ANTHROPOLOGY AS A PROJECT OF ETHICAL TRAVEL. COLONIALISM, RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS AND MASS TOURISM IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

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ANTHROPOLOGY AS A PROJECT OF ETHICAL TRAVEL. COLONIALISM, RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS AND MASS TOURISM IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Journal Title: Folia Turistica - Year 2018, Vol 49, Issue

Abstract

Purpose. The aim of the article is theoretical reflection on selected aspects of anthropological, philosophical and cultural thought,as well asreflection on anthropology as a project of ethical travel and intercultural communication within the historical context of the development of the discipline. The research also regardsreflection on research methods and on the figure of the Other in cultural, ethical and communication dimensions. Method. Analysis and interpretation of cultural texts, including research in the field of anthropology. Reinterpretation of classical anthropology within the context of travel theory. Findings. The analysis allows us to conclude that anthropology is essentially a project of ethical travel and intercultural communication. The evidence isturning points in the history of the discipline, the development of its research methods and meta-reflection regarding the experience of travelling to another culture along with mythologising and demythologising the Other and the researcher in scientific discourse. The analysis of the typology of travelers, colonial and postcolonial discourse, along with the location of travel experience, co-presence and diversity of anthropology and mass tourism, have shown that the research journey has played an important, auto-defining role in the Western reflection on the meeting with the Other. Research and conclusions limitations. The research is limited in ahistorical sense, belonging to a specific epoch and the contemporary postcolonial scientific discourse prevailing and methodologically, situating itself within the paradigm of cultural and communication research on tourism. Originality. The originality of the work results from an interdisciplinary view on the issues of anthropological research travel, the location of anthropology in the context of travel perception, selected theories and philosophies of travel. The choice of quoted concepts and arguments are the author’s. Reflection on the ethical dimension of the anthropological project, which has been developed for over 100 years, is important within the context of development of postcolonial discourse and alternative “indigenous” anthropologies, as well as contemporary transformations of intercultural communication under the influence of new technologies and dynamic and mass social processes related to spatial and socio-cultural mobility, tourism and migration. Type of paper. Theoretical work.

Authors and Affiliations

Anna Maj

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EP ID EP518624
DOI 10.5604/01.3001.0013.0830
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