Pernecky, Tomas

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Critical Tourism Studies Proceedings 
Volume 2017 Article 37 
2017 
Postdisciplinary (Academic) Being 
Tomas Pernecky 
Auckland University of Technology, tomas.pernecky@aut.ac.nz 
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2017 , Article 37. 
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Title: Postdisciplinary (Academic) Being 
Author: Tomas Pernecky 
Affiliation: Auckland University of Technology 
Contact: tomas.pernecky@aut.ac.nz 
Session Type: Presentation 
 
Abstract: 
Postdisciplinarity addresses the ways in which tourism knowledge is possible. This 
notion has been articulated in the seminal works of Coles, Hall, and Duval (2005, 2006, 2009) 
and by Hollinshead (2010, 2012). Yet, despite their contributions, there is still considerable 
debate among tourism scholars as to what a postdisciplinarity approach might entail (Feighery, 
2013). This talk introduces a novel existentialist approach to the postdisciplinarity debate by 
drawing on the notions of creativity, criticality, freedom, methodological and epistemic 
pluralism, and semantically diverse readings of our worlds. Postdisciplinarity, as presented here, 
is an invitation to various interpretations, critical analysis, and creative problem solving. It 
extends to questioning conventional norms and processes of knowledge production, 
dissemination, and communication; it is an invitation to a debate about the genres that have 
received a privileged position in scholarly activities; and it challenges the established views 
about the scope and limits of what is possible, relevant, desirable, and even credible in academic 
terms. 
 
 
 
  
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