Ethnologie des Tourismus: Zur Entgrenzung von Feldforschung und Reise
In: Peripherie: Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur, Band 23, Heft 89, S. 31-47
ISSN: 0173-184X
Anthropologists & tourists seem to have a lot in common. The article explores similarities as well as differences between anthropological field research & tourism & relates this to current debates on the impacts of postmodern theory on fieldwork methodology & on the concept of culture. It is suggested that future anthropological research on tourism should investigate the creation of new cultural forms in the context of interaction between tourists & locals in order to overcome the conventional bias that attributes agency mainly to tourists. 45 References. Adapted from the source document.