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Title: | Cultural tourism and identity: rethinking indigeneity |
Editor: | Tomaselli, Keyan G. |
Year: | 2012 |
Issue: | 24 |
Pages: | 231 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Afrika-Studiecentrum series (ISSN 1570-9310) |
City of publisher: | Leiden |
Publisher: | Brill |
ISBN: | 9004234586; 9789004234581; 9789004234185 |
Geographic terms: | Botswana South Africa Namibia |
Subjects: | tourism indigenous peoples San community development research methods |
External link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1887/31866 |
Abstract: | Studies of cultural tourism and indigenous identity are fraught with questions concerning exploitation, entitlement, ownership and authenticity. Unease with the idea of leveraging a group identity for commercial gain is ever-present. This anthology articulates some of these debates from a multitude of standpoints drawing on research in South Africa (Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal), Namibia and Botswana. It assimilates the perspectives of members of indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations, tourism practitioners and academic researchers who participated in an action research project that aims to link research to development outcomes. The book's authors weave together discordant voices to create a dialogue of sorts, an endeavour to reconcile the divergent needs of the stakeholders in a way that is mutually beneficial. The book addresses three interrelated themes: researching the?Khomani Bushmen (San) in the context of cultural tourism; reflections on cultural tourism involving Bushman and Zulu peoples (including development perspectives); and practical thoughts and methodologies for cultural tourism ventures, especially lodge-community partnerships, learned especially from research in the Kalahari. Authors: Shanade Barnabas, Lauren Dyll-Myklebust, Kate Finlay, Nyasha Mboti, Vanessa McLennan-Dodd, Brilliant Mhlanga, Jeffrey Sehume, Alexandra von Stauss, Keyan G. Tomaselli. [Book abstract, ed |