Tourism and applied anthropologists : linking theory and practice / / Tim Wallace, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139932703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Arlington, Virginia : , : American Anthropological Association, , 2005; ©2005
• ISBN: 1-282-17189-5; 9786612171895; 1-4443-0741-X; 1-4443-0742-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Collana: NAPA Bulletin ; ; 23
• Disciplina: 306.4
• Soggetti: Applied anthropology; Culture and tourism; Anthropologists; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Tourism and Applied Anthropologists; Contents; Introduction: Tourism, Tourists, and Anthropologists at Work; PART 1 ANTHROPOLOGY AND TOURISM AT THE NEXUS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE; Can the Anthropology of Tourism Make Us Better Travelers?; Generating Theory, Tourism, and ''World Heritage'' in Indonesia: Ethical Quandaries for Anthropologists in an Era of Tourist Mania; Archaeological Tourism: Looking for Answers Along Mexico's Maya Riviera; Enhancing Community-Based Tourism Development and Conservation in the Western Caribbean; Between Pure and Applied Research: Experimental Ethnography in a Transcultural Tourist Art WorldPART 2 ANTHROPOLOGISTS, NATURE, AND CULTURE: CASE STUDIES; Anthropological Angst and the Tourist Encounter; An Anthro-Planning Approach to Local Heritage Tourism: Case Studies from Appalachia; Applied Anthropology and Heritage Tourism Planning: Working for the Western Erie Canal Heritage Corridor Planning Commission; Hosts and Hosts: The Anthropology of ; Community-Based Ecotourism in the Peruvian Amazon; Keeping the People in the Parks: A Case Study from Guatemala; PART 3 ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN TOURISM; More than Nature: Anthropologists as Interpreters of Culture for Nature-Based ToursThe Traveling Seminar: An Experiment in Cross-Cultural Tourism and Education in Taiwan; Anthropologists in the Tourism Workplace; Biosketches of the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods.peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropologydedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methodsmost editions available for course adoption