Kreg Ettenger

Tourism development in indigenous communities and rural areas; cultural heritage representation; environmental issues and sustainability; use of digital media technologies for ethnographic research.

Articles

2012    “Northern Aboriginal Events as Tourist Attractions: Traditional Cree Gatherings in Northern Quebec.” The Northern Review 35, Spring 2012.

2009    “Students as Tourists and Fledgling Researchers: The Value of Ethnographic Field Courses for Tourism Education.” Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism 9: 159-175.

2008    “Engaging Undergraduate Students in Collaborative Research: The Challenge of Combining Teaching with Practice.” The Applied Anthropologist 28(2): 152-162.

2008    “Traditional Cree Gatherings in Northern Quebec: Local Cultural Heritage Festivals as Tourism Attractions.” Proceedings of the Twelfth Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Montreal, Canada, May 13-16.

Reports

2008    Report on Activities and Findings: Footsteps and Paddlestrokes Community Tour 1 (Chisasibi, Whapmagoostui, Waswanipi & Mistissini) and Community Tour 2 (Ouje- Bougoumou, Nemaska, Eastmain and Waskaganish). Cree Outfitting & Tourism Association.

2007    Tourism and Traditional Gatherings in Eeyou Istchee: Final Report on the 2007 USM Applied Anthropology Field Course. Submitted to the Cree Outfitting & Tourism Association. 52 pp.

2006    Summer Field Course: Nature, Culture and Tourism in James Bay, August 7-19, 2006: Report on Activities. Submitted to the Cree Outfitting & Tourism Association. 54 pp.

Papers

2012     Bays and Boundaries in Northern Canadian Seas: Creation of the Eeyou Marine Zone. Society for Applied Anthropology 2012 Meetings. March 27-31, Baltimore, MD.

2012     Social Science Methods for Land and Sea Claims: Creation of the Eeyou Marine Zone in Northern Canada. NOAA Social Coast Forum, February 15-16, Charleston, SC.

2012     Dr. Amazing's Magical Box of Tricks: Or How I Learned Participatory Research from the Master. NOAA Social Coast Forum, February 15-16, Charleston, SC.

2009    Developing Sustainable Tourism in the Cree Communities of Quebec: Opportunities and Obstacles. Annual Conference of the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology, Denver, CO, April 24-26.

2009    Not Like I Imagined: Experiencing Diversity Through Field Study. 49th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Providence, RI, March 13-14.

2009    “Tourism in Eeyou Istchee: Cree Cultural Identity and Economic Development.” Invited Presentation at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, November 6.

2008    Traditional Cree Gatherings in Northern Quebec: Local Cultural Heritage Festivals as Tourist Attractions. Twelfth Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, May 13-16.

2008    Applied Teaching and Research on Tourism: Possibilities for Collaboration. Creativity and Discovery: Collaboration at USM. Pineland Farms Conference Center, New Gloucester, Maine, Oct. 3.

2008    Footsteps & Paddlestrokes Community Tours: Preliminary Findings. Cree Regional Tourism Conference, Nemaska, Quebec, August 22-23.

2007    Tourism In Eeyou Istchee: The USM Summer Field Schools, 2006 & 2007. Third Annual Regional Tourism Conference of the Cree Outfitting and Tourism Association. Waswanipi, Quebec, Oct. 16-18.