Ethnographers and Collaborators in the Voluntourism Encounter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2289736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah R Taylor (0000-0002-9132-1007, California State University, Dominguez Hills, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 180-185 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Anthropological Practice (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2153-957X • E-ISSN: 2153-9588 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/napa.12148 |
| OpenAlex | W3112463322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
Collaboration has been a hallmark of applied anthropology for as long as anthropologists have been putting anthropology to use. The very process of applying anthropological methods and theories to real-world problems requires an understanding of the needs of the people experiencing the problem. Collaboration also has a long history in both archaeology and ethnography in Mesoamerica. This article explores the relationship between collaboration and applied anthropology in the context of a volunteer tourism program in rural Yucatan, Mexico. Tourism-and especially archaeological tourism-is a driving force in the region's economy. Increasingly, volunteer tourism initiatives provide visitors with the opportunity to contribute to the local community as part of their travel experience. I argue that the conceptual framework of what constitutes meaningful collaboration offers us a way to examine the interactions and power dynamics surrounding the encounter between volunteer, host, and even ethnographer. Specifically, the article questions whether contributions of various sorts are a requisite for achieving actual collaboration in these encounters
Applied anthropology · Archaeology · Conceptual framework · Context (archaeology · Ethnography · Mesoamerica · Power (physics · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropology · History · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Sex work and related issues · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Indigenous peoples and tourism
Mayas in the Marketplace
The Unity of Theory and Practice in Anthropology
Commoditizing culture
Sustainable tourism
Reflections on the Ambiguous Intersections between Volunteering and Tourism
Applied Anthropology
The Field Crew Symposium
Marketing mayas
Issues in measuring success in community-based Indigenous tourism
Making pacts and cooperative acts
Conversations about the production of archaeological knowledge and community museums at Chunchucmil and Kochol, Yucatán, México
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |