Participation, Power and Racial Representation

Negotiating Nature-Based and Heritage Tourism Development in the Rural South

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8092727
AutoresJennifer Hale Gallardo (University of Florida), Taylor V Stein (0000-0001-5281-5218, University of Florida, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen20
Número7
Páginas597-611
Fecha de publicación2007-06-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociety & Natural Resources (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08941920701216545
OpenAlexW2018046068
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas20

Nature-based and heritage tourism development provides a potentially valuable tool in the distribution of benefits to rural counties in the southeastern United States. However, tourism planners often fail in their efforts to incorporate culturally diverse populations in planning processes. This study examines African Americans' role in nature-based and heritage tourism planning in Hamilton County, Florida. While public officials have solicited community involvement, African Americans, who comprise over 40% of the county's population, continue to be underrepresented in public planning initiatives. This study uses qualitative ethnographic methods to account for African American residents' opinions regarding participation in county decision making and their role in the emerging nature-based and heritage tourism industry. It highlights issues that can impede efforts at cross-cultural collaboration and points to the need for addressing historic power relations in approaching future collaborative strategies

Archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Rural tourism · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Tourism geography · American Environmental and Regional History · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Water Governance and Infrastructure