| NAI 2008 Keynote Speakers |
Dan Shilling
Wednesday, November 12 |
"Can you imagine tourism as an enabler of healthy placemaking,
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Dan Shilling
Author, Civic Tourism: The Poetry and Politics of Place |
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a tool for meaning-making, and a means to provide the sense of purpose and connection more people seek?"
—Dan Shilling
Civic tourism is an extension of heritage tourism and other place-based models, which are noble pursuits but often don't work because communities still define tourism in economic terms. Civic tourism "reframes" tourism, from an end to a means—from a market-driven growth goal to a tool that helps the public preserve what they love about their place, while revitalizing the economy. To do so, this presentation recommends three strategies: 1) "Rethink Economics" urges communities to connect tourism to restorative market policies; 2) "Connect to the Public" recommends engagements practices that foster support for responsible tourism; and 3) "Invest in the Story" encourages a robust conceptual and financial commitment to place-making.
Dan worked at the Arizona Humanities Council from 1984 until 2003, the last 14 years as director. He guided Arizona's early research on heritage tourism, editing three publications and earning several awards, including the Arizona Office of Tourism "Person of the Year Award" and the Museum Association of Arizona "Distinguished Service Award." In 2005 he received Arizona State University's "Distinguished Alumnus Award" for community service. Dan recently directed a three-year project on place-based tourism, resulting in the book Civic Tourism. He teaches a seminar at ASU on sustainability, and he recently received an ASU fellowship to research the connections between Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic and sustainability.
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Roberta Conner
Saturday, November 15 |
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Roberta Conner
Director, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute |
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"Culture brings us together. Culture reflects our values.
It's what we hold closest to our hearts and cling to in times of need."
—Roberta Conner
The homelands of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla have long been an intersection for trade, adventure, and migration. Three historic trails traverse the Tribes’ aboriginal lands—Oregon Trail, Lewis & Clark Trail, and Whitman Mission route—while a fourth, the nearby Nez Perce National Trail, signals the shared histories of the Cayuse and Nez Perce. This crossroads provides a great location for a new migration of visitors who can explore ancient stories, examine contemporary controversies, experience eco-epiphanies, comprehend watershed moments in tribal history, and get on the same wavelength without walking a mile in our moccasins.
Roberta Conner is the honored recipient of the 2007 Ecotrust Award for Indigenous Leadership for her work representing the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) as a community and national leader, museum director, curator, speaker, and author. She is an enrolled member of the CTUIR and her ancestry is Umatilla, Cayuse, and Nez Perce.
Since 1998, Conner has served as the director of the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, which preserves, protects, and promotes the culture of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla people. She currently serves on the boards of directors for the Umatilla Tribal Community Foundation and the American Association of Museums and on the board of trustees for the National Museum of the American Indian.
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2008 NAI National Workshop
November 11-15, 2008
Portland, Oregon |
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