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Dr Antonia Canosa

Dr Dr Antonia Canosa

Research Fellow
Southern Cross UniversityAustralia
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10
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Research focus

Dr Antonia Canosa is a social anthropologist with the Centre for Children and Young People at Southern Cross University, Australia. Her research focuses on children's rights, wellbeing and safety in the tourism industry. Antonia's previous work and research experience have developed her expertise in community wellbeing, with a particular focus on the wellbeing of children and young people. She works at the intersection of childhood studies and tourism studies to advocate for children's inclusion in tourism research, policy and planning to achieve socially and environmentally just communities. Antonia is a qualitative researcher who employs ethnographic, participatory and visual methodologies in order to privilege young people’s voices. Research interests include: children's rights and participation, ethics, anthropology of tourism and youth cultures.

SDG targets

4.7

Education for sustainable development and global citizenship

4.A

Build and upgrade inclusive and safe schools

10.2

Promote universal social, economic and political inclusion

10.3

Ensure equal opportunities and end discrimination

12.8

Promote universal understanding of sustainable lifestyles

12.B

Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable tourism

Projects

Our Home Holiday Town: A youth social theatre research project on the impacts of tourism https://www.scu.edu.au/centre-for-children-and-young-people/our-research/byron-youth-theatre/