Subtopic 1.C: The Place Identity/Representation/Image of an Ecotour Destination
The Place Identity/Representation/Image of an Ecotour Destination.
This subtopic includes case studies of particular destinations, discussions of authenticity, and discussions of representation.
(Need a representative selection of case studies from different destinations such as one from each of these common ecotourism destinations: central america, the u.s., south america, new zealand, africa, southeast asia)
Stamou, A.G and Paraskevopoulous, S. 2003 Ecotourism Experiences in Visitors’ Books of a Greek Reserve: A Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective
Hayden, D. 1995. The Power of Place. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Lavin and Agatstein- personal identity and imagery of place
McHarg, I.L. 1964. The Place of Nature in the City of Man. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 352: 1-12.
Lippard, L.R. 1997. The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society. New York: The New Press.
Sagoff, M. (1992). Settling America or the concept of place in environmental ethics.
Journal of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment, 12, 349-418.
Williams, D. R. and Patterson, M.E. (1999). Environmental psychology: mapping
landscape meanings for ecosystem management. In H.K. Cordell & J.C.
Stokowski, P. Languages of place and discourses of power: constructing new senses of place. Journal of Leisure Research, Vol. 34, 2002
Filed under: eco-tourism on June 13th, 2010
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