INTERACTION, ATTENTIVENESS AND INTIMACY: COMMUNICATING WITH WAVES IN SURF TOURISM

IF 0.5 Q4 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.3727/109830421x16296375579633

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Abstract

Surf tourism place comprise not only of surfing activities, but a myriad of actions and interactions on land and at sea of which surfing and surf tourism business are a part. However, surf tourism literature has rarely emphasized the presences of other modes of encountering and interacting with waves, such as fishing and seafaring, especially among local inhabitants. This paper puts the emphasis on a broader everyday busy-ness of living in a surf tourism place, by paying attention to the various ways local people attend to and interact with waves in which they inhabit. The everyday of surf tourism is explored through field research conducted at Ebay, an iconic surf tourism place located in Siberut, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. Drawing on more-than-human and relational ontologies, the mundane relationalities between waves and humans are analysed as everyday practices of attentiveness and interaction, through which the entangled actors – humans and waves – further co-create the uneasy notion of intimacy. In addition to challenging the “Nirvanification” (after Ponting, 2006) of surf tourism places by narrating less touristic and more mundane, everyday situations involving waves and humans, this study also furthers our understanding of communication and culture by showcasing the possibilities of understanding local interaction between humans and nonhumans in a tourism context.

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互动、专注、亲密:冲浪旅游中与海浪的沟通

冲浪旅游地不仅包括冲浪活动，还包括陆地和海洋上无数的活动和互动，其中冲浪和冲浪旅游业务是其中的一部分。然而，冲浪旅游文献很少强调与海浪相遇和互动的其他模式的存在，例如捕鱼和航海，特别是在当地居民中。本文将重点放在冲浪旅游地生活的更广泛的日常忙碌上，通过关注当地人对他们居住的海浪的各种方式和互动。冲浪旅游的日常是通过实地调查Ebay，一个标志性的冲浪旅游地点，位于西比路，明打威群岛，印度尼西亚。利用超越人类和关系的本体论，波浪和人类之间的世俗关系被分析为关注和互动的日常实践，通过纠缠的演员-人类和波浪-进一步共同创造了令人不安的亲密概念。除了挑战冲浪旅游地点的“Nirvanification”(在Ponting, 2006年之后)，通过叙述更少的旅游和更平凡的，涉及海浪和人类的日常情况，本研究还通过展示在旅游背景下理解人类和非人类之间当地互动的可能性，进一步加深了我们对交流和文化的理解。

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TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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1.20

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16.70%

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期刊介绍： Tourism, Culture & Communication is the longest established international refereed journal that is dedicated to the cultural dimensions of tourism. The editors adopt a purposefully broad scope that welcomes readers and contributors from diverse disciplines and who are receptive in a wide variety of research methods. While potential cultural issues and identities are unlimited, there is a requirement that their consideration should relate to the tourism and hospitality domain. Tourism, Culture & Communication provides readers with multidisciplinary perspectives that consider topics and fields extending beyond national and indigenous cultures as they are traditionally understood and recognized. Coverage may extend to issues such as cultural dimensions of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), gender and tourism, managing tourists with disabilities, sport tourism, or age-specific tourism. Contributions that draw upon the communications literature to explain the tourism phenomenon are also particularly welcome. Beyond the focus on culture and communications, the editors recognize the important interrelationships with economies, society, politics, and the environment. The journal publishes high-quality research and applies a double-blind refereeing process. Tourism, Culture & Communication consists of main articles, major thematic reviews, position papers on theory and practice, and substantive case studies. A reports section covers specific initiatives and projects, “hot topics,” work-in-progress, and critical reviews.