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developing a plan for how the school might become a pro-poor tourism destination. (For more information on the school, see A School for Others: The History of the Belize High School of Agriculture, by George Lebard). Grades will be based on 3 quizzes (lowest score dropped), write-up of FDP (to be fully explained in class), a final exam and class discussion and participation. COURSE OBJECTIVES You should come away from this seminar with the following abilities: -to discuss tourism as it relates to contemporary globalization -to appreciate the potentialities of tourism for global partnerships for development (Millennium Development Goal #8). -to understand the role of tourism in politics, including tourism’s relation to national economic development, nation-building and even war and peace (all relevant to Millennium Development Goal # 1: Eradicating poverty and hunger). -to discuss the key authors and theories in the anthropology of tourism -to understand the types of ecological transformations resulting from tourism development and their ramifications for local communities (including debates surrounding tourism as sustainable development, agritourism & “green tourism”) (relevant to Millennium Development Goal # 7: Achieving environmental sustainability) -to appreciate tourism’s role in creating cultural/ethnic/gender imagery & stereotypes, as well as its potential to foster both gender inequity and gender equality (Millennium Development Goal # 3)…also to understand tourism’s role in the spread of HIV (relevant to Millennium Development Goal #6: Combat HIV/AIDs). -to examine the ethical challenges and potentialities of dark tourism, poverty tourism and “pro-poor” tourism (relevant to Milleniun Development Goal # 1). -to recognize subtle messages (espe re gender and ethnic identities) embedded in tourism materials (arts/souvenirs, brochures, performances etc.) -to discuss ways in which museums and other cultural heritage sites are sites for the transmission and negotiation of particular cultural values and visions (for both citizens and visitors) -to apply tourism theories to actual case studies in the countries we are visiting -enhanced written and verbal communication skills REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AUTHOR: Sharon Gmelch (editor) TITLE: Tourists and Tourism: A Reader (2 nd edition) PUBLISHER: Waveland (Long Grove, IL) ISBN #: 978-1-57766-636-3 DATE/EDITION: 2 nd edition AUTHOR: Jamaica Kincaid TITLE: A Small Place PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2
ISBN:#: 0-452-26235-6 Edition: Latest -Additional electronic readings in course folder TOPICAL OUTLINE OF COURSE All readings should be done prior to the class on the day they are listed. Day 1- Orienting Tour: The Sociocultural Study of Tourism Course overview, administrative details; the relevance of tourism to millennium development goals and Latin American visions for the future (ex Plan Puebla Panama), Travel-writing exercise.(Also Intro to the anthrpology of tourism as a field of study: Roots of Contemporary Tourism Patterns; A Whirlwind History of Tourism; Classic theories about why we travel; Defining “the tourist”: Classic tourist typologies & their limitations; Parallels between pilgrimage & tourism; Sightseeing as modern ritual/sacred quest). Read for Day 1 (prior to class): -Gmelch, S. “Why Tourism Matters” Ch 1 Tourists and Tourism. -Graburn, N. “Secular Ritual: A General Theory of Tourism.” Ch 2 Tourists and Tourism. (read this as an avenue for reflecting on our own practices as tourists, since it is important to understand Western tourists’ mindsets, as well) -Begin reading the next session’s readings, as they are longer. -In class video segment: “Holi-days” (2002, Tell-Tale Productions) Day 2: Shaping Meaning and Making Money: Tourism, Authenticity and Marketing of Images of Peoples and Places A. Anthropological debates concerning authenticity and travelers’ pursuits (MacCannell’s “staged authenticity”, post-tourism, meta-tourism, the “questioning gaze,” McDisneyization, hypo-reality), looking beyond authenticity: are there other more productive approaches to understanding dynamics in tourist spaces? B. Economic dimensions of tourism. Cultural commoditization, leakage, tourism’s links to global economic restructuring. The relevance of tourism to the economic aspects of the UN Millennium goals. Read: - McLaren, Deborah “Tourism and Globalization” (4. Pp) (in class folder) -Ingles, P. “Performing Traditional Dances for Modern Tourists in the Amazon” Ch 13 in Tourists and Tourism. (Case study of Peru and Ecuador) -Mowforth, Charlton and Munt “Ch 5: Indigenous Peoples and Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean” in Tourism and Responsibility: Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Mowforth, Charlton and Munt. (2008) NY: Routledge. Read pp. 137-150, 152-159 top, p. 160 (bottom) – end of chapter. Optional Readings & Resources: -Highly recommended: “Ch 1: Introduction” & Ch 2 “Global Politics, Power and Play: The Macro-Level of Responsibility” in Tourism and Responsibility: Perspectives from Latin American and the Caribbean ed. By Martin Mowforth, Clive Charlton and Ian Munt (2008). -G. Ritzer & Allan Liska “McDisneyization and Post-Tourism: Complementary Perspectives on Contemporary Tourism.” (In C. Rojek & J. Urry’s Touring Cultures: Transformations of Travel and Theory (1997) London: Routledge. 3
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