Assessments in Tourism, Hospitality and Events - Multi-Sensory Map, Time-Lapse Video, and Report

Purpose of the Assessments

The purpose of the assessments in this module is to encourage you, from the start of the programme, to engage with current academic tourism, hospitality and events journals, the trade press as well as substantive, journalistic accounts. The teaching team see this as an excellent way for you to meet the module aims, specifically those which require an understanding and critical insight into the structure and characteristics of tourism, hospitality and events and the environmental factors impacting on the industries.

From day one of the module, you are required to monitor newspapers, current sector journals and trade press in order to identify and evaluate the environmental factors likely to influence current and future supply and demand within the T.H.E industries. You will be required to undertake the following assessments:

You need to choose one CITY and produce the following map and video based on your chosen city.

A multisensory map. This builds on your experiences of space. You are asked to explore one CITYanywhere where you encounter particularly strong sensory stimuli, including but not limited to sights, sounds, smells, textures and tastes. The mapping can also make note of other things you may experience in response to these sensory experiences such as emotions, feelings and memories. This will be a 500-word reflection (based on how your chosen city is experienced in terms of either Tourism, Hospitality or Events) and a map of your chosen city with multisensory points – you can use audio-visual files etc. attached to your map.

A two-minute time-lapse video. This will demonstrate how space is produced and consumed at different periods of time by different groups of people. A rhythm analysis is used to show the interrelation of space and time in the understanding of everyday life. This location should be in the same city but not necessarily the same location as the multi-sensory map. You should also include a 500-word reflection on your video. (based on how different groups of people experience and consume places in terms of Tourism, Hospitality or Events).

A 2000-word report which reflects and expands on the chosen City for the multisensory map and time-lapse video and bring them together in a coherent discussion around the findings from the two earlier submissions. In this part you should address issues discussed throughout the module and bring theory into your analysis. For instance: how are places produced and what is the role of hospitality, tourism and events? How do people consume places? How do people become part of particular processes and practices? How have spaces and places and people and practices changed post COVID-19? What are industry and interest group perspectives on contemporary issues in relation to places in Tourism, Hospitality and Events?  You should consider the implications of the Tourism, Hospitality and Event Industries for stakeholder groups and future practice and innovation in your chosen city location.

By interacting with one another, we design rules, institutions and systems within which we live. You should also reflect on your observations of social interactions in your chosen location. You may use photos and/or videos to demonstrate your points if you make sure any people depicted in them are unrecognisable to ensure anonymity. This report should make connections between the theory embedded throughout this module and your chosen city. You must also include a minimum of 10 academic sources.

Assessment marking scheme – OTHR 1

The marking sheet on page 18 will be used to provide feedback your report.

Multi sensory map 30 marks

Reflection on multi sensory map 15 marks

Timelapse video 30 marks 

Reflection on timelapse video 15 marks 

General coherence of argument, structure, presentation of any tables, figures and appendices, use of Harvard referencing, proof reading and typographical errors

Assessment marking scheme

The marking sheet on page 19 will be used to provide feedback your report.

Critical summation of the issue and the evidence to be presented / clarity of line of argument

Critical appraisal of the intersections of place, tourism, hospitality and events. An in-depth understanding of the production and consumption of place over time as context for the T.H.E. industries

Critical appraisal of the implications of the T.H.E. industries for stakeholder groups and future practice / innovation / other themes pertinent to the issues discussed

General coherence of argument, structure, presentation of any tables, figures and appendices, use of Harvard referencing, proof reading and typographical errors