Publications
In addition to monographs and edited volumes, I have guest edited several diverse special journal issues, and have published a number of peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. I also am dedicated to bringing anthropology and ethnographic research to a larger audience; I have published a number of “public anthropology” pieces in a variety of online venues (blogs, podcasts, webinars and public lectures), and host a webinar series in which I talk with authors in Lexington Books’ Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility and Society series, of which I am the editor.
Guest Editor (Special Journal Issue)
Faith in Spiritual and Heritage Tourism. Religions, 2021 [co-editor: Mohamad Sharifi-Tehrani]. open-access
Geographies of Religion and Spirituality: Beyond the “Officially Sacred.” Tourism Geographies, April 2019. [co-editor: Jaeyeon Choe] open-access
Sites of Pilgrimage, Sites of Heritage: Exploring the Interface between Religion and Heritage in Tourist Destinations. Special issue of the International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 2016. [co-editor: Josep-Maria Garcia-Fuentes]
Pilgrimage: Communitas and Contestation, Unity and Diversity. Tourism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal. 59(3) 2011: 241-404. open-access
Articles
Honoring Valene Smith, Our Prescient Foremother. Tourism Geographies. April 2024.
The Coronavirus Crisis in a Shiite Society: Faith and the Experience of a Pilgrimage Ban at Iran’s Central Shrine. Religions. 13:874. [co-authors: Neda Razavizadeh and Somayeh Varshovi] open access
Padre Pio, Pandemic Saint: The Effects of the Spanish Flu and COVID-19 on Pilgrimage and Devotion to the World’s Most Popular Saint. International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage 8(7), article 14. open access
What Draws Shia Muslims to an Insecure Pilgrimage? Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. [co-authored with Adel Nikjoo and Neda Razavizadeh] DOI: 10.1080/14766825.2020.1797062
Introduction: Pilgrimage beyond the “Officially Sacred”. Tourism Geographies 21(3): 361-383. [co-authored with Jaeyeon Choe]. open access
Reframing and Reconceptualising Gambling tourism in Macau as a Chinese Pilgrimage. Tourism Geographies. 21(3): 508-528. [co-authored with Michael O’Reagan and Jaeyeon Choe
The Heritage-scape: Origins, Theoretical Interventions and Critical Reception of a Model for Understanding UNESCO’s World Heritage Program. Via@ Tourism Review, 2017. Special issue on important concepts in tourism studies. Edited by Jean-Michel Decroly, Anya Diekmann, and Tim Freytag. Open access
Sites of Pilgrimage, Sites of Heritage: An Exploratory Introduction. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology 5 (2016): 1-23 [with Josep-Maria Garcia-Fuentes].
Apologia Pro Turismo: Breaking Inter- and Intra-Disciplinary Boundaries in the Study of Tourism and Pilgrimage. Special issue, “New Directions in the Anthropology of Tourism.” The Journal of Tourism Challenges and Trends 6(2): 63-94. Open access
Padre Pio for Sale: Souvenirs, Relics or Identity Markers? International Journal of Tourism Anthropology. 2(2), pp. 108-127.
A Tale of Two Cities: Padre Pio and the Reimagining of Pietrelcina and San Giovanni Rotondo. Textus: English studies in Italy. 1(1), pp. 155-167.
Pilgrimage: Communitas and Contestation, Unity and Difference – An Introduction. Tourism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal. 59(3): 247-269. Open access
La Vigilia Italo-Americana: Revitalizing the Italian-American Family through the Christmas Eve ‘Feast of the Seven Fishes’. Food and Foodways. 18(4): 181-208.
Rethinking Development: Religious Tourism as Material and Cultural Revitalization in Pietrelcina, Italy. Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal. Special issue, “Tourism, Religion, Culture.” 58(3): pp. 271-288.
World Heritage Tourism: UNESCO's Vehicle for Peace? Anthropology News. 51(8): 8-9.
Re-Presenting St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina: Contested Ways of Seeing a Contemporary Saint. Critical Inquiry. Special issue, “The Curious Category of the Saint.” 35(3): 481-492.
Revitalization and Counter-Revitalization: Tourism, Heritage and the Lantern Festival as Catalysts for Regeneration in Hội An, Viet Nam. J. of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events. 1(3): 208-230. open access
Book chapters
Introduction: Earth Day at 50—And Beyond. In Michael Di Giovine (ed.). Earth Day: Lessons for a Sustainable Future. Dubuque: Innovative Ink Publishers, 2023, pp. xxi-xxxiv.
Indigenous Environmental Activism through Art. In Michael Di Giovine (ed.). Earth Day: Lessons for a Sustainable Future. Dubuque: Innovative Ink Publishers, 2023, pp. 29-42.
Making the Exhibition in a Global Pandemic: A Photographic Timeline. In Michael Di Giovine (ed.). Earth Day: Lessons for a Sustainable Future. Dubuque: Innovative Ink Publishers, 2023, pp. 181-194
Anthropology Perspectives on Pilgrimage. In Heather Warfield (ed.). Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Pilgrimage. Peter Lang Publishing, 2023 [with Deana Weibel].
Galactic Shrines and the Catholic Cult of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. In Amos Ron and James Bielo (eds). Landscapes of Christianity. NY: Palgrave, 2022.
Urban Anthropology, North America. In Hilary Callan (ed), The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Hoboken: Wiley, 2022. [co-author: Daniel Olsen]
Tourism and Mobility in the Eastern Bloc. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). Faces of the Berlin Wall: Divided Lives and Legacies 30 Years After the Fall. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, 2022, pp. 65-80.
Sacred World Heritage Sites. In D. Olson (ed). Routledge Handbook for Religious and Spiritual Tourism. London: Routledge, 2021.
Fatherhood in the Field: Doing Fieldwork with Family. In B. Porter, H. Schanzel and J. Cheer (eds.), Masculinities in the Field. Clevedon: Channel View, 2021.
Introduction: Asking Questions about Study Abroad. In J. Bodinger de Uriate and M. Di Giovine (eds.). Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021.
Between Tourism and Anti-Tourism: Ethics and the Study Abroad Experience. In J. Bodinger de Uriate and M. Di Giovine (eds.). Study Abroad: Student Travel and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021.
Epilogue: Asking Questions about COVID-19’s Impacts on Study Abroad. In J. Bodinger de Uriate and M. Di Giovine (eds.). Study Abroad: Student Travel and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021.
The Effects of Natural Disasters on Religious Tourism Sites: Earthquakes in the Spiritual Heart of Italy. In Kiran Schinde and Daniel Olsen (eds.), Religious Tourism and the Environment. CABI, 2020, pp. 144-161. [co-author: Elisa Ascione].
Taking Tourism Seriously: A Conversation with Edward Bruner. In Naomi Leite, Quetzil Castaneda, and Kathleen Adams (eds.) The Ethnography of Tourism: Edward Bruner and Beyond. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019. [with Ed Bruner].
Introduction. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). Rwanda Nziza: Beautiful Rwanda. West Chester: West Chester University Press, 2019, pp. 1-7.
Hate Radio: The Radio as Primary Weapon of Genocide. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). Rwanda Nziza: Beautiful Rwanda. West Chester: West Chester University Press, 2019, pp. 42-53.
800,000: Acknowledge. Remember. Renew: William Snyder III Represents Rwanda’s Genocide at WCU. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). Rwanda Nziza: Beautiful Rwanda. West Chester: West Chester University Press, 2019, pp. 61-67.
Rites of Passage: Childbearing, Social Status, and the Transmission of Knowledge. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). Rwanda Nziza: Beautiful Rwanda. West Chester: West Chester University Press, 2019, pp. 99-102.
Teaching Ethnographic Films on Tourism. In Sharon Gmelch and Adam Kaul (eds). Tourists and Tourism. Third edition. Waveland Press, 2018, pp. 311-316.
Ethics of Conservation. In Sandra Lopez Varela (ed), SAS Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences. NY: Wiley-Blackwell and the Society for Archaeological Sciences, 2018.
Introduction: Bringing Home Human Rights in Latin America. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America 1967-2017. West Chester: West Chester University Press, 2017, pp. 1-6.
“Narco-Saints” and Popular Devotion among the Marginalized. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America 1967-2017. West Chester: West Chester University Press, 2017, pp. 25-26.
Border Migration and the Archaeology of the Present. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America 1967-2017. West Chester: West Chester University Press, 2017, pp. 27-32.
The Photography of Michael Hyatt. In Michael A. Di Giovine (ed.). The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America 1967-2017. West Chester: West Chester University Press, 2017, pp. 37-42.
World Heritage as a Revitalization Movement: Managing Local and Global Tourism in UNESCO’s Heritage-scape. In Laurent Bourdeau, Maria Gravari-Barbas and Mike Robinson (eds). World Heritage: Global and Local Relations. Surrey: Ashgate, 2016.
Moveable Feasts: Food as Revitalizing Cultural Heritage. In Helaine Silverman, Emma Waterton and Steve Watson (eds). Heritage in Action: Making the Past in the Present. NY: Springer, 2016, pp. 201-216. [co-authored with Terry Majewski and Jonathan Mabry].
The Seductions of Suffering: Stigmata, Salvation and Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo. In Michael A. Di Giovine and David Picard (eds.) The Seductions of Pilgrimage: Sacred Journeys Afar and Astray in the Western Religious Tradition. Surrey: Ashgate, 2015, pp. 187-210.
Introduction: Pilgrimage and Seduction in the Abrahamic Tradition. In Michael A. Di Giovine and David Picard (eds.) The Seductions of Pilgrimage: Sacred Journeys Afar and Astray in the Western Religious Tradition. Surrey: Ashgate, 2015, pp. 1-51. [co-author: David Picard]
When Popular Religion becomes Elite Heritage: Tensions and Transformations at the Shrine of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. In Helaine Silverman and Mike Robinson (eds.), Encounters with Popular Pasts: Cultural Heritage and Popular Culture. NY: Springer Publications, 2015, pp. 31-47.
UNESCO’s World Heritage Program: Challenges and Ethics of Community Participation. In N. Adell, R. Bendix, C. Bortolotto, M Tauschek (eds). Community and Participation: Core Concepts in Heritage Policy and Practice. Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen Press, 2015, pp. 83-108. Open access
Un’ostensione controversa. Il culto di Padre Pio come campo di produzione culturale. In Dionigi Albera and Melissa Blanchard (eds). Pellegrini del Nuovo Millennio: Aspetti Economici e Politici delle Mobilita' Religiose. Messina: Mesogea, 2015, pp. 175-202.
Patrimonial Ethics and the Field of Heritage Production. In C. Gnecco and D. Lippart (eds.). Ethics and Archaeological Praxis. NY: Springer, 2015, pp. 201-227.|
The Imaginaire Dialectic and the Refashioning of Pietrelcina. In Noel Salazar and Nelson H. H. Graburn (eds.). Tourism Imaginaries: Through an Anthropological Lens. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2013, pp. 147-171.
Introduction. Through Other Worlds. In David Picard and Michael A. Di Giovine (eds), Tourism and the Power of Otherness: Seductions of Difference. Bristol: Channel View, 2014, pp. 1-28. [co-author: David Picard].
Introduction. Food and Foodways as Cultural Heritage. In Ronda Brulotte and Michael A. Di Giovine (eds.). Edible Identities: Food as Cultural Heritage. Surrey: Ashgate, 2014, pp. 1-27. [co-author: Ronda Brulotte].
The Everyday as Extraordinary: Revitalization, Religion, and the Elevation of Cucina Casareccia to Heritage Cuisine in Pietrelcina, Italy. In Ronda Brulotte and Michael A. Di Giovine (eds.). Edible Identities: Food as Cultural Heritage. Surrey: Ashgate, 2014, pp. 77-92.
Sacred Journeys as Spaces for Peace in Christianity. In Antón Pazos, ed., Pilgrims and Pilgrimages as Peacemakers in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Surrey: Ashgate, 2013, pp. 1-38.
Passionate Movements: Emotional and Social Dynamics of Padre Pio Pilgrims. In Mike Robinson and David Picard (eds). Emotion in Motion: The Passion of Tourism, Travel and Movement. Surrey: Ashgate, 2012, pp. 117-136. [ISBN: 9781409421337]
Re-Presenting St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina: Contested Ways of Seeing a Contemporary Saint. In Françoise Meltzer and Jas’ Elsner (eds). Saints: Faith without Borders. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011, pp. 309-320.
UNESCO’s Heritage-scape: A Global Endeavor to Produce ‘Peace in the Minds of Men’ through Tourism and Preservation.” In Rana P.B. Singh (ed). Heritagescapes and Cultural Landscapes. Planet Earth and Cultural Understanding Series 6. New Delhi, India: Shubhi Publications, 2011, pp. 57-86.
La Vigilia Italo-Americana: Transmitting Authenticity Amid Social Change. In Lysaght, Patricia, ed. Food and Meals at Cultural Crossroads. Oslo: Novus, 2010, pp. 124-136.
Saints, Citizens, Pilgrims: Religious Tourism and Revitalization in Pietrelcina, Italy. In Anna Trono, ed. Tourism, Religion and Culture: Regional Development through Meaningful Tourism Experiences. Galatina (Lecce), Italy: Mario Congedo Publisher, 2009, pp. 239-260.
Translator’s Note. In Carlo Colona. Don Elia Bellebono: Apostle of the Sacred Heart for our Time. Rome: AdP, 2004.
Encyclopedia Entries
Pilgrimage tourism. In Jafar Jafari and Honggen Xiao, The Encyclopedia of Tourism, 3rd edition. New York: Springer Publications, 2024. [co-author: Jas’ Elsner]
World Heritage. In Jafar Jafari and Honggen Xiao, The Encyclopedia of Tourism, 3rd edition. New York: Springer Publications, 2024.
Religion and Heritage. In Hilary Callan (ed), The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Hoboken: Wiley, 2023.
Victor Turner. In Hilary Callan (ed), The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Hoboken: Wiley, 2018.
The World Heritage List: Criteria, Representations, Problems. In Claire Smith (ed). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. 2nd edition. New York: Springer Publications, 2018, pp. 7885-7894.
World Heritage Objectives and Outcomes. Claire Smith (ed). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. 2nd edition. New York: Springer Publications, 2018, pp. 7894-7903
The Anthropology of Tourism. In Linda Lowry (ed). The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. NY: SAGE, 2017.
World Heritage. In Linda Lowry (ed). The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. NY: SAGE, 2017.
Pilgrimage tourism. In Jafar Jafari and Honggen Xiao, The Encyclopedia of Tourism, 2nd edition. New York: Springer Publications, 2016, pp. 722-724. [co-author: Jas’ Elsner]
World Heritage. In Jafar Jafari and Honggen Xiao, The Encyclopedia of Tourism, 2nd edition. New York: Springer Publications, 2016, pp. 1025-1026.
Pilgrimage. In Patrick J. Hayes, Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016, pp. 322-326.
Stigmata. In Patrick J. Hayes, Miracles: An Encyclopedia of People, Places and Supernatural Events from Antiquity to the Present. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016, pp. 380-383
The World Heritage List: Criteria, Representations, Problems. In Claire Smith (ed). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. New York: Springer Publications, 2014, pp. 7885-7894.
World Heritage Objectives and Outcomes. Claire Smith (ed). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. New York: Springer Publications, 2014 pp. 7894-7903.
Online Content
Let’s CHAT about a Transition for ATIG. Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group blog, February 15, 2024
Sustainability and Study Abroad . NAPA Notes, August 2023, pp. 30-34.
Providing Discomfort, Pursuing Adventure, and Managing Risk in Study Abroad . NAPA Notes, January 2023, pp. 36-39.
Ethical Considerations of Study Abroad . NAPA Notes, June 2022, pp. 32-36
Being There: Study Abroad in the Context of COVID-19 . NAPA Newsletter, March 2022, pp 43-47.
Opportunities for sustainable wellness tourism in a post-pandemic world. Tourism Geographic. March 28, 2021.
Three ways to ensure ‘wellness’ tourism provides a post-pandemic opportunity for the travel industry. The Conversation. March 4, 2021.
2020 Year in Review – and a Look into ATIG’s Future. January 30, 2021. Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group blog.
In Memoriam: Edward M. Bruner. Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group blog. September 28, 2020.
Threats to Destroy Cultural Heritage Harm Us All. Anthropology News. February 19, 2020.
Anthropologists Weigh in on the Sustainability of Tourism. Anthropology News, 58(4): e180-e186. August 14, 2017.
The Amatriciana per Amatrice Campaign: Reflections on Food, Solidarity, and the Earthquake in Central Italy. Society for Food and Nutrition’s blog, October 28, 2016. With Elisa Ascione.
The Definitional Problem of Patrimony and the Futures of Cultural Heritage. Anthropology News, 55(3): e54-e55, August 22, 2014. (co-author: Sarah Cowie)
Tourism Research as Global Ethnography. Anthropologies. April 2011.
World Heritage Sites: Places of Conflict, or of Peace? Rowman and Littlefield Blog, 2006.
Lectures/Webinars
Technological Innovation: Potential or Pariah for Sustainable Heritage Tourism. Keynote Address, 40th Plenary Session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Hamadan, Iran, 12-14 November 2018.
Padre Pio and Pandemics.. Saints Peter and Paul Parish / Archdiocese of Philadelphia webinar. June 16, 2020.
Offsets and the Path to Carbon Neutrality in Higher Education and Study Abroad. West Chester University Sustainability Research and Practice Seminar. April 19, 2023.
Embodied Heritage: Sensory Engagement and Affective Tensions at the Shrine of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. Invited lecture, University of Birmingham, October 10, 2017.
Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience Teatime Chat Series – 14. November 9, 2021.
Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience WCU Faculty Research Forum. April 1, 2021.
Embodied Heritage: Sensory Engagement and Affective Tensions at the Shrine of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina. Invited lecture, University of Birmingham, October 10, 2017.
Wellness and Spiritual Tourism in a Post-COVID19 World? Teatime Chat Series – 2. June 13, 2020.
Earth Day at 50: Sustainability and Exhibition Planning in a Time of Pandemic. WCU Sustainability Research Seminar, West Chester University, April 22, 2020. [co-presented with students Natalie Fenner, Tyler C. Haney, Foster W. Krupp, Ben Popp, Melina Schauerman].
What Should We Do With Difficult Monuments? Invited Panelist, West Chester University. September 5, 2017.
Webinar Series: The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility and Society
A Conversation with Robert Shepherd, author of Cosmopolitanism and Tourism
A Conversation with the editors of The Ethnography of Tourism: Edward M. Bruner and Beyond
A Conversation with Sagar Singh, author of Rethinking the Anthropology of Love and Tourism
A Conversation with the editors of Tourism and Wellness: Travel for the Good of All?
A Conversation with Lauren Miller Griffith and Jonathan Marion, authors of Apprenticeship Pilgrimage
A Conversation with Xianghong Feng, Author of Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land
Book Reviews
Faith in Heritage: Displacement, Development, and Religious Tourism in Contemporary China (Robert J. Shepherd). Journal of Anthropological Research, pp. 519-520
Imagined Israel: The Problem of Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (Review of Hilary Kaell’s Walking Where Jesus Walked: American Christians and Holy Land Pilgrimage). Marginalia: LA Times Review of Books. April 9, 2017. open access
Reinventing the Local in Tourism: Producing, Consuming and Negotiating Place (Antonio Paolo Russo and Greg Richards, eds.). Annals of Tourism Research.
The Politics of Heritage Management in Mali: From UNESCO to Djenné. (Charlotte Joy). Journal of Anthropological Research. 70(4): 623-624.
The Sage Handbook of Tourism Studies and the Construction of a Unified Field of Tourism
Research Tourism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal 61(3).
Heritage Keywords. (Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels and Trinidad Rico, eds.). Museum Anthropology Review 10(2). December 2016. open access
Americans in Tuscany (Catherine Trundale). American Anthropologist 118(4). December.
The Italian-American Table: Food, Family and Community in New York City. (Simone Cinotto). Hospitality & Society 6(1): 83-90.
Identities and Nation-Building in Early Modern Travel Accounts. Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, 12(1): 93-105. open access
The Heritage Reader (Fairclough, Harrison, Jameson and Schofield, eds.). Curator: The Museum Journal 54(3): 363-369.
Conference Review: Emotions in Motion: The Passions of Tourism, Travel and Movement. Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, 11(2): 99-102.
Travel, Travel Writing, and the Construct of European Identity. Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, 10(2): 109-118.
Review essay: Return to Alexandria: An Ethnography of Cultural Heritage Revivalism and Museum Memory (Beverly Butler). Curator: The Museum Journal. 52(4): 399-405.
Exhibition Review essay: Body Worlds and Body Worlds 2: Towards the Creation of an Instructive Museum of Man. Museum Anthropology Review, 3(1). open access
Review essay: Uses of Heritage (Smith, ed.) and Heritage Interpretation (Hems and Blockley, eds.). Curator: The Museum Journal. 51(3): 329-338.