Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience (The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society)

With contributions from anthropologists and cultural theorists, Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience examines 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, coauthor of Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience Cover Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience Series page Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience Copyright Dedication Contents List of Figures and Tables Figures Tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction What Is Study Abroad? How Does Study Abroad Purport to Be an Anti-tourism Experience? What Are the Common Anti-tourism Components of Study Abroad? Is Study Abroad Sustainable? Toward an Anthropology of Study Abroad References Chapter 1 “Doing Good” and Doing It Quickly in East African Study Abroad Programs Introduction High-Impact Learning Practices Volunteering and/or Voluntouring? Study-Abroad Trends Study Abroad in Africa East Africa Semester-Long Study-Abroad Programs, Kenya-Style Marketing “Africa” Drop-in Activism in Uganda Learning from Labor: Sand Dams in Kenya Learning from Study Abroad So Now What: Considerations for Doing Good High-Impact Learning Note References Chapter 2 Two Weeks to Global Citizenship? Course Overview Prep-Course In the Field Data within the Mundane What Seems to be Working The Challenge of Assessing Student Work Discussion Conclusion Notes References Chapter 3 Safe-Guarding, Social-Pricing, and Labeling From Border-Crossing to Othering Fieldwork on Study Abroad Safe-Guarding: Collective Rituals in Sierra Leone Social-Pricing: Class Borders in Peru Labeling: Deciding What Is and What Is not “Immersion” in Spain Discussion Conclusion Notes References Chapter 4 The Imperative of Access in Short-Term Study Abroad The Imperative of Access in Short-Term Study Abroad Background and Methods Liminality versus Coloniality Managing and Selling Difference Patterns in Study-Abroad Provision: Health, Safety, and the Imperative of Access Patterns in Study-Abroad Provision: The Cultural Safety Net Analysis and Discussion Notes References Chapter 5 Forbidden Learning Introduction Edutourism and the Logic of Transformation in Perspective “Being There”: Transforming Perspectives through Ethnographic Methods Homestays as “Deep Immersion” and Experiential Learning Unplugged: Authenticity and the Deployment of Strategic Essentialisms Tourist Imaginaries and Forbidden Cuba Dancing and Singing: Discomfort and Inversion “Insider” Knowledge and Embodied Learning “Frozen in Time” and Nostalgic Neocolonialism Conclusions References Chapter 6 Weekending Daring Overview Notes References Chapter 7 I Go to Cleanse My Head and Heart A Note on Study Abroad Pilgrimage and Tourism Short-term Missions as Pilgrimage Discomfort Forming Bonds Inner Growth/Transformation Narratives Conclusion Notes References Chapter 8 Schooling Taste Notes References Chapter 9 Teaching and Learning Food and Sustainability in Italy Introduction Feeling “Like a Local” in an “Authentic” Destination Betwixt and Beyond Touristic Consumption References Chapter 10 Finding Home, Identity, and Meaning in Study-Abroad Programs Targeted to Heritage Students "Where are you From?" Factors Impacting Immigrant and First-Generation Students in Study Abroad Fulbright Study Abroad Searching for Identity in the Unknown Defining Home and “Imagined Home” as Part of a Displaced Diaspora When Study Abroad Creates Discomfort Reconciling Real and Imagined “Home” Reflecting on the Study-Abroad Experience A Home in Two Places The Lasting Impacts of Study Abroad Note References Chapter 11 Between Tourism and Anti-Tourism Introduction: The Anti-Tourism Context Study Abroad as a Historically Situated Form of Anti-Tourism The Difficult Position of the Professor Conclusion: The Ethics of Study Abroad Notes References Epilogue How does COVID reveal the relationship between tourism and study abroad? What Was the Fallout from COVID-19 on Study-Abroad Programs Featured in This Volume? What Was the Effect on International Students? How Will Study Abroad Change in the Future? Conclusion: Whither a Way Forward? Note Bibliography Afterword Index About the Contributors 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 With contributions from anthropologists and cultural theorists, Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience examines 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 this podcast episode. With contributions from anthropologists and cultural theorists, Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience examines 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 by Michael A. Di Giovine, coeditor of Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience, or these podcast Study Abroad and the Quest for an Anti-Tourism Experience examines the intersections and contradictions of study abroad and tourism, investigating how current study abroad practices engage with the promises of global citizenship. Contributors draw from their substantial experience in designing and running study abroad programs.