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Sofia Ulver. Foto

Sofia Ulver

Associate professor

Sofia Ulver. Foto

Tourism memories–a collaborative reflection on inclusion and exclusion

Author

  • Eva Maria Jernsand
  • Helena Kraff
  • Sayaka Osanami Törngren
  • Caroline Adolfsson
  • Emma Björner
  • Lillian Omondi
  • Thomas Pederson
  • Sofia Ulver

Summary, in English

The purpose of this paper is to explore how people’s differentiated privileged and marginalised positions in society create instances of inclusion and exclusion in tourism. Eight authors utilised their diverse disciplinary and theoretical bases to engage in individual autoethnography and collaborative reflections of their personal experiences of being tourists and hosts. Through our Western and non-Western, White and non-White experiences, we reveal experiences from a multitude of perspectives, and problematise the dominant White racial frame. The methodology illustrates unquestioned privileges and feelings of discomfort when personally faced with exclusionary practices and creates an understanding of how individuals have different experiences of enchantment and the tourist gaze. The experience of marginalisation is serial and dialectical, which illustrates the complexity of tourism. The paper contributes to an enhanced and multifaceted understanding of tourism experiences and proposes measures to reveal issues of exclusion. Also, the use of autoethnography and collaborative reflection as methodological tools provide opportunities for researchers and practitioners to engage in reflexive conversation on discriminatory practices, and how they hinder certain individuals and groups from enjoying tourism products and services.

Department/s

  • Marketing

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Pages

820-830

Publication/Series

Tourism Recreation Research

Volume

48

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Centre for Tourism Research and Development

Topic

  • Human Geography

Keywords

  • autoethnography
  • critical tourism
  • privileged positions: White racial frame
  • Tourism experiences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0250-8281