Duncan, T., & Tucker, H. (2019). The issue of translation during thematic analysis in a tourism research context [Research letter]. Current Issues in Tourism, 22(4), 415-419. doi: 10.1080/13683500.2017.1411892
Journal - Research Article
Ambelu, G., Lovelock, B., & Tucker, H. (2018). Empty bowls: Conceptualising the role of tourism in contributing to sustainable rural food security. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(10), 1749-1765. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2018.1511719
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Tucker, H., & Shelton, E. J. (2018). Tourism, mood and affect: Narratives of loss and hope. Annals of Tourism Research, 70, 66-75. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2018.03.001
Journal - Research Article
Ukaegbu, M. O., Carr, N., & Tucker, H. (2018). Tourism and cultural revitalisation: Local perspectives. Tourism Recreation Research, 43(2), 209-219. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2017.1399544
Journal - Research Article
Zhang, J., Morrison, A. M., Tucker, H., & Wu, B. (2018). Am I a backpacker? Factors Indicating the social identity of Chinese backpackers. Journal of Travel Research, 57(4), 525-539. doi: 10.1177/0047287517702744
Journal - Research Article
Tucker, H., Shelton, E. J., & Bae, H. (2017). Post-disaster tourism: Towards a tourism of transition. Tourist Studies, 17(3), 306-327. doi: 10.1177/1468797616671617
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