Some observers of the ‘culture wars’ in the west will be suspicious of the word ‘critical’ in academic contexts due to controversial ‘critical theory’ and its influence. In this “Good Tourism” Insight, Meghan L Muldoon explains what ‘critical tourism studies’ means to her. (And can a critical tourism scholar love travelling? Dr Muldoon does.)
Tourism is a beautiful monster. So beautiful that even me, a critical tourism scholar interrogating its beastliness, cannot wait to sprint down the tarmac to board my next flight.
Hypocritical, you might suggest. Not at all.
What is critical tourism studies?
Drs Annette Pritchard, Nigel Morgan, and Irena Ateljevic (along with Candice Harris) founded the Critical Tourism Studies (CTS) network in 2005. They introduced the concept of ‘hopeful tourism’.
As many tourism scholars did (and do), these pioneers felt isolated in their respective schools, where tourism research is often ... Continue reading this "GT" Insight at https://goodtourismblog.com/2021/03/taming-the-beautiful-monster-what-critical-tourism-studies-means-to-me/