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Asked 9 June 2017

What is the relationship between activism and tourism?

I am trying to identify the ways and means of doing activism through tourism. Which types of tourism support activism? How can the results of activism through tourism be detected and seen in spaces and places? Are there any studies that connect geography, activism and tourism? 

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Thank you all for your help!

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Xavier Matteucci
IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems
Hi Larisa, I guess that pro-poor tourism is one type of tourism where activism is the most evident. Otherwise, as far as research approaches are concerned, I believe that participatory action research is best suited to research activism in tourism, and make a difference. I hope that this comment help solve a little... cheers, xavier
Pantoleon (Pantelis) Skayannis
University of Thessaly
Hi, you might find this publication relevant and useful. If you cannot download it, I can send it to you.It sets a theoretical framework for various types of tourism. Activism and tourism can be ralated through the concept of experience tourim. Think about it!
Frank I. Müller
Freie Universität Berlin
Hi Larisa, good question - supporting a critical view on tourism, academic tourism and the contradictions that might emerge from grassroots alternatives to more emancipatory forms of tourism. I recommend this research project: http://slumtourism.net/research-projects/slum-tourism-in-the-americas/
Particularly the work of Alessandro Angelini, and the internationally renown art/activist/tourist project Projeto Morrinho in Rio de Janeiro, founded by Cilan Oliveira and his friends: http://rioforyou.com/sightseeing-rio-de-janeiro/projeto-morrinho-mini-favela/.
Good luck
Thank you all for your help!

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