Ana Maria Munar: Finding the Courage to Wander in Academia

In the academic space, where effectiveness and performance are prized more than joy, purpose and creativity, many academics tend to shut themselves out from what matters most deeply to them. Perhaps we need to slow down and give ourselves the mental space and spaciousness for contemplation and reflection to “re-search” the person within us as academics. Liberating ourselves from the academic regime to excel, might allow us to live our lives with care, joy and passion. In Episode 2, Dr Nisha Abu Bakar and Dr. Catheryn Khoo converse with a very special guest who speaks on love, desire, joy, creativity and freedom. An academic activist, Ana Maria Munar, is a beautiful person: in mind, body and soul. She is one the most well-read, brilliant and creative academic that we have in tourism. Ana María Munar is Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. She began her academic career in her early thirties and had her third child while doing her PhD. Love of knowing and love of family, friends and colleagues has guided much of Ana’s scholarly life. Her research applies philosophical approaches to gender, higher education and tourism. Her latest book “I am Man” is a poetic philosophical work on gender identity and expression. Currently, she is writing a book entitled “Desire” where she applies psychoanalysis, philosophy, art and literature to explore what desire means for our human condition. Her ongoing work in tourism focuses on gender and tourism sustainability and on re-imagining tourism spaces, applying ethics and contemplation, new materialism and creative writing. In her latest tourism innovation project she applied Existentialism and multisensory/multimedia approaches to understand tourism experiences. Ana is engaged in curriculum development and her focus has been to strengthen the ethical, philosophical and entrepreneurial aspects of business management education. Over the years, Ana has served on several national and international boards and networks. Ana has delivered numerous conference presentations and keynote addresses in her research areas.You can connect with Ana Maria via: Email: [email protected] You can find out more about her work via this link: https://lnkd.in/gjv8_f4s This podcast is jointly presented byWorld Women Tourism https://www.worldwomentourism.com/The Flapper Life https://www.theflapperlife.com/