Sustainability and justice

Farm animals in rural tourism and lessons to be learned

Bibliographic Data

ID22354570
AuthorsGiovanna Bertella (0000-0001-5530-8588, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume3
Issue2
Pages96-113
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Qualitative Research in Tourism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2632-9670 • E-ISSN: 2632-9689
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4337/jqrt.2023.0007
OpenAlexW4380853463
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

Farm animals are virtually ignored in tourism studies concerning sustainability and justice. This study argues that this conflicts with animal ethics and is a missed opportunity to reflect on sustainability and justice in tourism. It adopts an ecofeminist care ethics perspective and conducts autoethnographic research into farm animals, considered ‘silenced’ individuals belonging to a marginalised group in rural tourism. The case is used to discuss farm animal justice and identify some lessons on sustainability and justice in broader terms, more precisely about the power–responsibility link, some major obstacles, possible change agents, and the time frame for broad radical improvements. This study highlights the potential and challenges of autoethnography to gain insights into marginalised groups and extract lessons relevant to broader topics

Animal welfare · Autoethnography · Biology · Economic Justice · Ecotourism · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Environmental justice · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Tourism · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development · Ecology

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