PARTNERSHIPS IN ARCHAEOTOURISM: THE FUTURE OF CUEVA BORBÓN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Tourism management is increasingly coming under fire from anthropologists concerned about issues of social representation and accelerated cultural change. However, when managed well and at a local level, it can represent an economic boon to the community and may even revitalize ethnic pride. This is...

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Autores principales: Scott Griffith,Cameron, Miller Griffith,Lauren
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de Antropología 2012
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-735620120003000142012-12-14PARTNERSHIPS IN ARCHAEOTOURISM: THE FUTURE OF CUEVA BORBÓN, DOMINICAN REPUBLICScott Griffith,CameronMiller Griffith,Lauren Archaeotourism partnership situated knowledge Taíno Tourism management is increasingly coming under fire from anthropologists concerned about issues of social representation and accelerated cultural change. However, when managed well and at a local level, it can represent an economic boon to the community and may even revitalize ethnic pride. This is not to say that tourism development of archaeological sites should proceed without expert consultation. Rather, using Taíno caves in the Dominican Republic as a case study, this paper proposes a methodology of archaeotourism where the anthropologist and archaeologist are positioned as "guides on the side" coaching local development of data collection techniques that can be used to craft and disseminate a narrative that is situated in local worldviews.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de AntropologíaChungará (Arica) v.44 n.3 20122012-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-73562012000300014en10.4067/S0717-73562012000300014
institution Scielo Chile
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topic Archaeotourism
partnership
situated knowledge
Taíno
spellingShingle Archaeotourism
partnership
situated knowledge
Taíno
Scott Griffith,Cameron
Miller Griffith,Lauren
PARTNERSHIPS IN ARCHAEOTOURISM: THE FUTURE OF CUEVA BORBÓN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
description Tourism management is increasingly coming under fire from anthropologists concerned about issues of social representation and accelerated cultural change. However, when managed well and at a local level, it can represent an economic boon to the community and may even revitalize ethnic pride. This is not to say that tourism development of archaeological sites should proceed without expert consultation. Rather, using Taíno caves in the Dominican Republic as a case study, this paper proposes a methodology of archaeotourism where the anthropologist and archaeologist are positioned as "guides on the side" coaching local development of data collection techniques that can be used to craft and disseminate a narrative that is situated in local worldviews.
author Scott Griffith,Cameron
Miller Griffith,Lauren
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Miller Griffith,Lauren
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title PARTNERSHIPS IN ARCHAEOTOURISM: THE FUTURE OF CUEVA BORBÓN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
title_short PARTNERSHIPS IN ARCHAEOTOURISM: THE FUTURE OF CUEVA BORBÓN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
title_full PARTNERSHIPS IN ARCHAEOTOURISM: THE FUTURE OF CUEVA BORBÓN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
title_fullStr PARTNERSHIPS IN ARCHAEOTOURISM: THE FUTURE OF CUEVA BORBÓN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
title_full_unstemmed PARTNERSHIPS IN ARCHAEOTOURISM: THE FUTURE OF CUEVA BORBÓN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
title_sort partnerships in archaeotourism: the future of cueva borbón, dominican republic
publisher Universidad de Tarapacá. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. Departamento de Antropología
publishDate 2012
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