Munar, Ana Maria

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Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI)
Conference
9th Tourism Education Futures Initiative
Conference (TEFI9)
Jun 27th, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Workshop: Challenging Meritocracy: Gender,
Intersectionality, and Implicit Bias
Ana Maria Munar
Copenhagen Business School
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Challenging Meritocracy: Gender, Intersectionality and Implicit Bias 
Ana María Munar 
 
How can caring take place in academic environments with imbalanced and gendered structures and 
practices? One report after the other points to the underrepresentation of women in academic 
leadership positions (e.g., European Commission, 2013; Strid & Husu, 2013). Recent analysis (Munar et 
al., 2015) indicates that this is also the case in tourism academia. Aiming to facilitate a culture of 
caring, in this workshop we explore the possible causes of this situation and develop ideas to change it. 
We will do this through a series of activities that include reflexivity, visualization, and design 
pedagogics. The theoretical framework of this workshop connects the notion of caring with three 
dimensions of the gender in academia debate: intersectionality, implicit bias, and meritocracy.  
 
Workshop Format 
1. Introductory presentation 
2. Individual activity 
3. Activity in pairs 
4. Common dialogue/debate 
5. Teamwork exercise (design) 
6. Presentations by teams 
7. Final dialogue on learning/actions 
 
  


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