Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience

Herausgeber: Bodinger De Uriarte, John J.; Di Giovine, Michael A.

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Produktbeschreibung

With contributions from anthropologists and cultural theorists, Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience examines the culture and cultural implications of student travel. Drawing on rich case studies from the Arctic to Africa, Asia to the Americas, this impressive array of experts focuses on the challenges and ethical implications of student engagement, service and volunteering, immersion, research in the field, local community engagement, and crafting a new generation of active, engaged global citizens. This volume is a must-read for students, practitioners, and scholars. For more information, check out this presentation by Michael A. Di Giovine, coeditor of Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience, or these podcast episodes: Sustainable Study Abroad with Dr. Michael Di Giovine by ODLI on Air Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience by Meaningful Journeys

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 706g
• ISBN-13: 9781498583268
• ISBN-10: 1498583261
• Artikelnr.: 60069275

Autorenporträt

John J. Bodinger de Uriarte is chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department, and director of the Museum Studies Program and the Diversity Studies Program at Susquehanna University. Michael A. Di Giovine is associate professor of anthropology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania and honorary fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Asking Questions about Study Abroad and Tourism
Michael A. Di Giovine and John Bodinger de Uriarte
1. "Doing Good" and Doing It Quickly in East African Study Abroad Programs
Jennifer Coffman and Miroslava Prazak
2. Two Weeks to Global Citizenship?: The Problems, Paradoxes, and Successes of
Running a Short-Term Travel Course
Aaron Andrew Greer and Don D. Schweitzer
3. Safe-Guarding, Social-Pricing, and Labeling: Technologies of Border
Construction and Discourses of Border Crossing in Study Abroad/Away
Neriko Doerr
4. The Imperative of Access in Short-Term Study Abroad
Gareth Barkin
5. Forbidden Learning
Aaron Lampmann and Schweitzer
6. Weekending Daring: Manufacturing the "Discomfort Zone" and Making the
Study-Away Self
John Bodinger de Uriarte
7. Missions and Discomfort
Catherine Serio
8. Schooling Taste: Culinary Tourism, Study Away, and Food
Melissa Biggs
9. Teaching and Learning Food and Sustainability in Italy: Betwixt and Beyond
Touristic Consumptions
Elisa Ascione
10. Reflection: Finding Home, Identity, and Meaning in Study Abroad Programs
Targeted to Heritage Students
Annie Nguyen
11. Between Tourism and Anti-Tourism: Ethics and the Study Abroad Experience
Michael A. Di Giovine
Index
About the Editors and Contributors