Call for Submissions: CULTURALITY Conference (2027)

CULTURALITY European Horizon project and INVTUR 2027 are jointly organizing a collaborative academic and professional international conference, scheduled to take place between 20–22 April 2027 at Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.

The conference addresses tourism as part of a wider cultural, social, and territorial ecosystem shaped by memory, identity, participation, creativity, and knowledge. Discussions will focus on how traditional crafts, oral traditions, gastronomy, music, vernacular knowledge, storytelling and cultural landscapes contribute to resilient and inclusive models of sustainable territorial development. The conference will also critically handle the tensions between preservation and transformation, local identity, and global tourism dynamics.

CULTURALITY & Tourism: Designing Sustainable Paths invites the submission of Full papers (5,000–8,000 words), Case studies (3,000 words), Extended abstracts (1,000–1,200 words), Statements of good practice (2,000–3,000 words), Storytelling (2,000–3,000 words) and Conversations (length dependent on case).

The call invites proposals that explore the following areas:

• Models for Sustainable Tourism and Good Practices
• Tradition, Identity and Local Tourism
• Cultural Tourism and Intangible Heritage
• Nature as Cultural Heritage
• Design, Creativity and Cultural Innovation