Asian qualitative research in tourism ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies, and methods /

This book explores the ontologies, epistemologies, methodologies, and methods that inform tourism qualitative research conducted either by Asian scholars or non-Asian scholars focusing on Asia. In addition to providing a platform for researchers to publish their qualitative journeys, it aims to enco...

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Other Authors: Khoo-Lattimore, Catheryn, 1974-, Mura, Paolo,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Singapore : Springer, 2018.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (319 pages).
Series: Perspectives on Asian tourism.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Asian Qualitative Tourism Research
  • Chapter 2. Tourism Studies and the Metaphysics of Presence: Matters of Ontology and the Enlightened Eye
  • Chapter 3. Tourism Studies and the Lost Mandates of Knowing: Matters of Epistemology for the Inscriptive/Projective Industry
  • Chapter 4. Interpretivism in Asian Qualitative Tourism Research
  • Chapter 5. Critical Theory in Asian Tourism Research
  • Chapter 6. Qualitative research skill training and developing reflexivity
  • Chapter 7. Been There, Done That: Working and Travelling in "Middle Earth"
  • Chapter 8. Understanding Ethnography: An 'Exotic' Ethnographer's Perspective
  • Chapter 9. Mapping Marketing Communications in Asian Tourism: Case Study Research
  • Chapter 10. Co-construction in the study of the trade union movements in the Nepalese tourism industry using grounded theory
  • Chapter 11. Emic Voices on Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Tourism Model: A qualitative approach using Grounded Theory Methodology
  • Chapter 12. Grounded theory approach in the study of rural tourism destination governance in China
  • Chapter 13. Qualitative Research in Tourism: Reflections of an Asian Researcher
  • Chapter 14. Connecting with a destination: The case of Gardens by the Bay
  • Chapter 15. Black on Brown: Research paradoxes for black scholars working in ethnic communities
  • Chapter 16. Prophet or profit? Emotional reflections on Indonesian tourism
  • Chapter 17. The qualitative Other
  • An autoethnography on the experience of conducting a qualitative tourism PhD in Hong Kong
  • Chapter 18. 'When in Rome do as the Romans do'? A Reflective Account on Methodological Approach during PhD Journey
  • Chapter 19: Conclusion.