Authors: Stasja Koot, Lubabun Ni’am, Chantal Wieckardt, Roderick Buiskool, Nadya Karimasari, Joost Jongerden Introduction In this blog post, we explore recent ecotourism developments as capitalist expansion in the buffer zone to the east of the Mount Leuser National Park (MLNP), Sumatra, Indonesia. The close interaction with nature, and some specific charismatic animals, provide for spreading…Read more Privatisation and commodification: Ecotourism as capitalist expansion in Sumatra, Indonesia
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‘Ethical donor tourism’ in Africa
Stasja Koot and Robert Fletcher Introduction In this blog post we explore two novel types of ‘ethical donor tourism’: philanthrotourism and environmentourism. Both are often presented as supporting social and environmental causes, but this positive self-presentation may obscure how they actually benefit from and reinforce inequalities and environmental degradation. After introducing them, we provide a…Read more ‘Ethical donor tourism’ in Africa
And here is the English version of the post-corona politics manifesto, which will be discussed in Dutch parliament next Tuesday. Please sign the petition.
Please check out the pdf of the manifesto here. It will be discussed in Dutch Parliament next Tuesday. So please add weight to it by signing this petition: https://petities.nl/petitions/laat-nederland-eerlijker-en-duurzamer-uit-de-coronacrisis-komen?locale=nl
Manifest van 170 wetenschappers: het is een blunder als we niet groener uit de coronacrisis komen
Onderstaand manifest is gepubliceerd in Trouw op 11 april 2020, klik hier voor het artikel in Trouw, hieronder staat alleen het manifest: We kunnen Nederland radicaal duurzamer en eerlijker maken: vijf voorstellen voor Nederland na Corona COVID-19 doet de wereld op haar grondvesten schudden. De coronapandemie heeft nu al talloze levens gekost en ontwricht,…Read more Manifest van 170 wetenschappers: het is een blunder als we niet groener uit de coronacrisis komen
Postcolonial paternalism in tourism and development among the Bushmen of southern Africa
Various Bushmen (or San)[1] groups in southern Africa have been involved in a variety of paternalist relationships throughout history, with other groups acting as ‘superior’ to them and thus regarding them as ‘inferior’. In pre-colonial days, many have been engaged as serfs in a variety of patron-client relationships with black pastoralists (see, for example, Wilmsen…Read more Postcolonial paternalism in tourism and development among the Bushmen of southern Africa
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