THE ROLE OF ETHNOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES IN TOURISM PLANNING Peter John Sandiford (Research Student) Department of Hotel and Tourism Management Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong Tel: Hong Kong (852) 2766 6356 Fax: Hong Kong (852) 2362 9362 John Ap (Associate Professor) Department of Hotel and Tourism Management Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong Tel: Hong Kong (852) 2766 6348 Fax: Hong Kong (852) 2362 9362 1998 Full Citation:
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Attention‚ Attention Attention! He loves beautiful views; but everywhere he goes is just too pricey‚ or his family have to wait so long to book a trip. Wait no more! Visualize yourself going on a hike in some of the most luscious places in Europe. Europe? Yes Europe! The Pyrenees is a magnificent place to visit‚ it has many options to explore. Its one of the greenest places in the world‚ always magnificent weather‚ and is a place where you can do fun adventures‚ but also the little ones can explore
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Living in a small town with few cultural differences‚ people after years living around each other having adapted to each other’s culture-made it difficult for me to choose a place. After‚ asking the professor for an advice about where to complete my ethnographic report‚ as suggested to visit a church‚ I decided to visit the Sikh temple located in Delano on Sunday‚ January 7th. I drove by the temple‚ but no one was around‚ but a sign with the local number. Having called so many times-no response‚ I decided
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Critical Ethnographic Film Review Zapatista Zapatista‚ a film by Benjamin Eichert‚ Rick Rowley‚ and Staale Sandberg is based in the most southern state in Mexico‚ Chiapas. This films depicts indigenous people in Chiapas fighting for visibility and recognition against their country and government. When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed in to law‚ on January first 1994‚ the Zapatista National Liberation Movement (EZLN) rose up and seized several cities in Chiapas to fight
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An Ethnographic Study Macy’s Employees Social Performances In my ethnographic study‚ I apply theoretical concepts developed by Erving Goffman in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life to the behavior of employees in the retail department store‚ Macy’s. Goffman (1959) argues that social interactions in everyday life can be understood as presentations between performers and audiences. Within social establishments‚ he suggests four analytical frameworks may govern how performers stage their “characters”
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An Ethnography of a Trendy Clothing Store The fieldwork that I present here took place in and around an H&M store‚ which is a clothing retailer of what is known as “fast fashion”: clothing styles that move directly to the store from the catwalks‚ presenting the trendiest clothes right when they are in fashion. H&M is one of the largest chain of clothing stores in America‚ and also among the most popular‚ especially with younger age groups. My ethnography begins across the street from the store
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ENGL102_3T Final Draft Crawfishing in South Louisiana The splashes of the freezing spillway mixed with the cold wind coming off the water sent chills down my back. I yawned‚ the loud purr of the tugboat next to us made it impossible to hear my uncle ask if I was tired. We were passing the train of barges right after we left the launch and were headed into the woods. I have done all this before. It was all familiar to me. The only difference was that I had never been out here this early.
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Part 1 Cleopatra Carefully read the following extract several times. How does this passage characterise the relationship between Antony and Cleopatra and how does this compare to its portrayal in other Roman Sources in Book 1‚ Chapter 1? In this extract Antony is portrayed as being besotted with Cleopatra even after she had betrayed him. The extract also indicates Antony cannot live without Cleopatra ‘Why delay any longer‚ Antony? Fate has taken away the one excuse which could still make you desire
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For my ethnographic study I chose to examine the life at Moe’s restaurant located one block from my home and where I used to work. The main focus of my study is to compare the norms of the employees when the manager is there and when he is gone. As defined in Sociology: A Brief Introduction‚ by John J Macionis‚ a norm is “an established standard of behavior maintained by a society”. How does the employees’ behavior change when the manager is there watching them compared to when she leaves someone
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I have had to opportunity to engage in several group and individual sessions with Residents over the last several weeks. The individual sessions that I have had with my resident has thus far relied heavily on visiting‚ getting to know one another‚ and building trust; however‚ we have done a variety of activities along side that as well. The first session was simply an introductory session where I shared about myself‚ and sought to find out about her. The next session‚ we interacted with cards for
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