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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 34–47 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Space and Culture |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 6 Sept 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Guatemala, this article investigates how NGOs rely on, contribute to, and/or engage in touristic securitization. While the article demonstrates that NGOs help make Western tourists feel safe enough to travel to Guatemala, as well as help to keep them from harm while visiting, it also shows how touristic securitization is informed by and informing of intersecting inequalities and (re)producing human insecurities, especially for poor, often indigenous, Guatemalans, the very people NGOs aim to help. The article argues that touristic securitization is securing different worlds of (in)security.
Keywords
- Development, Security, Tourism, NGOs, Guatemala, inequality, development, security, nongovernmental organizations, tourism, securitization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Cultural Studies
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
- Social Sciences(all)
- Urban Studies
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In: Space and Culture, Vol. 23, No. 1, 01.02.2020, p. 34–47.
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T1 - The Role of NGOs in Touristic Securitization
T2 - The Case of La Antigua Guatemala
AU - Becklake, Sarah Jane
N1 - Funding information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This article stems from PhD research funded by the University of Lancaster’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a 1-year Economic and Social Research Council Global Challenges Research Fund Post-Doctoral Fellowship. I would like to acknowledge the invaluable mentorship, supervision, and support of Profs. Sylvia Walby, John Urry, and Anne-Marie Fortier. I would also like to thank Profs. Eveline Dürr, Rivke Jaffe, and Gareth Jones, as well as Drs. Alana Osbourne, Barbara Vodopivec, Alessandro Angelini, David Frohnapfel, and Markus Hochmüller for reading and commenting on earlier drafts. This article has benefited greatly from two anonymous reviewers’ feedback. All errors are, of course, mine. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This article stems from PhD research funded by the University of Lancaster’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a 1-year Economic and Social Research Council Global Challenges Research Fund Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - This article focuses on the role of nonprofit, nongovernmental, international development organizations (NGOs) in touristic securitization, the practice of securing tourists to sustain tourism. Especially in the Global South, NGOs are incorporating tourism into their operations/ funding strategies and, thus, becoming touristic securitization stakeholders and actors. Through focusing on Western NGOs in and around Guatemala’s main tourism destination, La AntiguaGuatemala, this article investigates how NGOs rely on, contribute to, and/or engage in touristic securitization. While the article demonstrates that NGOs help make Western tourists feel safe enough to travel to Guatemala, as well as help to keep them from harm while visiting, it also shows how touristic securitization is informed by and informing of intersecting inequalities and (re)producing human insecurities, especially for poor, often indigenous, Guatemalans, the very people NGOs aim to help. The article argues that touristic securitization is securing different worlds of (in)security.
AB - This article focuses on the role of nonprofit, nongovernmental, international development organizations (NGOs) in touristic securitization, the practice of securing tourists to sustain tourism. Especially in the Global South, NGOs are incorporating tourism into their operations/ funding strategies and, thus, becoming touristic securitization stakeholders and actors. Through focusing on Western NGOs in and around Guatemala’s main tourism destination, La AntiguaGuatemala, this article investigates how NGOs rely on, contribute to, and/or engage in touristic securitization. While the article demonstrates that NGOs help make Western tourists feel safe enough to travel to Guatemala, as well as help to keep them from harm while visiting, it also shows how touristic securitization is informed by and informing of intersecting inequalities and (re)producing human insecurities, especially for poor, often indigenous, Guatemalans, the very people NGOs aim to help. The article argues that touristic securitization is securing different worlds of (in)security.
KW - Development
KW - Security
KW - Tourism
KW - NGOs
KW - Guatemala
KW - inequality
KW - development
KW - security
KW - nongovernmental organizations
KW - tourism
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