Ana Paula Fonseca | Author | SciTechnol

Ana Paula Fonseca Author

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Subjects of specialization
Teaching English as a Foreign Language, English Language, Discourse Studies

Affiliation
Higher School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Viseu, Portugal

Biography

Originally from the USA, Paula Fonseca is a teacher and researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal. She has been teaching English and Spanish at the higher education level in Portugal since 1995. She holds an International Doctorate degree from the University of Salamanca, Spain in the area of English Philology, Linguistics and Literature recognized by the “Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior de Portugal. She also holds a Masters in Teaching Foreign Languages from the University of Aveiro, Portugal and another Masters in Education in Teaching English as a Second Language from Rhode Island College, USA.

Publications

Research Article Open Access

Dark Tourism: Concepts, Typologies and Sites

Author(s):

Ana Paula Fonseca, Claudia Seabra and Carla Silva

Dark Tourism: Concepts, Typologies and Sites

Dark Tourism, understood as the type of tourism that involves a visit to real or recreated places associated with death, suffering, misfortune, or the seemingly macabre, is not a new concept, even from a touristic point of view. In fact, places of war, disasters, death and atrocities always fascinated humans and are subject to visits. People have long been drawn, purposefully or otherwise, towards sites, attractions or events linked in one way or another with death, suffering, violence or disaster. The concept of dark tourism has been designed and studied for the last years and many are the destinations around the wo... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8807.S2-002

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