Dr Russell Staiff

Dr Russell Staiff

Senior Lecturer, Tourism and Heritage Studies 

• Qualifications
• Honours and Awards
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details

Russell Staiff researches in the inter-related areas of cultural and heritage tourism, cultural heritage management and heritage interpretation.  He also focuses on further intersecting areas of research such as museums, national parks, built heritage and, in particular, World Heritage Sites.

He is the Chief Investigator for the research project, Interpretation at World Heritage Sites in Thailand: Ayutthaya and Sukothai Historical Parks, in partnership with UNESCO and Silpakorn University, Bangkok.

Qualifications

PhD, 1996, (Art History), University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Letters (Hons), 1989, (Art History), University of Melbourne

Grad. Dip., 1973, (Education), Flinders University

BA (Hons), 1972, (History and Geography), Flinders University

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Honours and Awards

2003, Outstanding research paper selection at the Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) National Conference

2002, UWS Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in teaching

1999, UWS Hawkesbury Teaching Excellence Award

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Selected Publications

Book Chapters

Staiff, R. 2008, ‘Cultural Inscriptions of Nature: Some Implications for Sustainability, Nature-based Tourism and National Parks’, in, McCool, S. & Moisey, R. N. (eds), Tourism, Recreation and Sustainability: Linking Culture and the Environment, 2^nd ed., Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Press, pp 220-235.

Bushell, R., Staiff, R. & Eagles, P. 2007, 'Tourism and Protected Areas: Benefits Beyond Boundaries', in, Bushell, R. & Eagles, P. (eds), Benefits Beyond Boundaries: Tourism & Protected Areas. The Vth World Parks Congress, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Press, pp 1-11.

Staiff, R. & Bushell, R. 2003, 'Travel Knowledgeably: The Question of Content in Heritage Interpretation', in, Black, R. & Weiler, B. (eds), Interpreting the Land Down Under: Australian Heritage Interpretation and Tour Guiding, Golden, Colorado, USA: Fulcrum Publishing, pp 92-108.

Morkham, B. & Staiff, R. 2002, 'The Cinematic Tourist: Perception and Subjectivity', in, Dann, G (ed.), The Tourist as Metaphor of the Social World, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Press, pp 297-316.

Journals

Saipadist, A. & Staiff, R. 2007, ‘Crossing the Cultural Divide: Western Visitors and Interpretation at Ayutthaya World Heritage Site, Thailand’, Journal of Heritage Tourism, 2(3): 211-224.

Staiff, R. & Bushell, R. 2004, 'Healthy Tourism in a Fijian Context: A WHO Initiative for Island Tourism', The Journal of Pacific Studies, 26(1-2): 105-130.

Staiff, R. & Bushell, R. 2004, 'Tourism and Protected Areas: Benefits Beyond Boundaries', Annals of Tourism Research, 31(3): 723-726.

Staiff, R. 2003, 'Cultural and Heritage Tourism: Whose Agenda?', Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 10(2): 142-156.

Staiff, R. & Bushell, R. 2003, 'Heritage Interpretation and Cross-Cultural Translation in an Age of Global Travel: Some Issues', Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, [Special Places Issue], 21(4): 104-122.

Staiff, R., Bushell, R. & Kennedy, P. 2002, 'Interpretation in National Parks: Some Critical Questions', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 10(2): 97-113.

Bushell, R., Staiff, R. & Connor, N. 2002, 'The Role of Nature-Based Tourism in the Contribution of Protected Areas to Quality of Life in Rural and Regional Communities in Australia', Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 9(1): 24-36.

Conference Proceedings

Staiff, R., Bushell, R. & Ongkhluap, S. 2007, 'Towards Sustainable Tourism: Evaluating the Perception of Impacts of Tourism on World Heritage Sites and Associated Communities - Case Study Ayuttaya Historic Park, Thailand', in, McDonnell, I., Grabowski, S. & March, R. (eds), Tourism - Past Achivements, Future Challenges: Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference (CAUTHE) 2007 Conference Proceedings, Sydney: UTS.

Staiff, R. 2007, ‘Whose Penis is that on Parade? History and Tourism: Intertextual Representations of Florence’, in, IMcDonnell, I., Grabowski, S. & March, R. (eds), Tourism - Past Achivements, Future Challenges: Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference (CAUTHE) 2007 Conference Proceedings, Sydney: UTS. 

Theerapappisit, P. & Staiff, R. 2006, 'Tourism and Modernity: Perceptions of Tourism Development in Three Northern Thai Villages', in, O'Mahony, G. B. & Whitelaw, P. (eds), To the City and Beyond: Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference (CAUTHE) 2006 Conference Proceedings, Melbourne: Victoria University, pp 1066-1086.

Staiff, R. & Bushell, R. 2004, 'Strategically Planning Heritage Interpretation for Visitors: Issues and Processes at Minnamurra Rainforest Centre, NSW', in, Cooper, C., Arcodia, C., Solnet, D. & Whitford, M. (eds), Creating Tourism Knowledge: Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference (CAUTHE) 2004 Conference Proceedings, Brisbane: The University of Queensland, pp 734-748. 

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Contact Details 

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