Tourism Space in Manggarai, Western Flores, Indonesia

The House as a Contested Place

Bibliographic Data

ID20154094
AuthorsMaribeth Erb (0000-0002-9311-4693, National University of Singapore, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume19
Issue2
Pages177-192
Publication date1998-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9493.1998.tb00258.x
OpenAlexW2068305296
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited21

Recent research on how tourism has affected indigenous culture has steered away from the idea of “impact” and the disappearance of traditional culture to emphasising how local culture is created and negotiated within the context of tourism. This paper uses the latter approach, focusing on the way tourism is used in Western Flores to “authenticate” culture. The argument is that interaction with foreigners has opened up new ideas about what is “authentic” and “legitimate”, and therefore has created new spaces for contestation and negotiation. The development of tourism in Manggarai, the largest regency on Flores, has stimulated a number of villagers to rebuild traditional style houses as an attempt to attract foreign visitors. A few of these cases are examined here to show how the status of these houses is negotiated and contested within the context of a number of different ideas about authenticity

Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis) · Context (archaeology) · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Indigenous · Linguistics · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Style (visual arts) · Tourism · Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

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