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Fieldwork in Tourism
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Description
Fieldwork in Tourism is the first book to focus on this extremely significant component of contemporary tourist research and provides hands on approaches to conducting tourism fieldwork in a range of settings, exploring the methodological considerations and offering strategies to mitigate these. The book also discusses how fieldwork affects researchers personally and what happens to field relationships. Divided into five sections, each with an introduction and a guide to further reading, the chapters cover the context of fieldwork, research relationships, politics and power, the position of the researcher in the field, research methods and processes, including virtual fieldwork, and the relationships between being a tourist and doing fieldwork. The concluding chapter suggests that the link between tourism and fieldwork perhaps offers greater insights into understanding creative fieldwork than may be imagined.
This book incorporates a rich and diverse set of fieldwork experiences, insights and reflections on conducting fieldwork in different settings, the problems that emerge, the solutions that were developed, and the realities of being 'in the field'. Fieldwork in Tourism is an essential guide for Tourism higher level students, academics and researchers embarking on research in this field.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
338
Release Date:
2010-10-21
Publication Date:
2010-09-08
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0415589193
ISBN13:
9780415589192
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
672 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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