Gijs Cremers
Biographic Data
| ID | 221752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gijs Cremers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gijs |
| FAMILY NAME | Cremers |
| SIGNATURE | CREMERS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On Everyday Natures and Enchanted Landscapes: Worldmaking Practices and Rooted Cosmopolitanism in Guatemala's Western Highlands
In this article, I explore how different meanings attached to social and natural landscapes in Guatemala's Western Highlands inspire a sense of cosmopolitan imagination among those who are potentially less mobile and rooted in their own environment. I show how different manifestations of rooted cosmopolitanism in Chicabal and Santa Cruz la Laguna are mediated by residents' engagements with these landscapes and how diverging human-environment rela…
The Supervisor Effect: A Note on Teaching Field Methods
In this article we reflect on our experiences as supervisors in a field methods course in order to explore how ethnographic research practices can be used as tools in the supervision of students that conduct field research for the first time and as such to provide insights about what constitutes “good supervision.” Our reflections follow the three main stages of fieldwork: preparing and designing research, doing fieldwork, and reporting on resear…
(Un)Paved Junctions: Navigating the Progression of a Road-Building Project in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala
The construction of a paved road in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala has been widely discussed across the municipality in recent years. This article discusses how contending narratives coexisted yet changed as the construction of the road progressed. While the road-building project became the embodiment of political disaffection and societal problems during the construction phase as it transformed the landscape, the materiality of the completed ro…
Paradise glossed: Tourism imaginaries, alienation, and the construction of landscape in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala
In this article I examine how expectations and experiences of a so-called ‘tropical paradise’ are informed by tourism imaginaries of and perceptions of authentic encounters in the natural and cultural landscape of Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala. These landscapes imaginaries are often rooted in, mobilized by, and performed through a sense of alienation from both ‘Western life’ and local daily realities, and, moreover, collectively articulated amo…
"It's Not in the Course Guide!" Reflections from a Dutch Field School on How Students Learn to Do Fieldwork
In this reflection we unpack students' first fieldwork experiences and how this parallels a rite de passage. We do so in two domains: (1) students' first fieldwork with a focus on entering the field, staying in the field, and researcher identity; and (2) the impact of fieldwork experiences on students' professional skills. Two struggles are prominent: letting go of the idea of "objectivity" and learning to deal with the whimsicalities of doing fi…
Paradise glossed: Tourism imaginaries, alienation, and the construction of landscape in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala
In this article I examine how expectations and experiences of a so-called ‘tropical paradise’ are informed by tourism imaginaries of and perceptions of authentic encounters in the natural and cultural landscape of Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala. These landscapes imaginaries are often rooted in, mobilized by, and performed through a sense of alienation from both ‘Western life’ and local daily realities, and, moreover, collectively articulated amo…
"It's Not in the Course Guide!" Reflections from a Dutch Field School on How Students Learn to Do Fieldwork
In this reflection we unpack students' first fieldwork experiences and how this parallels a rite de passage. We do so in two domains: (1) students' first fieldwork with a focus on entering the field, staying in the field, and researcher identity; and (2) the impact of fieldwork experiences on students' professional skills. Two struggles are prominent: letting go of the idea of "objectivity" and learning to deal with the whimsicalities of doing fi…
(Un)Paved Junctions: Navigating the Progression of a Road-Building Project in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala
The construction of a paved road in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala has been widely discussed across the municipality in recent years. This article discusses how contending narratives coexisted yet changed as the construction of the road progressed. While the road-building project became the embodiment of political disaffection and societal problems during the construction phase as it transformed the landscape, the materiality of the completed ro…
Paradise glossed: Tourism imaginaries, alienation, and the construction of landscape in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala
In this article I examine how expectations and experiences of a so-called ‘tropical paradise’ are informed by tourism imaginaries of and perceptions of authentic encounters in the natural and cultural landscape of Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala. These landscapes imaginaries are often rooted in, mobilized by, and performed through a sense of alienation from both ‘Western life’ and local daily realities, and, moreover, collectively articulated amo…
"It's Not in the Course Guide!" Reflections from a Dutch Field School on How Students Learn to Do Fieldwork
In this reflection we unpack students' first fieldwork experiences and how this parallels a rite de passage. We do so in two domains: (1) students' first fieldwork with a focus on entering the field, staying in the field, and researcher identity; and (2) the impact of fieldwork experiences on students' professional skills. Two struggles are prominent: letting go of the idea of "objectivity" and learning to deal with the whimsicalities of doing fi…
The Supervisor Effect: A Note on Teaching Field Methods
In this article we reflect on our experiences as supervisors in a field methods course in order to explore how ethnographic research practices can be used as tools in the supervision of students that conduct field research for the first time and as such to provide insights about what constitutes “good supervision.” Our reflections follow the three main stages of fieldwork: preparing and designing research, doing fieldwork, and reporting on resear…
(Un)Paved Junctions: Navigating the Progression of a Road-Building Project in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala
The construction of a paved road in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala has been widely discussed across the municipality in recent years. This article discusses how contending narratives coexisted yet changed as the construction of the road progressed. While the road-building project became the embodiment of political disaffection and societal problems during the construction phase as it transformed the landscape, the materiality of the completed ro…
On Everyday Natures and Enchanted Landscapes: Worldmaking Practices and Rooted Cosmopolitanism in Guatemala's Western Highlands
In this article, I explore how different meanings attached to social and natural landscapes in Guatemala's Western Highlands inspire a sense of cosmopolitan imagination among those who are potentially less mobile and rooted in their own environment. I show how different manifestations of rooted cosmopolitanism in Chicabal and Santa Cruz la Laguna are mediated by residents' engagements with these landscapes and how diverging human-environment rela…
Aesthetics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)