Dr Anna Thompson (nee Carr)
Senior Lecturer
Co-Director, Centre for Recreation Research
Contact details: Room 4.34, 4th floor, Commerce Building, Cnr Union and Clyde Streets.
Tel: 64 3 479 8057
Email: anna.thompson@otago.ac.nz
Background
Anna has been a senior lecturer and lecturer in the Department of Tourism since 2001. She has a BA from the University of Auckland in Art History (1985), a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum Studies from Massey University (1994) and a Graduate Diploma in Tourism (Dist.) University of Otago (1998). Her 1998 postgraduate research dissertation examined clients’ experiences of guided mountaineering in the Southern Alps of NZ and their perceptions of challenge. Her PhD (1998-2004) examined the management of visitors’ experiences of cultural values for landscapes in New Zealand, with a focus on integrating cultural values within interpretation. The research investigated issues relating to natural and cultural heritage management, cultural tourism and visitor interpretation in New Zealand. During sabbatical leave in 2006 Anna spent time in the United Kingdom (Universities of Edinburgh and Strathclyde). She has been a visiting researcher at the University of Stavanger (Norway) in 2006. Anna sits on the NZ Mountain Safety Council National Research Committee and is a director of Te Ana Whakairo (Ngai Tahu Maori Rock Art Centre Trust). She is co-director of the CRR with Dr Brent Lovelock (http://www.crr.otago.ac.nz).
Research Interests
Anna has published in the fields of eco tourism, adventure tourism, entrepreneurship and visitor interpretation. Her other research interests include: wilderness recreation planning, sustainable SMTEs and destinations, cultural landscapes and the history of alpine and polar region recreation. From 1999 to 2002 Anna worked alongside Professor James Higham on a nationwide FRST funded project investigating Ecotourism in New Zealand: profiling visitors to New Zealand ecotourism operations. Recent external funded work includes conducting three surveys and qualitative research for the Department of Conservation in the Hakatere, Ahuriri and Ruataniwha Conservation Parks. In 2008 she, Dr Brent Lovelock and Dr Mike Boyes (PhysED) received SPARC funding for a project - ‘Family preferences, experiences and benefits associated with outdoor in Aotearoa’ (Project Leader: Anna Thompson).
Major Works
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Carr, A.M. (2007) “Negotiating the obstacles: owner/operator perspectives on ‘nature’ tourism in New Zealand”. Pp. 406-427 in Critical Issues in Ecotourism Higham, J. (ed.), Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier. |
Higham, J.E.S. and Carr, A.M. (2002) "Ecotourism visitor experiences in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Challenging the environmental values of visitors in pursuit of pro-environmental behaviour." Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 10(4): 277-294. |
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Thompson, A., Lovelock, B., Reis, A., Jellum, C. Centre for Recreation Research Report on Hakatere Conservation Park Visitor Study 2007-2008. |
Carr, A.M. (2006) “Lakes, myths and legends: the relationship between tourism and cultural values for water in Aotearoa/New Zealand.” Pp. 83-100 in Lake Tourism: An Integrated Approach to Lacustrine Tourism Systems. C.M. Hall and T. Harkonen (eds.), Channel View Publications. |
Selected Recent Publications
Carr, A.M. (2007) ‘Strengthening of identity through participation in tourism guiding’ in Tourism and Indigenous Peoples, 2nd Edition, Butler, R. and Hinch T. (eds.), Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN-10: 0750664460. Pp: 113-127.
Haase, D., Storey, B., McIntosh, A., Carr, A. and Gilbert, N. (2007) ‘Stakeholder Perspectives on Regulatory Aspects of Antarctic Tourism’, Tourism in Marine Environments: Special Issue on Polar Tourism, 4(2-3):167-184.
Carr, A.M. (2007) “Negotiating the obstacles: owner/operator perspectives on ‘nature’ tourism in New Zealand”. Pp. 406-427 in Critical Issues in Ecotourism Higham, J. (ed.), Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier.
Carr, A.M. (2006) “Lakes, myths and legends: the relationship between tourism and cultural values for water in Aotearoa/New Zealand.” Pp. 83-100 in Lake Tourism: An Integrated Approach to Lacustrine Tourism Systems. C.M. Hall and T. Harkonen (eds.), Channel View Publications.
Carr, A.M. (2004) "Mountain places, cultural spaces - interpretation and sustainable visitor management of culturally significant landscapes: a case study of Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park." Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 12 (5): 432-459.
Higham, J.E.S. and Carr, A.M. (2002) "Ecotourism visitor experiences in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Challenging the environmental values of visitors in pursuit of pro-environmental behaviour." Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 10(4): 277-294.
Carr, A.M. (2001) "Alpine Adventurers in the Pacific Rim." Pacific Tourism Review 4 (4): 161-170.
PhD and Masters Supervision
PhD Cavaliere, C. Agroecotourism in Costa Rica, 2009-
PhD Boonabaana B. Community tourism and natural resource conservation in Western Uganda, 2009-
PhD Carnicelli, S. White-water rafting guides and emotional labour, 2008-
PhD Chaderopa, C. Social Space and Grand Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, 2007-
PhD Taylor, S. (Primary Supervisor) Mountain bikers and Destination Choice Theory, 2007-
PhD Reis, A. Trampers' and Hunters' Constructions of Nature and Tensions in the Outdoors (recipient of Education NZ Scholarship, World Leisure Congress International Scholarship), 2005-
PhD Amo, M. Cultural Tourism and Regional Identity, 2005-2008.
PhD Grahn, A. Personal benefits of educational tour experiences, 2004-
PhD Chatkaewnapanon, Y. A tourism historiography of Koh Samui, 2004-2008.
PhD Haase, D. Monitoring Tourism in Antarctica, 2005-2008.
Masters Tagamoa, T. Samoa and Ecotourism, 2009-
Masters Kjelsberg, M. Aircraft management and recreational experiences in Aoraki Mt Cook National Park, 2008-
Masters Stein, G. Transport access in the Catlins, 2007-2008.
Masters Ismail, I. Ecotourism in the Maldives, 2007-2008.
Masters MacDonald, F. SMEs and Business Planning (Ministry of Tourism scholarship recipient ), 2006-2008.
Masters Benn, D. Wellness Tourism, 2005-2008