Sin, Harng Luh, Oakes, Tim, and Mostafanezhad, Mary (2015) Traveling for a cause: Critical examinations of volunteer tourism and social justice. Tourist Studies, 15 (2). pp. 194-131.

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Abstract

Over the last decade there has been a rise in ‘volunteer tourism’ or ‘voluntourism,’ which is characterized by the combination of travel and volunteering, typically in social or economic development or conversation oriented projects. The papers in this special issue theoretically and empirically examine the dynamic interplay between volunteer tourism and the broader expansion of market-mediated social justice campaigns. Also examined is the potential for volunteer tourism experiences to facilitate myriad implications for the volunteer tourists, volunteer tourism coordinators, and host community members. Positioned against larger transnational trends such as ethical consumerism in tourism, religious mission travel, work and study immersion programs, and academic fieldwork as “volunteer tourism,” this issue examines the various implications of volunteer tourism and its supposed benefits to social, charitable, or environmental causes. As such, it provides a theoretically rich analysis of emerging critical research agendas at the intersection of volunteer tourism and social justice. In this introduction, we consider these agendas – focusing on the theoretical themes of neoliberal development, governmentality, geographies of care and responsibility, and the dilemmas found at the frequently encountered intersection of ethics and aesthetics.

Item ID:	73846
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1741-3206
Copyright Information:	© The Author(s) 2014.
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2023 00:48
FoR Codes:	35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3508 Tourism > 350801 Impacts of tourism @ 20% 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4404 Development studies > 440405 Poverty, inclusivity and wellbeing @ 40% 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4404 Development studies > 440404 Political economy and social change @ 40%
SEO Codes:	11 COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND TOURISM > 1104 Tourism services > 110402 Socio-cultural issues in tourism @ 30% 23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2301 Community services > 230112 Social class and inequalities @ 30% 23 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 2303 International relations > 230302 International aid and development @ 40%
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