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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... negative tone in your voice. Not once have you treated me with anything but goodness. We might not speak each other's language perfectly, and cultural differences have shaken our togetherness some- times, but God gave us wisdom to see ...
... negative tone in your voice. Not once have you treated me with anything but goodness. We might not speak each other's language perfectly, and cultural differences have shaken our togetherness some- times, but God gave us wisdom to see ...
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... negative effects for the quality of life of local populations ( Wijngaarden 2010a , 98-99 ; Monbiot 2003 ) . Following the ' ethical turn ' ( Smith 2009 ) , presumably more responsible alternative forms of tourism developed , such as ...
... negative effects for the quality of life of local populations ( Wijngaarden 2010a , 98-99 ; Monbiot 2003 ) . Following the ' ethical turn ' ( Smith 2009 ) , presumably more responsible alternative forms of tourism developed , such as ...
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... negative stereotypes for them , and may even burlesque their unacceptable behaviour ” ( Crick 1995 , 217 ) . Only few writers observe that the interaction between locals and tourists is not only based upon images that exist 38 Setting ...
... negative stereotypes for them , and may even burlesque their unacceptable behaviour ” ( Crick 1995 , 217 ) . Only few writers observe that the interaction between locals and tourists is not only based upon images that exist 38 Setting ...
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... negative ways as dirty , ignorant and ' behind ' ( Wijngaarden 2010b ) . In Encoro nowadays , overall Maasai are far less schooled than Arusha and Meru , the majority of adults being illiterate . Still not all children go to school ...
... negative ways as dirty , ignorant and ' behind ' ( Wijngaarden 2010b ) . In Encoro nowadays , overall Maasai are far less schooled than Arusha and Meru , the majority of adults being illiterate . Still not all children go to school ...
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... negative attitudes . In psychology , the contact hypothesis proposes that prejudices and discrimination will reduce as a result of bringing members of opposing social groups together . However , contact will only be effective under ...
... negative attitudes . In psychology , the contact hypothesis proposes that prejudices and discrimination will reduce as a result of bringing members of opposing social groups together . However , contact will only be effective under ...
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