Representations and uses of indigenous areas in tourism experiences in the Russian Arctic

Pashkevich, Albina; Keskitalo, E. Carina H.

doi:10.1080/1088937x.2017.1303753

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“…Theme 1: Connection to nature/harmony with nature/peacefulness (Bruner, 1991;Fennell, 2008;Olsen, 2006;Prebensen, 2007;Waitt, 1997), particularly connection to untouched nature (e.g. Echtner & Prasad, 2003;Pashkevich & Keskitalo, 2017;Prestholdt & Nordbø, 2015). .…”

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Authenticity as a compromise: a critical discourse analysis of Sámi tourism websites

Bernardi

2019

Journal of Heritage Tourism

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Authenticity is considered a very important means to attract tourists. Different enterprises and destinations compete for visitors and authenticity is an important factor for visitors' travel decisions. Within the context of indigenous and cultural tourism, several studies have criticized the way in which indigenous and local populations are portrayed in order to attract tourists, since they often involve colonial images and descriptions that are no longer corresponding to the contemporary situation. This study presents an alternative perspective on the discussion on tourism marketing in relation to authenticity. Through critical discourse analysis and retroduction, this study has analysed the websites of Sámi tourism companies from Sweden. The discussion put forward in this study is not a generalizing picture of how the Sámi peoples choose to market themselves, but it problematizes how these particular enterprises relate to issues of authenticity in the representation of cultural heritage. This paper also presents a new approach to authenticity seen as a compromise. The results of this study present one side of a multifaceted discussion on the struggle between different discourses on representations and authenticity that are often the main channel to reach and attract potential visitors.

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Authenticity as a compromise: a critical discourse analysis of Sámi tourism websites

Bernardi

2019

Journal of Heritage Tourism

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“…In the tourism authenticity literature, the produced perspective on Arctic tourism is often called staged authenticity (MacCannell, 1973(MacCannell, , 1976; see also Bruner, 1991;Goffman, 1959). Staged Arctic tourism is about products, activities and performances involving "toured objects" (Wang, 1999, p. 351), such as attractions, sites, rituals and ceremonies that may be simplified, shortened, embellished, "or otherwise adopted to the tastes of the tourists" (Cohen, 1988, p 381; see also Cohen, 1983;Pashkevich & Keskitalo, 2017). In order to find out and demonstrate what kinds of tourism products linked to 'Arctic' are provided, a simple descriptive analysis can be used for illustrative purposes.…”

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The Arctic in tourism: complementing and contesting perspectives on tourism in the Arctic

Saarinen

Varnajot

2019

Polar Geography

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The economic and political importance of the Arctic has grown considerably in recent decades, and the region's role and visibility in tourism has also significantly increased. The idea of Arctic tourism has been discussed in academia for a long time, but there is no consensus on the definition of the concept. This review paper aims to discuss different perspectives on tourism in the Arctic by utilising literature and selected examples. The outlined perspectives are spatial, produced and experienced Arctic tourism. They are interrelated and, thus, partly complementary, but they can also challenge each other. The perspectives demonstrate different ways to approach and understand various characteristics of Arctic tourism and diversity in tourism in the Arctic. All perspectives of the Arctic in tourism involve both benefits and limitations when thinking about what Arctic tourismis and what it involves. The paper concludes that there is a need to acknowledge the diversity of the Arctic as a changing idea and a geographical region in and for tourism. By acknowledging this, the Arctic would not be characterised mainly by static or external views in tourism but also by internal needs, knowledge, dynamics and concerns for sustainable tourism development in the region.

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“…Indigenous tourism in general, as discussed in international literature and mirroring an international rather than specifically Nordic case, tends to portray the indigenous groups and cultures as different, staging indigenous heritage and practices as authentic by focusing on traditional costumes, old rituals and religion, dance and handicrafts, and in relation to an oft-discussed tourist desire for the exotic 'Other' (Bunten, 2010). However, such a conception of indigenous tourism may not only produce stereotypes but might also influence the ways individuals see themselves and how they perceive their identity and culture in a more complex way (Pashkevich & Keskitalo, 2017). Most urgently, broader, internationally derived and touristic conceptions may not necessarily reflect numerous varying conceptions of indigenousness, ethnicity, or belonging amongst individuals.…”

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“…As indigenous tourism relies on the conceptualization of the indigenous as something different, distant, and simultaneously exotic, it also represents and constructs the indigenous peoples and places in ways that are in line with commercial opportunities and attractive from a visitor's perspective. This often includes the reproduction of stereotypes, difference, and the indigenous people as the 'Other' in the production and consumption of indigenous tourism products (Heldt Cassel & Maureira, 2015;Viken & Müller, 2017;Pashkevich & Keskitalo, 2017;Tuulentie, 2006).…”

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“…Studies show that present descriptions of livelihoods as 'living in accordance with nature' often do not highlight the manifold ways of directly utilizing it, not only through small-scale hunting and fishing practices but as part of industrialized societies (Keskitalo & Schilar, 2017). If tourists are to have less stereotypical views on indigenous practices, it is necessary to expand our knowledge of and assumptions regarding multiple 'indigenous' as well as 'non-indigenous' lifestyles (Hillmer-Pegram, 2016;Pashkevich & Keskitalo, 2017).…”

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Deconstructing the indigenous in tourism. The production of indigeneity in tourism-oriented labelling and handicraft/souvenir development in Northern Europe

Keskitalo

Schilar

Cassel

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Current Issues in Tourism

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In literature on tourism in northern or 'Arctic' areas and on regions and places in northern areas, terms such as 'indigenous' and 'nonindigenous' are often used to distinguish people and places from each other. The aim of this paper is to deconstruct the 'indigenous'/'nonindigenous' categories as well as the geographical categories to which they are linked, using examples from tourism in northern Fennoscandia and northwest Russia, selected as areas with circumstances that vary greatly both locally and regionally. Specific focus is on the construction of labels and restrictions of use, particularly regarding handicrafts/ souvenirs as a specific object of indigeneity to separate it from other objects. The study reviews the processes in tourism for constructing, labelling, and valuingand thereby also exerting power uponspecific conceptions, and thereby also on the contesting of such processes amongst broader, but often unacknowledged, local groups.

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Representations and uses of indigenous areas in tourism experiences in the Russian Arctic

Cited by 13 publications

References 41 publications

Authenticity as a compromise: a critical discourse analysis of Sámi tourism websites

Authenticity as a compromise: a critical discourse analysis of Sámi tourism websites

The Arctic in tourism: complementing and contesting perspectives on tourism in the Arctic

Deconstructing the indigenous in tourism. The production of indigeneity in tourism-oriented labelling and handicraft/souvenir development in Northern Europe

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