Backpacking food tourist; Touring poverty
Laurie Taylor explores the transformation of impoverished neighbourhoods into visitor attractions. Also, the backpacking food tourist.
Slum Tourism - the transformation of impoverished neighbourhoods into attractions for international tourists. Laurie Taylor talks to the sociologist, Bianca Freire-Medeiros, about 'Touring Poverty', her study of Rocinha, a district in Rio de Janeiro which is advertised as "the largest favela in Latin America." She talked to tour operators, guides, tourists and residents to explore the ethical and political questions raised by selling a glimpse into other peoples' poverty. Professor of Tourism Mobilities, Kevin Hannam, joins the discussion. Also, 'eating the world' - the geographer, Emily Falconer, discusses her research into the food driven impulses of backpacking tourists.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.
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Emily Falconer
Senior Research Assistant at Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, South Bank University, London
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doi: 10.1177/1468797613477769
Tourist Studies April 2013 vol. 13 no. 1 21-35
Bianca Freire-Medeiros
Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Center for Research and Documentation on Brazilian Contemporary History (CPDOC) at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Touring Poverty
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN-10: 0415596548
ISBN-13: 978-0415596541
Kevin Hannam
Professor of Tourism Mobilities at Leeds Metropolitan University
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Understanding Tourism: A Critical Introduction
Kevin Hannam & Dan Knox (Authors)
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
ISBN-10: 141292278X
ISBN-13: 978-1412922784
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Backpacker Tourism: Concepts and Profiles
Kevin Hannam (Author, Editor), Irena Ateljevic (Editor)
Publisher: Channel View Publications
ISBN-10: 1845410777
ISBN-13: 978-1845410773
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Ethnography Award
Thinking Allowed in association with the British Sociological Association announces a new annual award for a study that has made a significant contribution to ethnography: the in-depth analysis of the everyday life of a culture or sub-culture.
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Are you involved in social science research and completing or will have completed an ethnography this year? The Award is open to any UK resident currently employed as a teacher or researcher or studying as a postgraduate in a UK institution of higher education.
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An entry should be a completed ethnography, a qualitative research project which provides a detailed description of the practices of a group or culture. Any sole authored book or peer reviewed research article published during the calendar year of the award will be eligible.
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The judges for the Award are Professor Dick Hobbs, Professor Henrietta Moore, Dr Louise Westmarland, Professor Bev Skeggs. The Chair is Professor Laurie Taylor. (Please do not contact any judges directly).
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