Dynamics Behind Persistent Images of "the Other": The Interplay Between Imaginations and Interactions in Maasai Cultural TourismIn tourism, strangers meet face to face. What do Tanzanian Maasai and Western tourists think when they meet? Using a combination of methods that has never been tried in anthropology, or in the field of tourism studies, this work provides novel theoretical insights into the images hosts and guests have of each other, and how their views relate to the interactions they experience. This compelling reflexive study uses video and Q method to contribute to the epistemology of anthropological research in tourism settings, and the construction of a new, more symmetrical anthropology. Dissertation. ***An important contribution to the growing field of the anthropology of tourism, an example of intense and methodical fieldwork, combined with theoretical acumen and deep reflexivity.--Prof. Dr Walter E. A. van Beek (Tilburg U.) (Series: Contributions to African Research / Beitr�¤ge zur Afrikaforschung, Vol. 76) [Subject: African Studies, Tourism Studies, Anthropology, Sociology] |
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... interactions present on a deep abstract level , in order to find out if there are any mechanisms in dealing with ' the other ' that are used by human beings more generally , which unite people from the North and the South , even if they ...
... interactions present on a deep abstract level , in order to find out if there are any mechanisms in dealing with ' the other ' that are used by human beings more generally , which unite people from the North and the South , even if they ...
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... interactions its members have with people they consider ' other ' . It is often assumed that the power and wealth of the hosts as compared to their guests implies that the influence hosts have on the culture of their visitors is limited ...
... interactions its members have with people they consider ' other ' . It is often assumed that the power and wealth of the hosts as compared to their guests implies that the influence hosts have on the culture of their visitors is limited ...
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... interactions that ( re ) produce them . The agency of the viewer of images thus becomes clear in the process of image ( re ) production , addressing the question of how and why images do or do not change under the influence of interaction ...
... interactions that ( re ) produce them . The agency of the viewer of images thus becomes clear in the process of image ( re ) production , addressing the question of how and why images do or do not change under the influence of interaction ...
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The Interplay Between Imaginations and Interactions in Maasai Cultural Tourism Vanessa Wijngaarden. ceit of tourists ... interaction with tourists they themselves become active storytellers , often subtly questioning or contesting ...
The Interplay Between Imaginations and Interactions in Maasai Cultural Tourism Vanessa Wijngaarden. ceit of tourists ... interaction with tourists they themselves become active storytellers , often subtly questioning or contesting ...
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... interactions ( Goffman 1959 ) . It thus cannot be seen as limited to a certain ' moment ' in tourism displays , as it is a dynamic part of all the social interactions taking place . This also entails that performances are not only used ...
... interactions ( Goffman 1959 ) . It thus cannot be seen as limited to a certain ' moment ' in tourism displays , as it is a dynamic part of all the social interactions taking place . This also entails that performances are not only used ...
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