Vagabond tourism and a non-colonial European gaze
Kazimierz Nowak’s bicycle journey across Africa, 1931–1936
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12924421 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathaniel Wood (0000-0002-3576-5623, University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 291-314 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Tourism History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-182X • E-ISSN: 1755-1838 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1755182x.2022.2152499 |
| OpenAlex | W4313827659 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
From November 1931 to November 1936, the Polish citizen Kazimierz Nowak traversed the African continent, from Libya to Cape Town to Algiers, primarily by bicycle and almost entirely without using motorised transportation. With no major sponsors or state support, Nowak paid for his journey by sending numerous photographs and dispatches back to Poland for publication. This article argues that his critical gaze on colonialism and capitalism in those dispatches arose due to his method of travel as a poor, vagabond tourist and because of his position as a European from a country without colonies in Africa
Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonialism · Ethnology · Gaze · Geography · Political science · Position (finance · State (computer science · Tourism · History · Spatial and Cultural Studies · Travel Writing and Literature · Urban Development and Cultural Heritage
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |