In my latest article, led by Elke Zweers, we explore how the concept of tourism authenticity is shaped by spectacular representations that both attract and obscure the realities of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area in southern Africa. By innovatively applying Debord's 'spectacle' and Lacanian psychoanalysis, we reveal how these narratives create a compelling yet…Read more New article out in a special issue of Political Geography, named ‘Enjoying contradictions: The spectacular fantasy of tourism authenticity in southern Africa’