16 Jul 18th IUAES World Congress- – DOMESTICATING ANTHROPOLOGY OF TOURISM IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: INDIGENOUS EXPERTISE ON HERITAGE TOURISM (IUAES-TOURISM)
Date/Time
Date(s) - 16/07/2018 - 18/07/2018
All Day
Location
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Categories
http://www.iuaes2018.org/
The anthropology of tourism has been strongly influenced by the
hegemonic power of the knowledge system driven by the domination of
English, the world institutional hierarchy and national education
systems. However, over the last few decades, indigenous scholars from
different parts of the world, such as Hui and Naxi in China, Indios in
Brazil and Mexico, “Tribals” in India or the Inuit from Canada are
no longer passive recipients of these consequences as part of global
processes (Graburn 1976). Rather, they play a significant role in
de-essentializing global anthropology by “building non-hegemonic
anthropological practices” (Riberio and Escobar 2006).
In this panel, we will examine the role of indigenous expertise
(particularly from non-western countries) in shaping the landscape of
heritage tourism in their homelands. Why are they motivated to study the
anthropology of tourism and take their homelands as research objects?
How do they pursue their fieldwork as familiar strangers? How do they
contribute to the global discourse of the anthropology of tourism while
ensuring funding support and job security in their own countries? What
are the impacts of their research on both knowledge building and
practices on the ground? With these questions in mind, this panel will
reflect on the dynamic power relation between central hegemony
discourses (driven by both Anglophone scholarship and national
interests) and peripheral indigenous (or ethnic minority) practices.
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