Mr Kiran Shinde
Lecturer, School of Behavioural and Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
BArch (Pune India), GradDipPlanning (Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology, Ahmedabad, India), MSc (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)
Contact
| Email: | kshinde@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Earth Sciences (C2) 326 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2921 (or +61 2 6773 2921 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3030 |
Areas of Teaching
GEPL359 – Introduction to Architectural Design
GEPL302/402 – Architecture & Urban Design
Research interests
Kiran Shinde's research interests relate to environmental planning and management, urban design, architecture, and tourism.
Kiran Shinde has submitted his PhD from Monash University in 2008. His research focused on the environmental issues associated with religious tourism in sacred sites in India. He examined the changing patterns of travel to sacred sites in the regional complex of Braj in North India and their relation to the making of the sacred landscape.
Publications
Shinde, K.A. (2008). Religious tourism: exploring a new form of sacred journey in North India. In J. Cochrane (Ed.), Asian Tourism: Growth and Change. London: Elsevier.
Shinde, K. A. (2007). Visiting Sacred Sites in India: Religious Tourism or Pilgrimage? In R. Raj & N. D. Morpeth (Eds.), Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Festivals Management: An International Perspective (pp. 186-199). Wallingford, United Kingdom: CABI.
Shinde K.A. (2007). 'Pilgrimage and the Environment: Challenges in a Pilgrimage Centre'. Current Issues in Tourism Vol. 10, No. 4, 2007.
Shinde, K. A. (2006). Quest for Good Governance: Contribution and Potential of Religious Institutions as Stakeholders. In M. Chattopadhyay (Ed.), Religious Tourism: An Introduction (pp. 89-109). Hyderabad, India: The Icfai University Press. (Reprint of a paper presented at a conference in Monash University).
Shinde, K. (2006), Religious Tourism: Intersection of Contemporary Pilgrimage and Tourism in India. In Mike Robinson and David Picard (eds), Journeys of Expressions V- Tourism and the Roots/ Routes of Religious Festivity (Belfast, Sheffield Hallam University), www.tourism-culture.com.
Shinde, Kiran (2004), ‘Quest for Good governance: Contribution and potential of religious institutions as stakeholders in India', Working paper presented at the workshop on “The Quest for Good Global Governance” (27th August 2004), organized by Monash Governance Research Unit and the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Monash University.
Shinde, K. (2003), Environmental Crisis In God's Abode: Managing Religious Tourism. In Carlos Fernandes, Francis Mcgettigan, Jonathan Edwards (Eds) Religious Tourism And Pilgrimage - Conference Proceedings of The 1st Expert Meeting Of ATLAS- Religious Tourism And Pilgrimage Research Group , (23- 27 April, 2003), Tourism Board of Leiria / Fatima , Portugal.
Shinde Kiran (2003), ‘More Pilgrims than a Temple Town can Handle', Hinduism Today, October 2003, Himalayan Academy , Hawaii USA.