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Encyclopedia of Tourism, 2nd edition, ed. Jafar Jafari and Honggen Xiao., 2015
Leite, Naomi and Margaret Swain. Encyclopedia of Tourism, 2nd ed., ed. Jafar Jafari and Honggen Xiao. London: SpringerReference, in press (2015). Anthropology is the study of human commonality and diversity, past and present, anywhere in the world. It addresses human origins, cultural practices, societal structures, communication and meaning, and applies anthropological knowledge to solving human problems. Rooted in the era of European exploration and colonial expansion, initial studies devised unilinear evolutionary rankings of the world's peoples and cultures. Emphasis soon shifted to documenting the sites and lifeways of indigenous groups threatened by Western expansion before they disappeared.
Anthropological interest in tourism has been slow to develop, but is now well-established and there are hopeful signs for further development. Most anthropological work has been linked to acculturation involving Western tourists and non-Western hosts, but some interest in tourists' experiences has also been evident. An apparently fertile line of research that takes different forms of tourism as superstructural manifestations has only begun. A number of studies guided by practical questions show that applied anthropological interests and theoretical concerns can proceed together. The contribution of a cross-cultural, holistically oriented anthropology to the broader endeavor of social scientists to understand tourism is also considered.
The Future of Tourism Anthropology: New Problems, Old Solutions After the New Normal
The Future of Tourism Anthropology: New Problems, Old Solutions After the New Normal - Maximiliano E. Korstanje 2024.In Anthropology of Tourism, AAP-CRC. Unlike other disciplines, anthropology has evolved from ethnography and the concept of alterity as its tug of war. From its inception, anthropology has made efforts to emphasize reflexivity in describing exotic human worlds. In this context, the "Other" was primarily an object of curiosity and reflexivity, if not a mirror for the ethnographer. In line with this, tourism anthropology has focused on the relationships between hosts and guests. The turn of the century has shifted this focus while challenging the concept of alterity like never before. If the "Other" was a subject of curiosity for ethnographers, it is now seen as a potential enemy that needs to be scrutinized-if not eradicated. This essentialized "Other" raises a significant question for the future and the survival of tourism anthropology. The future of tourism anthropology relies on what it has to offer in the "new normal." Just after COVID-19, the "Other" is not only feared but also denied.
Anthropological Interventions in Tourism Studies
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Anthropology as a Source of Inspiration for Cultural Tourism Studies
While providing a synthetic overview of the key topics treated in the previous contributions to the volume entitled Anthropology as a Driver for Tourism Research, this final chapter places anthropological research in the context of the evolution of both cultural tourism and cultural tourism studies. Its aim is to demonstrate how major shifts in the cultural tourism market have led to the important position anthropology currently occupies within the interdisciplinary field of tourism research and how anthropological perspectives, theories, concepts and methods have contributed to the innovation of cultural tourism studies. The first section of the chapter distinguishes and explains three major shifts the cultural tourism market has undergone since its emergence in the 1980s until today: from a mass market to niche markets; from tangible to intangible cultural resources; and from high to popular culture. The second part shows how these shifts are reflected in the evolution of cultural tourism studies, which is characterized by a broadening of the concept of culture and the parallel expansion of anthropological theory and methodology. Given these developments, as well as the mutual relationships between anthropology and cultural tourism, the conclusion of the chapter deals with whether the anthropologization of cultural tourism studies is occurring.
Tourism imaginaries Anthropological appr
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Anthropological contributions to tourism studies
Annals of Tourism Research, 2019
What have we learned since anthropologists first realized that tourists alter the societies they study? Intended for non-anthropologists, this paper explores this question and critiques the hegemony of business perspectives in tourism studies. It discusses tourism as a complex and fluid set of phenomena that cannot be reduced to one dimension, highlighting five points: (1) Tourism is one of the names of power. (2) The complex nature of tourism cannot be understood without studying socio-cultural processes. (3) The socio-ecological processes that construct territory determine and are determined by social space. (4) The industries of seduction create a corpus of desires through which socio-cultural groups forge their own identity. (5) Anthropological studies allow researchers to propose alternative forms of tourism development.