Free independent travellers? British working holiday makers in Australia

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ID8964396
AuthorsNick Clarke (0000-0001-9148-9849, University of Bristol, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume29
Issue4
Pages499-509
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.00202754.2004.00144.x
OpenAlexW2164148207
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited27

There is a renewed interest among geographers in tourism and how tourism makes the world and its people modern. In this paper, I engage with this renewed interest by way of a case study: British working holiday makers in Australia. Drawing on two modes of research practice, ethnography and political economy, I argue that, while working holidays may be structured in numerous ways, they also involve challenges, active individuals, heterogeneous spaces, and slow time (for reflection and inscription), which together, in a sense, make their makers modern. I frame this engagement, this argument, with a debate familiar to geographers: the problem of Free Independent Travellers

Argument (complex analysis · Economics · Economy · Ethnography · Frame (networking · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Reflection (computer programming · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropology · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Engineering · Law · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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