Getting ‘Entangled’: Reflexivity and the ‘Critical Turn’ in Tourism Studies

Ateljević, Irena; Harris, Candice; Wilson, Érica; Collins, Francis L.

doi:10.1080/02508281.2005.11081469

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“…The second was a set of thirteen autoethnographies (Nash, 2007) by senior academics in the sociology and anthropology of tourism. The arrival of these, along with the use of four other pre-exiting autobiographical accounts (Botterill, 2003;Hall, 2004;Ateljevic et al, 2005;Swain & Hall, 2007) and an obituary (Airey, 2007) enabled data saturation to be achieved at an earlier stage than anticipated over some categories and so the interviews were rescheduled and questions edited in order to concentrate on under represented groups and under explored themes. They were also supplemented by an email version of the survey.…”

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Tribes, Territories and Networks in the Tourism Academy

Tribe¹

2010

Annals of Tourism Research

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Tribes, Territories and Networks in the Tourism Academy

Tribe¹

2010

Annals of Tourism Research

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“…While a notable ‗critical turn' is taking place in the field of tourism studies [4,5], too little of this has focused specifically on sustainable tourism. Much of the academic research around sustainability and tourism has centered on an abundance of definitions, certification schemes, and the science of tourism impacts.…”

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Critical Omissions and New Directions for Sustainable Tourism: A Situated Macro–Micro Approach

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This paper traces the history and evolution of sustainable tourism and identifies some critical issues and omissions in this and related approaches such as responsible tourism, ecotourism and pro-poor tourism. The academic, institutional and practical intersections of sustainable tourism and responsible tourism are examined. It reveals that important theoretical and practical considerations around well-being, inclusion, and sustainability have been omitted. A critical look at ecotourism reveals additional concerns, such as a cornucopia of guidelines and principles, without clear ethical justifications to support them. At the same time, academics in this domain have been slow to consider the modernist and neoliberal influences shaping ecotourism and sustainable tourism development, such as through the discourse of ecological modernization. We identify some key omissions, such as the missing ‗body' in sustainable tourism discourse, lack of critical analysis of postcolonial and dependency issues, and propose re-situating ‗sustainable tourism' within a micro-macro, local-global systems approach informed by a clear framework of justice and ethics.

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“…In tourism studies this critical turn surfaced a little over a decade ago and gained momentum after the turn of the new century, where subsequent developments became evident in the publication of a range of tourism research that embraced more reflexive and critical paths of inquiry (Ateljevic et al, 2005). Select examples of contributions reflecting this new turn include: a personal ethnographic narrative on tourism research epistemologies (Botterill, 2003); a consideration of tourism truths (Tribe, 2006); an exploration of gender perspectives in tourism studies (Aitchison, 2005); a theoretical piece on participation and reflexivity in tourism research (Westwood, Morgan, & Pritchard, 2006); a study of indigenous engagement in tourism (Nielsen, 2007) and a critical analysis of territories and tribes of tourism studies (Tribe, 2010).…”

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Q-methodology and tourism research

Stergiou

Airey

2011

Current Issues in Tourism

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Tourism research is in the midst of a 'critical turn' away from traditional positivist approaches, towards more reflective and critical paths of inquiry. This paper introduces readers to Q-methodology, a method of research that tourism researchers rarely use and that can provide useful information in critical tourism research concerning the exploration and comparison of subjectivity. The paper presents the fundamentals of the approach and provides examples of its application in tourism and other areas that may directly interest tourism researchers. In so doing, the paper encourages and facilitates the use of Q-methodology amongst tourism researchers interested in enhancing the nature and richness of their methodological alternatives for developing tourism knowledge.

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Getting ‘Entangled’: Reflexivity and the ‘Critical Turn’ in Tourism Studies

Cited by 165 publications

References 51 publications

Tribes, Territories and Networks in the Tourism Academy

Tribes, Territories and Networks in the Tourism Academy

Critical Omissions and New Directions for Sustainable Tourism: A Situated Macro–Micro Approach

Q-methodology and tourism research

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