Qualitative Methodologies in Tourism Studies

Disrupting and Co-creating Critical Research

By: Milka Ivanova (Editor), Dorina-Maria Buda (Editor), Elisa Burrai (Editor)

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Hardcover | 5 September 2022

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Disruptive and creative research methodologies proposed in this book are designed to dismantle neoliberal narratives deployed in tourism studies and wider social sciences. Progressing criticality in tourism studies, this volume showcases cutting-edge contributions ranging from reflexivity, subjectivities, and dreams; to messy emotions in auto-ethnographic accounts of fieldwork; 'motherhood capital' accessing Inuit communities; collective memory work; ethnodrama and creative non-fiction, amongst others.

Disruption and creativity are the two ideas around which tourism geographers challenge and begin dismantling hegemonic ideologies in tourism studies. The chapters in this book provide a vantage point from where to disrupt first, before tourism geographers can engender progress and transformation within and outside of the field. In tourism studies in general, and tourism geography in particular, the years of the 2000s have witnessed an emphasis on qualitative methodological research, both in terms of the topics addressed and the types of methodological tools. In many ways, this legitimisation of qualitative work mirrors developments in other areas such as human geography, sociology and anthropology, in which this book is anchored. The authors debate in more depth how tourism studies offer multidimensional, multilogical and multi-emotional approaches to research design.

The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Tourism Geographies.

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"This volume is timely in a world significantly unsettled by converging crises including the Coronavirus pandemic, the climate emergency, and deep-seated racial injustices. This radical publication recognizes that in this context, existing ways of knowing, being in, and experiencing tourism are outdated and must be disrupted and transformed. The text's 16 chapters rise expertly to this challenge with a degree of honesty and clarity, rarely witnessed in our field. I congratulate the editors for successfully combining such novel contributions into an exciting and coherent publication. Undoubtedly, this ambitious volume will become a classic in the field of critical tourism studies."

- Professor Donna Chambers, University of Sunderland

"While ostensibly about qualitative research in tourism studies, this book goes much wider and deeper. It addresses innovative, creative and disruptive methodologies in ways that will be transferable to many fields and disciplines in the social sciences and beyond. This highly ethical work challenges the domination of knowledges from the global North and amplifies voices from the margins. I would recommend it for any researcher, from academia or elsewhere, who wants to deepen their understanding of research methods."

- Dr. Helen Kara, Researcher, and Author of 'Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide'

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