HISTORY OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM, 2023-2024

Grado en Turismo (inglés). Vicálvaro

Prof. H. Domínguez

- Deadline for all the prac�ces: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 (in Aula Virtual)
- All works uploaded to the ins�tu�onal pla�orm will pass through the an�-plagiarism
system of the university

PRACTICE 1 – IN GROUP – 5 PEOPLE – 10% OF THE FINAL GRADE

Atendance to the 3 prac�cal sessions in class + elabora�on of a dossier about those ac�vi�es.

Indica�ve dates:

• Wednesday, Oct. 11th

• Thursday, Nov. 9th

• Thursday, Dec.14th

Part 1: you will have to deepen in the subject mater seen un�l that moment (normally 2 out the
the 6 themes) by reading of the corresponding bibliography (ar�cles uploaded in the
corresponding theme in Aula Virtual + bibliography recommended) + other informa�on that you
shall find that is related to what we have seen in class: news about excava�ons of some places
we have men�oned, important findings in that place, if it is visitable or not, other travelers that
have passed by those places, etc. Elaborate ques�ons (5-10 each member) about the topic to
answer/work on them among yourselves, both from the topics seen in class and from the
extension materials.

Part 2: progress on the group work on the traveler. October 11th: you must alteady have a topic
of the group work, work on the �tle, basic index/table of contents and basic bibliography
(November 9th and December 14th: progress on the group work).

I will go through the different groups, commen�ng/helping you on the different aspects of the
essay/ helping to organize the work.

A dossier with the work done in each of the prac�cal sessions must be handed in.

PRACTICE 2 – IN GROUP – 5/6 PEOPLE – 15% OF THE FINAL GRADE

Maximum: 15 pages, 1.5 spacing, including bibliography.

Research on a traveler (up to the end of the 19th century) with the following structure:

• Introduc�on and jus�fica�on of the chosen topic

• Historical and social environment of the traveler
• Biography of the traveler
• Journey and contribu�ons. Route. Map
• Other similar travelers
• Conclusion

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 • Bibliography

You can find ideas in the books of the bibliography (Aula Virtual> Other resources). A good
encyclopedia is that of J. Speake.

PRACTICE 3 – INDIVIDUAL – 15% OF THE FINAL GRADE

Maximum 10 pages, 1.5 of space, including bibliography

Go to the library, choose a book. Reading of a book (physical-library), upon approval of the
professor, on a topic related to travel, history, cultural tourism or related topics.

Cri�cal review that contains the following sec�ons

- Technical details: �tle of the book, author, date, and publisher.

- Introduc�on and jus�fica�on for the choice.

- Summary/synopsis: main hypotheses, results obtained...

- Cri�cal review (it can be done in another order and adding more points for analysis): type of
text (narra�ve, didac�c, research, journalis�c...), pros and cons, interes�ng and not interes�ng
parts, use (or not) of graphic part: diagrams, images, photographs, graphs, style of wri�ng
(general public, specialized), use of similes or not, topicality of the subject, sources used by the
author (for this you should look at the bibliography used), how s/he presents the informa�on, if
it is didac�c or not (if there are glossaries, explana�ons, images, etc.), or other informa�on that
makes it understandable, type of vocabulary used, strengths and weaknesses of the text,
whether there are hypotheses/theories and results or not, etc.

- You can take something that catches your aten�on and expand the informa�on by using more
bibliography (ar�cles, books).

- Bibliography, if it has been used (this is posi�ve, since it shows that you have used more
informa�on and expanded it somehow).

IMPORTANT: the bulk of the paper must be in the cri�cal sec�on. It is cri�cal review of a book,
NOT a mere summary.

HOW TO CITE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Examples on how to cite bibliography in academic works (YOU ALSO HAVE A DOCUMENT IN
AULA VIRTUAL "Evaluation>General rules for citing bibliography")

In the text, you must quote the ideas of an author, literally or using your own words:

“Wars and building of sanctuaries are common in Mesopotamia (Liverani, 1995: 322)”

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“For the selection of Madrid as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, it received the support of
many countries, as Ezquiaga Fernández informs (2021)”.

In the final list of references, you must include the materials that you have used in the text
following an alphabetic order (lastname of author), in the next way:

• In the case of an article of a journal:

Millett, P. “The Trial of Socrates Revisited”, European Review of History 12, no. 1 (2005):
23-62.

• In the case of books:

Liverani, M., El antiguo Oriente. Barcelona, 1995.

• Press releases, websites (refrain from using Wikipedia, blogs, etc.):

Ezquiaga Fernández, M., “Madrid entra en la lista de Patrimonio mundial”, El País.

Obtained from: htps://elpais.com/cultura/2021-07-25/madrid-entra-en-la-lista-del-
patrimonio-mundial.html (accessed on Sept. 15th, 2021).