Scaling the pinnacle of art: learning vacations in Banff National Park, 1940s-1950s

The conference included a section on Travel and Tourism, in which the paper was presented along with several others on related topics. Discussion that followed focused on the theoretical and empirical connections between the paper’s ideas and those of one on early travel film in Europe. This was a valuable exchange for the purposes of cultural historical context for my own project, and connected in interesting ways not only to the immediate panel but other areas of popular culture discussed in the conference. Interest in the topic was also indicated due to the absence of published work on the topic which is of interest to scholars in interdisciplinary fields including visual culture, history and Canadian studies.