Teaching collaborative environmental anthropology

A case study embedding engaged scholarship in critical approaches to voluntourism

Bibliographic Data

ID2289696
AuthorsK V Brondo (0000-0002-0071-9547, University of Memphis, corresponding author), Suzanne Kent (Colorado State University), Arleen Hill, Arleen A Hill (University of Memphis)
Year2016
Volume40
Issue2
Pages193-206
Publication date2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of Anthropological Practice (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2153-957X • E-ISSN: 2153-9588
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/napa.12101
OpenAlexW2559591180
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited23

This article presents lessons learned from an interdisciplinary-engaged scholarship collaboration between the University of Memphis, Colorado State University, and four Honduran conservation organizations to assess the relationship between gender and conservation values among voluntourists on the Bay Island of Utila, Honduras. We focus on four key domains of teaching feminist and environmental anthropology through applied collaborative work: (1) teaching inclusion and collaboration; (2) understanding and valuing situatedness; (3) interrogating the idea that women are naturally conservationists; and (4) understanding neoliberal conservation and applying anthropology. Finally, we share some lessons learned from the experience, situating this discussion within the broader literature on teaching applied anthropology in higher education. [conservation voluntourism, feminist methods, engaged scholarship

Applied anthropology · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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