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Made in Madagascar Notes Globalization - Worldwide intensification of interactions & the increased movement of: • money, people, goods, & ideas - Effects of Globalization - McDonaldization? Global Bazaar: Lack of information Impacts of Globalization on Cultural Practices - Localization - Process by which local cultural groups turn globally expanding culture into something of its own. Tourism - Tourism accounts for the largest flow of people across national borders - UN World Tourism Organization estimates that by 2020 - there will be 1.6 billion tourists each year - spending US $2 trillion dollars "Tourism is not just a commercial activity, but rather that it is also closely linked to the production of culture in the contemporary world." - Shinji Yamashita Bali & Beyond Anthropological Studies of Tourism - Tourism serves as economic development - Tourism as Colonialism - continuing unequal relationships Anthropology's Scientific Method - Select an issue, literature review, write a grant, fieldwork, analysis (i.e. coding), & publish results. Origins of National Parks... Tuesday, February 7, 2017 1 Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Colonial conservation - National parks, pioneered in the US, denied indigenous people's rights, evicted them from their homelands, & provoked long-term social conflict. Made In Madagascar Chap. 2 (Mining & Global Economy) - Why is the author studying sapphire miners in Madagascar? What is he hoping to achieve? (Anthropological Perspective) - Insights into the knots of global connections Examples of the global bazaar? - Knowledge differentials, Chapter 3: Eco-Tourism - Eco-tourism - natural areas, contributes to both the conservation of the local environment & to an improvement in the lives of local people - Born in the 1970's w/ environmental movement Who's Benefiting from Eco-Tourism - Tourists, researchers, Malagasy's tour guides, hotel/tour shop/restaurant owners, Who's Not Benefiting - Locals uneducated in - Languages - About the area - Speciality - Tourists' culture

Must Haves for Eco-Tourism - Economic opportunities need to be culturally appropriate - Local residents need land tenure & control over land use decisions - Tourism needs to benefit locals more than just economically How does this tie into a Global Bazaar? - More information - More wins 2 Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - Lack of information hinders from making rational decisions - Need specific knowledge set for success in eco-tourism Why do conservation advocates not anticipate the potential negative impacts of ecotourism? - Neoliberalism - Let the market drive supply & demand (market doesn't perform as it ought to) Community-based Tourism - A form of sustainable tourism that is usually understood to be small-scale, destination-focused tourism in which the community has primary control over decision making & profits Common Problems - Ensuring involvement of all stakeholders without excluding some subgroups - Defining what is sustainability Vietnam Preliminary research - interview people - what their concerns were, how they define community stakeholders Presentations of research findings & Q/A w/ representatives of major Get a list of what local ppl think are good attractions 3...