Tourists, mobilities and paradigms
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Harrison, D. 2017. Tourists, mobilities and paradigms. Tourism Management. 63, pp. 329-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.07.002
Type | Article |
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Title | Tourists, mobilities and paradigms |
Authors | Harrison, D. |
Abstract | Kuhn's perception of paradigms changed over time, and eventually he considered the exemplar to be a defining feature of specialised scientific communities, the sole arbiters of scientific progress, who possess a shared lexicon, more or less incommensurable to non-members. The ensuing debate as to whether or not paradigms, including the new mobilities paradigm (NMP), are found in the social science is sum- marised, and claims it is of special relevance to tourism studies are examined. Authenticity has indeed been a key concept, but the 'discourse of authenticity' has not dominated tourism studies, and Western and Asian scholars, despite a slow start, are now increasingly and successfully applying Western social science concepts to Asian (especially Chinese) tourism without recourse to a 'Non-Western' or 'Asian' paradigm. However, while 'mobilities' is not a paradigm, the NMP is a useful perspective that is commensurable with different theoretical approaches to tourism and other forms of travel. |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Journal | Tourism Management |
ISSN | 0261-5177 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 12 Jul 2017 |
01 Dec 2017 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Oct 2017 |
Accepted | 03 Jul 2017 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
Copyright Statement | © 2017. This author's accepted manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.07.002 |
Language | English |
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