Check out this new publication about structural processes of branding people: Koot, S. (2018). The Bushman brand in southern African tourism: An indigenous modernity in a neoliberal political economy. In R. Fleming Puckett and I. Kazunobu (Eds.), Research and activism among the Kalahari San today: Ideals, challenges, and debates. Senri Ethnological Studies 99 (pp. 231-250). Osaka: National…Read more New publication: The Bushman brand in southern African tourism: An indigenous modernity in a neoliberal political economy.
New book review: Whiteness and nature conservation in Zimbabwe
Check out this recent book review if interested: Koot, S. (2018). Whiteness and nature conservation in Zimbabwe. Book review of The Nature of Whiteness: Race, Animals, and Nation in Zimbabwe, by Yuka Suzuki. Journal of Southern African Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2018.1464723: 2018 – Koot – Whiteness and nature conservation in Zimbabwe (book review)
‘New’ publication
This book chapter is not really a new publication but a copy of my paper in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism from 2016, a special issue on indigenous tourism. The special issue has been made into a book because of commercial reasons. My chapter is called 'Contradictions of capitalism in the South African Kalahari: Indigenous…Read more ‘New’ publication
New publication: Authenticity and the contradictions of the ‘ecotourism script’: Global marketing and local politics in Ghana
Dear all, Please see here my latest publication, that I have worked on with three colleagues, about marketing and ecotourism in Ghana: Büscher, B., Van den Breemer, R,. Fletcher, R. and Koot, S. (2017). Authenticity and the contradictions of the ‘ecotourism script’: Global marketing and local politics in Ghana. Critical Arts 31 (4), 37-52. 2017…Read more New publication: Authenticity and the contradictions of the ‘ecotourism script’: Global marketing and local politics in Ghana
Tourism, labour and the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa
By Stasja Koot, 12 December 2017 In the Kruger to Canyon (K2C) region, South Africa, there are two big phenomena of which the interactions have so far hardly been researched: tourism and the rhino poaching crisis. Based on four field trips to South Africa in 2016/17, totalling about 3 months, I have investigated these links,…Read more Tourism, labour and the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa
Tourism, labour and the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa
By Stasja Koot, 12 December 2017 In the Kruger to Canyon (K2C) region, South Africa, there are two big phenomena of which the interactions have so far hardly been researched: tourism and the rhino poaching crisis. Based on four field trips to South Africa in 2016/17, totalling about 3 months, I have investigated these links,…Read more Tourism, labour and the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa
New page: Blogs, and first blog on Tourism, labour and the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa
I have opened a new page (Blogs) on my website where I will regularly post a blog about ongoing research. Today I have posted my first blog: Tourism, labour and the rhino poaching crisis in South Africa
