Hell is other people? An existential-phenomenological analysis of the local gaze in tourism
Authors: Wassler, P. and Kirillova, K.
Journal: Tourism Management
Volume: 71
Pages: 116-126
ISSN: 0261-5177
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.10.005
Abstract:The “Gaze” is a complex and overarching phenomenon comprised of diverse “Gazers” and “Gazees”. This paper adopts an existential-phenomenological perspective to understand tourists’ lived experiences of being gazed upon by local people. Based on thirty experiences collected from interviews with ten participants, we show that experiencing the “Local Gaze” exposes the tourist as Sartrean “Tourist-esque”: an inauthentic experiencer of positivity, discrimination, alienation and self-consciousness. Moments of true human connections are at best ephemeral. Through an existentialist lens, the study questions the possibility of authentic host-guest relationship in tourism and argues that to maintain hopes for an authentic relationship, the concepts of “Gaze” and – perhaps even of “Tourism” – need to be transcended.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31343/
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Hell is other people? An existential-phenomenological analysis of the local gaze in tourism
Authors: Wassler, P. and Kirillova, K.
Journal: TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Volume: 71
Pages: 116-126
eISSN: 1879-3193
ISSN: 0261-5177
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2018.10.005
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31343/
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Hell is other people? An existential-phenomenological analysis of the local gaze in tourism
Authors: Wassler, P. and Kirillova, K.
Journal: Tourism management
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0261-5177
Abstract:The “Gaze” is a complex and overarching phenomenon comprised of diverse “Gazers” and “Gazees”. This paper adopts an existential-phenomenological perspective to understand tourists’ lived experiences of being gazed upon by local people. Based on thirty experiences collected from interviews with ten participants, we show that experiencing the “Local Gaze” exposes the tourist as Sartrean “Tourist-esque”: an inauthentic experiencer of positivity, discrimination, alienation and self-consciousness. Moments of true human connections are at best ephemeral. Through an existentialist lens, the study questions the possibility of authentic host-guest relationship in tourism and argues that to maintain hopes for an authentic relationship, the concepts of “Gaze” and – perhaps even of “Tourism” – need to be transcended.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31343/
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Hell is other people? An existential-phenomenological analysis of the local gaze in tourism.
Authors: Wassler, P. and Kirillova, K.
Journal: Tourism Management
Volume: 71
Issue: April
Pages: 116-126
ISSN: 0261-5177
Abstract:The “Gaze” is a complex and overarching phenomenon comprised of diverse “Gazers” and “Gazees”. This paper adopts an existential-phenomenological perspective to understand tourists’ lived experiences of being gazed upon by local people. Based on thirty experiences collected from interviews with ten participants, we show that experiencing the “Local Gaze” exposes the tourist as Sartrean “Tourist-esque”: an inauthentic experiencer of positivity, discrimination, alienation and self-consciousness. Moments of true human connections are at best ephemeral. Through an existentialist lens, the study questions the possibility of authentic host-guest relationship in tourism and argues that to maintain hopes for an authentic relationship, the concepts of “Gaze” and – perhaps even of “Tourism” – need to be transcended.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/31343/
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