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Dr Anna Carr

Dr Anna Carr’s research specialities are focussed on cultural landscapes, nature tourism in protected areas, political ecology and indigenous tourism development. She is a researcher and senior lecturer at the Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand. She has undertaken consultancies and externally funded research contracts for Dept. of Conservation, Sport NZ (SPARC), Mountain Safety Council NZ, OPUS and commercial operators.

Selected Papers of interest:

  • Carr, A., Ruhanen, L., Whitford, M. and B. Lane (editors) (Sept 2017), “Sustainable Tourism and Indigenous Peoples” Routledge UK.
  • Whitford, M. Ruhanen, A. and Carr, A. (Eds) Indigenous Tourism, Australia and New Zealand, Goodfellow’s Publications Sept 2017.
  • M. Mostafhanazad, R. Norum, E. Shelton and A. Thompson-Carr (eds.) (2016), Political Ecology of Tourism: Communities, Power and the Environment, Routledge Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility series.
  • Musa, G., Higham, J. and A. Thompson-Carr (eds.) (2015) Mountaineering Tourism, Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobilities Series, Routledge: Oxon.
  • Carr, A. (2017), ‘Maori tourism: past, present and future’, in Whitford, M. Ruhanen, A. and Carr, A. (Eds) Indigenous Tourism, Australia and New Zealand, Goodfellow’s Publications, UK.
  • Carr, A., Ruhanen, L. & Whitford, M. (2016) Indigenous Peoples and Tourism: The Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Tourism Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Special Issue on Sustainable Tourism and Indigenous Peoples 24 (8&9, 1047-1069) DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2016.1206112 (Lead Editor Special issue)
  • Thompson-Carr, A. (2016) Communities and Power, in M. Mostafhanazad, R. Norum, E. Shelton and A. Thompson-Carr (eds.), Political Ecology of Tourism: Communities, Power and the Environment, Routledge Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility series. Pp 25-30.
  • Thompson-Carr, A. (2015) ‘Guided Mountaineering’ in Musa, G., Higham, J. and A. Thompson-Carr (eds.) Mountaineering Tourism, Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobilities Series, Routledge: Oxon, pp: 85-100.
  • Thompson, A. (2013) ‘Māori Tourism: A case study of managing indigenous cultural values’ in Melanie Smith & Greg Richards (eds.) Chapter 29, Handbook of Cultural Tourism, Routledge: Oxon (Invited chapter), pp: 227-235.
  • Thompson, A. (2012) ‘Aoraki/Mt Cook and the Mackenzie Basin’s transition from ‘wilderness’ to tourist ‘place’.’ Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice, 4(1) 30-58.
  • Carr, A.M. (2007) ‘Negotiating the obstacles: owner/operator perspectives on ‘nature’ tourism’ in Critical Issues in Ecotourism: understanding a complex tourism phenomenon, Higham, J. (ed.), Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN-10: 0-7506-6878-4. Pp: 406-427.

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