Full Description
With contributions from anthropologists and cultural theorists, Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experienceexamines 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
Contents
Foreword by Richard Handler
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Asking Questions about Study Abroad and Tourism
Michael A. Di Giovine and John Bodinger de Uriarte
"Doing Good" and Doing It Quickly in East African Study Abroad ProgramsJennifer Coffman and Miroslava Prazak
Two Weeks to Global Citizenship?: The Problems, Paradoxes, and Successes of Running a Short-Term Travel CourseAaron Andrew Greer and Don D. Schweitzer
Safe-Guarding, Social-Pricing, and Labeling: Technologies of Border Construction and Discourses of Border Crossing in Study Abroad/AwayNeriko Doerr
The Imperative of Access in Short-Term Study AbroadGareth Barkin
Forbidden LearningAaron Lampman and Kenneth Schweitzer
Weekending Daring: Manufacturing the "Discomfort Zone" and Making the Study-Away SelfJohn Bodinger de Uriarte
I Go to Cleanse My Head and HeartKatharine Serio
Schooling Taste: Culinary Tourism, Study Away, and FoodMelissa Biggs
Teaching and Learning Food and Sustainability in Italy: Betwixt and Beyond Touristic Consumptions Elisa Ascione
Reflection: Finding Home, Identity, and Meaning in Study Abroad Programs Targeted to Heritage StudentsAnnie Nguyen
Between Tourism and Anti-Tourism: Ethics and the Study Abroad ExperienceMichael A. Di Giovine
Epilogue
Michael A. Di Giovine and John Bodinger de Uriarte
Afterword: Keeping Tourism Real
Lisa Breglia
