Science as a Resource for Territorial and Tourism Development of Mountainous Areas of Chilean Patagonia

Abstract

Science and mountains are strongly related (Joutard 1986). Debarbieux (2001; even considers that mountains constitute an "outdoor laboratory" for science. Acquiring knew knowledge favors the invention of new resources. The mountains, which are particularly impacted by contemporary climatic and societal changes, see mobilities evolve and new ones emerge (Bourdeau, 2006). Scientific tourism practices (Mao, Bourlon, 2016) allow us to grasp these dynamics. They highlight a network of actors who mobilize science as a resource involved in territorial development dynamics. Vialette et al. (2021) show that the scientific mediations implemented in mountain areas respond to various publics' expectations and to an increased demand for more awareness of global issues. 2This article seeks to show, more specifically, through the analysis of scientific tourism in Chilean Patagonia, the interrelation between a scientific resource, local development, and the attractiveness of a mountain territory. To comprehend these issues, the notion of resource and the ways in which science is perceived as a territorial asset are explained. A corpus of seven scientific tourism initiatives in a mountainous area is analyzed to show the different forms of activation of a scientific resource. A following discussion underlines the importance of actors as territorial stakeholders in the selection, the revelation, and the valorization of these resources and what they reveal about a specific geographical area.Science as a Resource for Territorial and Tourism Development of Mountainous ...

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