RV camping with nature's betrayal: a consumer autoethnography in word

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-11-03 DOI:10.1080/10253866.2021.1999235

Barbara A. Olsen

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Following earlier ethnographic research on experiential immersion in nature that probe consumer responses to the poignant risks and tensions of the nature harmony paradox (Canniford and Shankar 2013; Scholz, Joachim, and Jay Handelman. “Living in Harmony with Nature: A Post-Human Analysis of Consumers' Relationships with Nature.” In NA – Advances in Consumer Research, edited by June Cotte and Stacy Wood, Vol. 42, 668–669. Duluth: Association for Consumer Research, 2014), my goal with this paper is to understand the emotional dynamics embedded in this paradox while camping. By introducing new methodological tools for autoethnography, I integrate 22 years of introspective participant-observation as a seasonal RV (recreational vehicle) camper while reckoning with the contradiction between nature's extraordinary experiences and its betrayal. Transformational interactions with the forest and its creatures failed to balance escalating feelings of despair when rain, mold, mildew, fungi and mice invaded my space and belied the natural world's romantic appeal. This paper adds to the literature on consumer frustration by demonstrating the benefits of an autoethnographic methodology to discover, interpret and understand deeply felt emotions pervading the nature harmony paradox while camping.

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房车露营与大自然的背叛:一个消费者的自我民族志

继早期关于自然体验沉浸的民族志研究之后，该研究探讨了消费者对自然和谐悖论的尖锐风险和紧张局势的反应(cannford and Shankar 2013;肖尔茨，约阿希姆和杰伊·汉德尔曼。“与自然和谐相处:消费者与自然关系的后人类分析”在NA -消费者研究的进展，编辑由六月科特和斯泰西伍德，卷42,668-669。Duluth: Association for Consumer Research, 2014)，我这篇论文的目标是理解露营时嵌入这种悖论的情感动态。通过引入新的自我民族志方法工具，我将22年的内省参与式观察作为季节性RV(休闲车)露营者整合在一起，同时思考自然的非凡体验与背叛之间的矛盾。当雨水、霉菌、霉菌、真菌和老鼠侵入我的空间，破坏了自然世界的浪漫魅力时，与森林及其生物的转换互动无法平衡不断升级的绝望感。本文通过展示自我民族志方法在发现、解释和理解露营时弥漫在自然和谐悖论中的深刻情感方面的好处，增加了关于消费者挫折感的文献。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.