Dr Russell Staiff

Dr Russell Staiff

Senior Lecturer, Tourism and Heritage Studies 

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

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

Morkham, B. and 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

Staiff, R. 2010, 'History and Tourism: Intertextual Representations of Florence', Tourism Analysis, 15(5): 601-611.

Saipadist, A. and 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. and 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. and 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. and Bushell, R. 2003, '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. and Kennedy, P. 2002, 'Interpretation in National Parks: Some Critical Questions', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 10(2): 97-113.

Bushell, R., Staiff, R. and 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. 2010, 'Communicating Heritage Values: Re-thinking heritage interpretation in an age of digital media', in, Akdemir, A. and Koc, O. (eds), World Universities Congress Proceedings, Ankara, Turkey: Pozitif, pp 1469-1480. 

Staiff, R., Bushell, R. and 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. and 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, McDonnell, I., Grabowski, S. and 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. and Staiff, R. 2006, 'Tourism and Modernity: Perceptions of Tourism Development in Three Northern Thai Villages', in, O'Mahony, G. B. and 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. and Bushell, R. 2004, 'Strategically Planning Heritage Interpretation for Visitors: Issues and Processes at Minnamurra Rainforest Centre, NSW', in, Cooper, C., Arcodia, C., Solnet, D. and 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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