Legitimacy, Authenticity, and Authority in Brazilian Quilombo Tourism: Critical Reflexive Practice Among Cultural Experts

IF 0.5 Q4 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2020-07-03 DOI:10.3727/109830420x15894802540142

Carla Guerrón Guerron Montero

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Abstract

Using a critical tourism studies framework, I discuss the participation of "cultural experts" (anthropologists, historians, and cultural heritage professionals) in the production of legitimacy, authenticity, and sovereignty of Brazilian quilombos. Quilombos are defined as communities composed of peoples of African, indigenous, and European descent, who constructed independent societies outside the plantation system. I address the process of cultural experts whose individual, institutional, and interdisciplinary identities are intertwined with power–knowledge relations in both academic and applied contexts. I focus on the role of these professionals in two main issues: 1) the debate over conceptualizing and identifying quilombos; and 2) the legitimation of quilombo cultural heritage for tourism purposes. Through this discussion, I aim to problematize scholarly reflexivity, which has permeated anthropological and social sciences debates since the 1990s and critical tourism studies debates since the 2000s.

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巴西歌伦波旅游的合法性、真实性和权威性:文化专家的批判性反思性实践

利用批判性的旅游研究框架，我讨论了“文化专家”(人类学家、历史学家和文化遗产专家)在巴西歌伦波人的合法性、真实性和主权生产中的参与。歌伦波族被定义为由非洲人、土著人和欧洲人后裔组成的社区，他们在种植园体系之外建立了独立的社会。我将讨论文化专家的过程，他们的个人、机构和跨学科身份在学术和应用背景下都与权力-知识关系交织在一起。我主要关注这些专业人士在两个主要问题上的作用:1)关于概念化和识别歌伦波的辩论;2)“歌伦波”文化遗产的旅游合法化问题。通过这一讨论，我的目标是将学术反思性问题化，这种反思性自20世纪90年代以来一直渗透到人类学和社会科学的辩论中，自2000年代以来一直渗透到批判性旅游研究的辩论中。

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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.