摘要
文章指出,在当今世界,各学科都具有跨学科的特点。旅游人类学也如此。人类学与旅游学之间的关系不存在学科独立的问题,而应该是互补关系。人类学介入旅游研究已成为必然。唯有如此,旅游学才有更广阔的发展前景。
This article is based on a timely dialogue among two US based anthropologists and one Chinese scholar on the relationship between tourism studies and anthropological intervention in and beyond China. It makes two main arguments： First, under rapid globalization the boundaries between disciplines are becoming increasingly blurred and the targets of our research are also more mobile. An interdisciplinary approach has become a key feature in current researches across many social sciences and the humanities. The anthropological intervention to tourism studies is thus inevitable and makes a significant contribution to this field. Tourism management should no longer be an isolated area with the sole focus on the economic and management aspects, but needs to incorporate other social, cultural, and psychological explorations. With its tradition of a holistic and critical perspective, cultural anthropology is in an unique position to examine multiple dimensions of tourism and to go beyond the level of simple description. Second, it is imperative to examine the localization process when we study any social and cultural phenomena in the contemporary world. The study of tourism is no exception. Due to different cultural and economic backgrounds, each country or region tends to face some unique problems and challenges. Thus, theories, methods, and practices developed out of Western tourism studies must be adapted to fit local Chinese conditions. Professor Graburn points out eight aspects of research that are pertinent to understanding Chinese tourism in the past and the future： nostalgia, authenticity, symbols, ritual and religion, commodification and globalization, heritage, gender, and landscapes.
出处
《旅游学刊》
CSSCI
2012年第1期11-16,共6页
Tourism Tribune
关键词
旅游
人类学
跨学科
介入
tourism
anthropology
cross-discipline
intervention
