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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan East Asia Program presents: Dr. Robert Shepherd - Heri
 tage Tourism in ChinaDr. Richard&nbsp\;Shepherd\, Associate Professor of A
 nthropology and International Affairs\, The George Washington University\n
 \nIn this\ndiscussion Dr. Shepherd will focus on\ntourism at the Buddhist 
 pilgrimage destination of Wutai Shan in Shanxi\, China.\nNow designated a 
 national park and world heritage site\, Wutai Shan attracts\napproximately
  four million annual tourists\, the vast \n\nmajority\nof whom are citizen
 s of the PRC. Is this then a case of a once-sacred place\nthat has been “D
 isneyfied” by\nmass tourism? \n\nRobert\nShepherd is editor\nof\nthe journ
 al\nCritical Asian Studies. He authored\nFaith in\nHeritage: Displacement\
 , Development\, and Religious Tourism in Contemporary\nChina (Left\nCoast 
 Press\, 2013) and Partners in Paradise: Tourism\nPractices\, Heritage Poli
 cies\,\nand Anthropological Sites (Peter Lang\, 2012). His\ncurrent resear
 ch examines structural and discursive connections between \n\ninternationa
 l\nhuman\nrights campaigns\, environmentalism\, and the world heritage mov
 ement. Sponsored by the East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute of Glo
 bal Affairs\n\n\n\n \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Moynihan East Asia Program: Heritage Tourism in China
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><b>Moynihan East Asia Program presents: Dr.
  Robert Shepherd - Heritage Tourism in China</b></p><p><b>Dr. Richard&nbsp
 \;Shepherd</b>\, <i>Associate Professor of Anthropology and International 
 Affairs\, The George Washington University</i></p><p>\n\n</p><p>In this\nd
 iscussion Dr. Shepherd will focus on\ntourism at the Buddhist pilgrimage d
 estination of Wutai Shan in Shanxi\, China.\nNow designated a national par
 k and world heritage site\, Wutai Shan attracts\napproximately four millio
 n annual tourists\, the vast \n\nmajority\nof whom are citizens of the PRC
 . Is this then a case of a once-sacred place\nthat has been “Disneyfied” b
 y\nmass tourism? </p><p>\n\n</p><p>Robert\nShepherd is editor\nof\nthe jou
 rnal\nCritical Asian Studies. He authored\nFaith in\nHeritage: Displacemen
 t\, Development\, and Religious Tourism in Contemporary\nChina (Left\nCoas
 t Press\, 2013) and Partners in Paradise: Tourism\nPractices\, Heritage Po
 licies\,\nand Anthropological Sites (Peter Lang\, 2012). His\ncurrent rese
 arch examines structural and discursive connections between \n\ninternatio
 nal\nhuman\nrights campaigns\, environmentalism\, and the world heritage m
 ovement. </p><p><b><i>Sponsored by the East Asia Program at the Moynihan I
 nstitute of Global Affairs\n\n</i></b><br></p><p>\n\n </p><p>\n\n </p>
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