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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... observed . As a constant reminder of their constructed nature , I write them within quotation marks . I do not see ' the self ' , ' the other ' or the spaces in which they interact as givens that are fully formed , fixed or timeless ...
... observed . As a constant reminder of their constructed nature , I write them within quotation marks . I do not see ' the self ' , ' the other ' or the spaces in which they interact as givens that are fully formed , fixed or timeless ...
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... observed ” ( D. Brown 1996 , 38 ) . Rojek and Urry , however , oppose that cultures cannot be seen as closed - off entities , which is inherent in this model ( Rojek and Urry 1997 , 11 ) , and Crang remarks that “ simple associations of ...
... observed ” ( D. Brown 1996 , 38 ) . Rojek and Urry , however , oppose that cultures cannot be seen as closed - off entities , which is inherent in this model ( Rojek and Urry 1997 , 11 ) , and Crang remarks that “ simple associations of ...
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... observed that groups of Australian Aborigines are “ preserving ' traditional ' culture by ' manufactur- ing ' versions of it for tourist consumption ” ( Morris 1995 , 188 ) . He concludes something that anthropologists and these days ...
... observed that groups of Australian Aborigines are “ preserving ' traditional ' culture by ' manufactur- ing ' versions of it for tourist consumption ” ( Morris 1995 , 188 ) . He concludes something that anthropologists and these days ...
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... observe , where I focus on Dutch tourists engaging in cultural tourism seeking to experience the culture of Maasai in Tanzania . Researching cultural tourism Although travelling for pleasure has been done for many centuries , the words ...
... observe , where I focus on Dutch tourists engaging in cultural tourism seeking to experience the culture of Maasai in Tanzania . Researching cultural tourism Although travelling for pleasure has been done for many centuries , the words ...
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... bubble remains present in any form of organized tourism , cultural tourism facilitates people from very different cultural backgrounds to meet each other face-to-face, and normally gives them a chance to observe, Setting ... 31.
... bubble remains present in any form of organized tourism , cultural tourism facilitates people from very different cultural backgrounds to meet each other face-to-face, and normally gives them a chance to observe, Setting ... 31.
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