Curriculum Vitae

SU, Xiaobo

Assistant Professor

Department of Geography

1251 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403-1251

Phone: 541-346-4568

Email: xiaobo@uoregon.edu

 

EDUCATION

Ph. D.   National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2007

Dissertation Title: Place, Capital and Representation: The Politics of Heritage Tourism in Lijiang, PR China.

M. Sc.   Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2003

          Dissertation Title: A Study on Tourism Development and the Transformation of Historic Towns—Case Study from Lijiang Ancient Town (in Chinese).

B. Arch.  Southeast University, China, 2000

RESEARCH

My area of interest covers cultural politics, tourism, and urban heritage. My current research investigates the politics of heritage tourism in Lijiang ancient town to see the radical transition of China after 1978. Specifically, I focus on how the practices of dominance and resistance have shaped, and been affected by, Lijiang’s socio-spatial transformation when this World Heritage site becomes increasingly exposed to global capitalistic tendencies arising from tourism. My research examines issues of representation, commodification, spatial inclusion and exclusion, and identity building in a global-national-local nexus.

Teaching Courses

Geog205: Geography of Pacific Asia

Geog4/510: Geography of Tourism

Geog4/575: Geography of China

 

 

 

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Architectural Assistant (March-July 2000)

Institute of Architectural Design, Southeast University, China

    Responsibilities included helping a senior architect in the design of a public building for a university in Nanjing city.

Lecturer in Tourism Geography of China (February—July 2002)

Guangdong Technological College

     Responsibilities included teaching Tourism Geography of China in the Department of Tourism in this College.

Organization Committee Member (2006)

The 7th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, National University of Singapore

     Responsibilities included organizing the conference and arranging all attendants’ fieldtrips in Singapore.

Visiting Research Officer (July-September 2007)

East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

Individual Member (2006- )

UNESCO-ICCROM Asian Academy for Heritage Management

AWARDS

International Geographic Union sponsorship to IGU Brisbane 2006 (AU$1,500)

Williams Fund to subsidize Geog410/510 Geography of Tourism 2009 (US$6,720)

PUBLICATIONS

Su, X. and Teo, P. (2008) Tourism Politics in Lijiang, China: An Analysis of State and Local Interactions in Tourism Development, Tourism Geographies, 10(2):150-168.

Su, X. and Teo. P. (in contract) The Politics of Heritage Tourism in China: A View from Lijiang. London: Routledge.

Su, X. (forthcoming) Adaptive Reuse and Urban Heritage Management—A Case Study of Lijiang Ancient Town, Yunnan (in Chinese). Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities.

Huang, C., Cheng, J. and Su, X. (2006) Water Resources Carrying Capacity and Urban Sustainable Development of Shenzhen City (in Chinese). Tropical Geography, 26(3): 254-258.

Su, X. and Huang, C. (2005) The Impacts of Heritage Tourism on Public Space in Historic Towns: A Case Study of Lijiang Ancient Town. China Tourism Research, 1(4): 401-442.

Bao, J. and Su, X. (2004) Studies on Tourism Commercialization in Historic Towns (in Chinese). Acta Geographica Sinica, 59(3):427-436.

 

CONFERENCES

Su, X. (2006 September) Negotiating Heritage Tourism: Local Identity and Nationalism in Global Era. Paper presented at the workshop on ‘Of Asian Origin’: Rethinking Tourism in Contemporary Asia, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Su, X. (2006 September) Integrating Field Methods in Multi-strategy Tourism Research. Paper presented at the 5th Graduate Workshop, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Su, X. (2006, July) Opening-up to the World: Tourism Development in Transitional China, Paper presented at the 7th APRU Doctorate Student Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Su, X. (2006, July) Whose Lijiang?: Local Perceptions on Heritage Tourism. Paper presented at the IGU 2006 Brisbane Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Su, X. and Teo, P. (2005, July) The Production of Heritage Landscapes for Tourism: A Case Study of Lijiang, PR China. Paper presented at the Border Tourism and Community Development: An International Conference, Xishuangbanna, China.

Su, X. (2005, May) Heritage Tourism and Place Making in Lijiang, PR China. Paper presented at the ‘Workshop on Human Migration and Acculturation’, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan.

Su, X. (2005, January) Adaptive Re-use and the Management of Urban Heritage: Case from Singapore’s Chinatown. Paper presented at the ‘Tourism: Vehicle for Development’, Penang, Malaysia.