Otherness, Othering and Space in Tourism Futures - (Future of Tourism) by Lucia Tomassini (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book examines the concepts of otherness and othering in tourism, investigating how human and non-human actors are perceived within tourism spaces. It challenges traditional views, emphasising relationality and justice, and integrates future studies and theories to explore emerging trends, critical reflections and future scenarios for tourism.

Book Synopsis

This book critically examines the concepts of otherness and othering in tourism, investigating how human and non-human actors are perceived and positioned within tourism spaces. It offers theoretical insights on tourism futures, spatial entanglements between humans and non-humans and practical case studies from researchers and practitioners. Drawing from posthumanist theory and its affirmative ethics, it challenges traditional anthropocentric views, emphasising relationality, justice and sustainability in tourism development. The volume integrates future studies and theories to explore emerging trends, critical reflections and possible utopian and dystopian scenarios for the future of tourism. It is a valuable resource for students, researchers and professionals in tourism and leisure studies, geography and anthropology, as well as those exploring posthumanism, the spatial turn in the social sciences and critical tourism studies.

About the Author

Lucia Tomassini is a Senior Research Lecturer at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Her research interests include sustainability, the circular economy in tourism and hospitality animal-based tourism, animal justice, more-than-human societies, humour theory and comics.