
Dr Donna James (she/her)
@donnamariesyd
Lecturer in Heritage and Tourism Studies. Precarious labour geographies, working holiday makers, Tinder tourism.
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29-11-2016 03:06:19
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It was great to present some of my PhD work today at #IAG2024. A big thanks to Alanna Kamp for mentoring me and co-authoring. Looking forward to building on this important work on experiences of racism among Working Holiday Makers. Tourism, Hospitality and Events — Western Sydney U Geography @ Western Sydney University Challenging Racism


On the exploitation of working holiday makers. theguardian.com/travel/article…? Interested in research on this topic? See: D. James (2024). Precarious labour geographies of working holiday makers: querying sustainability, Tourism Geographies, doi.org/10.1080/146166… Dr Donna James (she/her)


Sharing my op-ed in The Lowy Institute Interpreter on how Australian students can be the actors connecting #Australia & the Indo-Pacific, main challenges they face in #learningabroad in the region & key questions for reform of the #NewColomboPlan lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete… #NCP #intled

A great new paper in Tourism Geographies by Dr Donna James (she/her) on the precarious labour geographies of working holiday makers in Australia doi.org/10.1080/146166…

🚩 A Call for Papers - Symposium and Special Issue in AustralianGeographer Kathy Mee "Precarious Labour Geographies: Querying Unequal Mobility Regimes" 🔈 A Western Sydney University Symposium hosted by the School of Sciences 🚻 Project Leads: Dr Donna James (she/her), J.M. Cheer + Emma Power


Along with my colleagues J.M. Cheer and Emma Power it is my pleasure to invite contributions to a symposium at WSU and special issue on the topic: Precarious Labour Geographies; Querying Unequal Mobility Regimes. For CFP and further information see: researchgate.net/publication/38…


My colleagues J.M. Cheer, Emma Power and I are pleased to reveal our keynote speakers for the Precarious Labour Geographies symposium James Cockayne, Kaya Tatjana Barry, and Sheelagh Mooney. There is still time to submit an abstract if you would like to join us on 14th February, 2025.


While at the IGC in Dublin 🇮🇪 I was interviewed for the 🎙Tourism Geographies Podcast🎙 about my paper 'Precarious labour geographies of working holiday makers: querying sustainability' (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…) 📻 You can listen to the podcast here: shows.acast.com/63264f1da8cfed…

Excited to see my writing group's paper 'The day ‘care’ came up: Agitations for care-full approaches to inspire flourishing academic lives' published in Access: Critical explorations of equity in higher education. Read it here: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/t9cVCzvkLACM… Access Journal CERII_ARU


In our interview with Dr Donna James Dr Donna James (she/her), we explore her research on Working Holiday Makers in Australia. Her work reveals how visa conditions and labour mobility intersect to produce and maintain precarity. Read the full interview: spr.ly/60154uIvl
