Indigenous tourism (2)?
Project proposal:
I am interested in the relationship between indigenous self-representation, and eco-tourism as a means of economic survival. As Native communities struggle to protect their land, they seek new models for generating income, often through the sale of arts and crafts, and increasingly through Native-run tourism. Both video and the internet have become spaces for the promotion of human rights as well as sites for advertising a tourist experience. I would like to review the strategies that these sites are using to either contest or recreate tourist discourses.