The Race for Primacy: Capitalness and Touristi-city in Ottawa, Québec City, and elsewhere

Colloquium: Lunch Talk | December 5 | 12-1:45 p.m. | Moses Hall, IIS Conference Room, 223 Moses

Speaker/Performer: Habib SAIDI, Laval University

Sponsors: Canadian Studies Program (CAN)), Tourism Studies Working Group

I would like to explore in this talk the competitive logic that is pushing national, state, and provincial capitals in the same countries to compete with each other by using their tourism renown as a means for primacy at the local and world level. My comparison will focus on Ottawa and Québec City. The goal is to study how these two capitals – which, for historical reasons, have engaged in an...   More >

RSVP info: RSVP by December 2 by calling Rita Ross at 510-642-0531, or by emailing Rita Ross at rjross@berkeley.edu.