Knowing and Being Known. Approaching Australian Indigenous Tourism Through Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Politics of Knowing

Travési, Céline

doi:10.1080/00664677.2018.1486285

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“…This international tourist's comments accord with statements made by Travesi (2018), who discusses the recognition of knowledge by both the tour guide and the tourist. It is in the knowing that the tourist will receive answers to the questions he sought, with the tour guide becoming the teacher and the tourist the student.…”

Section: One Of Mysupporting

confidence: 52%

Culture as a commodity? The cultural dynamics of Indigenous tourism in the Far North East of Queensland, Australia

Middleton¹

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Indigenous tourism in Australia has been cited as a potential economic development tool by the Council of Australian Government's (COAG's) 'Closing the Gap ' (2007) policy. This focus on improving the economic circumstances of Indigenous people through tourism does not take into consideration the cultural dimensions and the cultural distinctiveness of Indigenous tourism. Building on the findings of anthropology and tourism studies literature, this thesis highlights the need for a comprehensive understanding of the effects Indigenous tourism has on Indigenous culture. This thesis examines the cultural dynamics of Indigenous tourism for those participating in this study that is situated in Far North East of Queensland, centred around Cairns. This thesis asks: How is Indigenous participation in tourism enterprises affecting Indigenous culture and what are the cultural dynamics of Indigenous tourism businesses? The key conceptual focus of the thesis relates to the question of commodification. Is Indigenous culture being commodified by Aboriginal participation in tourism? How is Indigenous participation in tourism affecting Aboriginal perceptions of cultural authenticity? What do non-Indigenous tourists view as authentic Aboriginal culture? This thesis draws on data collected during fieldwork in Far North East Queensland between September-November 2016 encompassing 49 interviews conducted with a mix of Indigenous research participants involved in tourism and non-Indigenous domestic and international tourists.The results reveal that cultural aspirations are as important as economic gains for those Indigenous people involved in tourism enterprise. Marketplace expectations held by tourist information centre employees, as well as these employees cultural/unconscious biases, can influence the success of an Indigenous tourism business. Touristic perceptions of Indigenous authenticity and the portrayal of Indigenous culture can affect the sense of agency of Indigenous people involved in tourism, as culture is commodified in its use as an economic development tool. These conclusions indicate that policy-makers need to take into consideration a larger range of issues than just economic gain in relation to Indigenous involvement in tourism.

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Section: One Of Mysupporting

confidence: 52%

Culture as a commodity? The cultural dynamics of Indigenous tourism in the Far North East of Queensland, Australia

Middleton¹

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“…To answer these questions, this study utilizes field concepts and processual approaches to the dynamics of the news actors in the domain. In a game domain, FG Bailey in his classic work Stratagems and Spoils identified the existence of five main elements [13][14][15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Environmental Issues in Journalism Coverage at the Suara Merdeka Newspaper

Amirudin

2019

E3S Web Conf.

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This article was written from the results of the study "Practices of Multicultural Journalism in Suara Merdeka Newspaper". This article reveals how environmental issues are packaged in the news through multicultural journalism conducted at Suara Merdeka Newspaper. This article is based on the assumption that news production always involves actors who have their imaginations, and a number of images are exchanged in the process of contestation and negotiation. The image becomes an entity that connects some interests which are outside media into the newspaper. Through the ethnographic method, this study reveals the dynamics of the relationship between actors that occur behind news writing. This study found that environmental issues have been successfully included as themes that meet the criteria for enforcing environmental purification and at the same time, criteria of the environment commodification. In terms of economics, this theme has relevance to the importance of economic growth driven through the use of the environment without destroying itself. While in criteria of environmental purification, bringing the issue of citizen rejection to the plan a cement plant is same as carrying out the mission of reducing activities of environmental exploitation.

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“…The colonial and intrusive experience emphasized in Indigenous identities makes the participation of Indigenous tourism more sensitive compared with ethnic minority tourism for non-Indigenous majority tourists in a settler state. According to Travesi (2018), there exist some non-Indigenous domestic tourists who prefer to stay ignorant of Indigenous cultures in their home country. It is because that allows them to deal better with feelings of shame or guilt about their colonial history.…”

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confidence: 99%

"Ethnic Minority Tourism" and "Indigenous Tourism": The Critical Distinction

Zhou

Edelheim

2023

Tourism Culture & Communication

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There is confusion between the use of "ethnic minority tourism" and "Indigenous tourism" as concepts, both in practice as well as in tourism research. Since different tourism types occur in different communities in different geo-historical contexts, these two tourism concepts should be understood to be situated in a particular context. In order to enhance peoples' epistemological understanding of the two kinds of tourism phenomenon, this article aims to critically distinguish the concept of "ethnic minority tourism" and "Indigenous tourism" by highlighting commonalities and differences. The paradigm of critical realism, and a critical literature review method, are applied in this article. Commonly abstracted as types of "ethnic tourism," both "ethnic minority tourism" and "Indigenous tourism" can be understood as a form of interethnic interaction, a way of reconciliation and a model of community-based tourism that should emphasize local peoples' indigeneity in tourism. Differences of these two tourism types mainly exist in different official identities of local peoples. "Ethnic minority people" and "Indigenous People," as two different social identities, lead to different roles of local peoples in tourism practices and contribute to these two tourism types at different stages. For example, the understanding of Indigenous tourism has changed from "tourist-based economy" to "Indigenous-based tourism" based on the practice of Indigenous control in tourism. While ethnic minority tourism is still in the stage of "tourist-based economy," and current understandings are also at this stage. In addition, the sensitivity of the relationship between hosts and guests is different because of the colonial and intrusive experience emphasized in Indigenous identity that can make non-Indigenous tourists feel shame or guilt in a settler state.

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Knowing and Being Known. Approaching Australian Indigenous Tourism Through Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Politics of Knowing

Cited by 8 publications

References 56 publications

Culture as a commodity? The cultural dynamics of Indigenous tourism in the Far North East of Queensland, Australia

Culture as a commodity? The cultural dynamics of Indigenous tourism in the Far North East of Queensland, Australia

Environmental Issues in Journalism Coverage at the Suara Merdeka Newspaper

"Ethnic Minority Tourism" and "Indigenous Tourism": The Critical Distinction

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