Decolonising tourism and development: from orphanage tourism to community empowerment in Cambodia

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorHiggins-Desbiolles F
dc.contributor.authorScheyvens RA
dc.contributor.authorBhatia B
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-31T02:05:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-03T05:06:15Z
dc.date.available2023-10-31T02:05:42Z
dc.date.available2023-11-03T05:06:15Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-20
dc.description.abstractTourism has been viewed as a development pathway, with alternative tourisms such as volunteer tourism perceived as promising. However, critics have highlighted how white saviourism and Western ideologies of superiority may underpin both development agendas and activities like volunteer tourism. The COVID crisis has impacted both tourism and international development and calls for rethinking. This case study is situated at the intersections of tourism, development and humanitarianism. It charts the evolution of the Cambodian Children’s Trust which emerged in 2007 from the co-founding of an orphanage by an Australian volunteer tourist and a local Khmer leader. Through a process of conscientisation, the orphanage has given way to a community development approach under the leadership of a 100 percent Khmer team in country, leaving footprints of empowering spaces rather than dependency structures. This article addresses the research question of how might we transform the paternalistic desire to “do good” found in both voluntourism and development into a practice of mutual solidarity? Illuminating issues of power and inequality in Western-led models, this article offers a framework for more just partnerships based on Freirian praxis: dialogue building critical consciousness, co-development of transformative praxis, capacity sharing and trust in the capabilities of the people.
dc.identifier.author-urlhttp://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000758060300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=c5bb3b2499afac691c2e3c1a83ef6fef
dc.identifier.citationHiggins-Desbiolles F, Scheyvens RA, Bhatia B. (2022). Decolonising tourism and development: from orphanage tourism to community empowerment in Cambodia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09669582.2022.2039678
dc.identifier.eissn1747-7646
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0966-9582
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69040
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Sustainable Tourism
dc.rights(c) 2022 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectVoluntourism
dc.subjectorphanage tourism
dc.subjectinternational development
dc.subjectwhite saviourism
dc.subjectFreirian praxis
dc.subjectsocial justice
dc.titleDecolonising tourism and development: from orphanage tourism to community empowerment in Cambodia
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id451576
pubs.organisational-groupOther
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Thumbnail Image
Name:
rsus_a_2039678_sm7489.zip
Size:
466.46 KB
Format:
Unknown data format
Description:
Download
Thumbnail Image
Name:
451576.pdf
Size:
2.22 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
Collections
Journal Articles