A mixed-methods study on the values and motivations of voluntourists
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DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2019.1594574
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this theoretically grounded mixed-methods study, we explored the motivational values of voluntourists and examined the perceived impacts of voluntourism programmes. Surveys suggested that voluntourists (n = 82) had high self-transcendence (universalism and benevolence) and self-direction… read more here.
Keywords: mixed methods; motivations voluntourists; methods study; voluntourism ... See more keywords
The dilemma of mobility: on the question of youth voluntourism in times of precarity
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DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2019.1660691
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this essay, we ask whether there has been a revival of ‘youthful aspirations’ in the age of precarity, by examining youth groups’ transnational civic participation in the form of ‘volunteer tourism’ (hereafter, VT).… read more here.
Keywords: mobility; voluntourism; dilemma mobility; youth ... See more keywords
For-profit environmental voluntourism in Costa Rica: teen volunteer, host community, and environmental outcomes
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DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2017.1421200
Abstract: ABSTRACT With its growth in popularity, voluntourism (volunteer tourism) has seen greater attention from the research community. This case study research investigates the tripartite outcomes of a for-profit environmental voluntourism program in Costa Rica, focusing… read more here.
Keywords: host community; community; voluntourism; environmental voluntourism ... See more keywords
Entanglements in multispecies voluntourism: conservation and Utila's affect economy
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DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2018.1477784
Abstract: Abstract Through a case study of conservation voluntourism this article brings together critical political ecology, multispecies ethnography, and studies of humanitarian tourism to advance a political ecology of multispecies conservation voluntourism. The article presents multispecies… read more here.
Keywords: voluntourism; conservation voluntourism; conservation; affect economy ... See more keywords