Anthropology 2272F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 3B: Sub-Saharan Africa, Neoliberalism, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
25 May 2020
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The author argues that the dynamics of global tourism reveal an underlying (neoliberal) world order which draws animals and places into the world economy in particular ways. Recent developments made in safari tourism in sub-saharan africa reveal the interactions between neoliberalism, tourism, and nature. Through a neoliberal world order, nature has been commodified through the global workings of tourism: produces new dynamics and challenges (not always negative) for the people who work with elephants, and the elephants themselves. Neoliberalisation of nature: a socioecological project and its effects are simultaneously occurring in both societal and biophysical ways: outcomes are not trivial, consequences are not subtle, actors in the biophysical world enjoy or suffer the consequences. The growth of the global tourism industry over the last 20 years can be accredited towards the functioning of neoliberalism. Tourism is a global dynamic that allows neoliberalism to travel over time and space.
