The (im)possibilities of doing tourism otherwise: the case of settler colonial Australia and the closure of the climb at Uluru
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2021
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Everingham, P.
Peters, A.
Higgins Desbiolles, F.
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Annals of Tourism Research, 2021; 88(103178):1-11
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This article analyses the recent closure of the Uluru climb in the settler colonial context of Australia and reflects on (im)possibilities for doing tourism otherwise to practices and logics of coloniality. Tourism at Uluru is embedded within settler colonial map-making, privileging supply side models of consumption at the expense of the Anangu Traditional Custodians. We contribute to the emerging body of research in tourism that argues for a dismantling of colonial logics in practice and theory and discuss the possibilities inherent in forms of tourism led by the Aboriginal custodians. In this context, tourism can promote deeper engagement to place that is ‘more-than-human’, beyond the Eurocentric dualisms of nature and culture, human/non-human/spirit. Unlearning coloniality is key for promoting transformative tourism.
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Crown Copyright 2021
Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript available after 1 April 2024