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dc.contributor.authorTemarantz, Ami
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-06T14:04:43Z
dc.date.available2011-09-06T14:04:43Z
dc.date.issued2011-09-06
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/14194
dc.description.abstractThis thesis uses three case studies to analyze and contextualize the interface between Western conceptions of indigenous peoples and nature and community-based conservation and development schemes in the Amazon: Kapawi Ecolodge (Ecuador), Chalalán Ecolodge (Bolivia), and Posada Amazonas (Peru). It explores how three Amazonian communities represent their indigenous identity in the online marketing of their ecotourism lodges. As a methodological tool, this research identifies four characteristics of the Ecologically Noble Savage stereotype: the spatial, the spiritual, the temporal, and the cultural. Current ethnographic literature describing these communities is used to analyze these self-representations. This thesis examines these representations within larger academic discussions on authenticity, power and control, and the long-term viability of ecotourism as a community-based development model.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEcotourism, indigenous peoples, Amazon, tourism, community-based developmenten_US
dc.title"Take a Picture with a Real Indian": (Self-) Representation, Ecotourism, and Indigeneity in Amazoniaen_US
dc.date.defence2011-08-11
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of International Development Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Artsen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerKregg Hetheringtonen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorOwen Willisen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerMarian Binkleyen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerJohn Cameronen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorMarian Binkley; John Cameronen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
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