tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813702045456690661.post3149859190842435590..comments2023-06-28T05:16:54.842-04:00Comments on anthropologies: Open Thread: The Tourism IssueRyan Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008425994341539639noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813702045456690661.post-33644754677139957372011-05-12T11:48:12.985-04:002011-05-12T11:48:12.985-04:00@Maya: Thanks for the comment. I'll check it ...@Maya: Thanks for the comment. I'll check it out.<br /><br />@Conor: Ya, I often ask the same questions. What does it take to call something "anthropology," vs just a way of looking at things? Is an anthropological perspective really just something that can be claimed by some academic discipline, or what?<br /><br />Hmmm.Ryan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008425994341539639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813702045456690661.post-40352816504381097892011-04-29T18:44:05.396-04:002011-04-29T18:44:05.396-04:00On the topic of tourism and visual anthropology, f...On the topic of tourism and visual anthropology, folks might find Rachel Sokal's MA thesis on the tourist gaze and responses to it by Indigenous photographers in Chiapas Mexico interesting... you can download a pdf of her work at her website:<br />http://www.rachelsokal.com/section275958.htmlMayahttp://www.sidebyside.net.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813702045456690661.post-13464668442984648202011-04-28T23:30:17.264-04:002011-04-28T23:30:17.264-04:00Okay, so this goes back to the so-called "swi...Okay, so this goes back to the so-called "switch". I wonder, at what point, is there no anthro switch anymore. I mean, I studied Anthro for years, but its not like I am strictly doing anthropology work all the time. It is anthropology-esque, but not "academic" or similar to a classroom and/or an ethnographic research setting. What becomes of anthropology when one leaves the academic sphere? Is it still "anthropology" or it is simply one's mode of thinking? I should go back and read the essays from last issue again haha.Conorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699273582346586896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813702045456690661.post-49274988427196052522011-04-24T23:21:15.192-04:002011-04-24T23:21:15.192-04:00I thought this first person account on ayahuasca, ...I thought this first person account on ayahuasca, ethnotourism, and the encounter with the other might be interesting <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqk33s2-HfkJeronimo M.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12508209403497731194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813702045456690661.post-40637934693005721172011-04-20T23:30:01.003-04:002011-04-20T23:30:01.003-04:00Ya, Conor, I agree. Sometimes it's good to fl...Ya, Conor, I agree. Sometimes it's good to flip the anthro switch "off" and just be somewhere.Ryan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008425994341539639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813702045456690661.post-81772719970145757092011-04-19T22:27:55.827-04:002011-04-19T22:27:55.827-04:00Recently, I found myself visiting Calico, CA, a si...Recently, I found myself visiting Calico, CA, a silver mining town that now functions as a popular tourist destination in the middle of nowhere between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. It was very similar to many other "historic" parks (you could pan for gold, take photos in the town jail, and hop on train for a short look at the mineshafts). Cheesy? Campy? Yes, but I enjoyed every minute of it. As much as I want to academically assess/investigate/CRITIQUE every tourist site I visit, I am happy that I can let my mind be free and enjoy the sites every once in a while. Oh, and I felt okay taking pictures in order to post of Facebook and my blog to show others that I had, indeed, "been there".Conorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699273582346586896noreply@blogger.com