Sunday, 15 April 2018
yeah first citation for WWOOF paper
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) as part of the existing care economy in Canada
Lans, C.
Geoforum
volume 75, issue , year 2016, pp. 16 - 19
has been cited in:
Tourism and ‘dirt’: A case study of WWOOF farms in New Zealand
Wengel, Y., McIntosh, A., Cockburn-Wootten, C.
Journal of Hospitality And Tourism Management
volume 35, issue , year 2018, pp. 46 - 55
Author links open overlay panelYanaWengelaAlisonMcIntoshbCherylCockburn-Woottenc
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Leeds Beckett University, International Centre for Research in Events, Tourism and Hospitality (ICERT), Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QN, United Kingdom
b
Auckland University of Technology, School of Hospitality and Tourism, 55 Wellesley St East, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
c
The University of Waikato, Waikato Management School, Private Bag 3105, 3216 Hamilton, New Zealand
Received 28 July 2017, Revised 13 February 2018, Accepted 2 March 2018, Available online 20 March 2018.
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Abstract
Tourism research on host-guest relations in non-profit exchange programmes remains scant. Using a case study of WWOOF farms in New Zealand, this paper examines the experiences of farmers and volunteers (‘WWOOFers’) in the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) programme. Using qualitative methods that privileged participants' voices, the research aimed to uncover the nature of the host-guest relationship in non-for-profit tourism. The key theme of ‘dirt’ is explored in this paper to illustrate both the physical nature of the voluntary farm work and the perceived exploitation of volunteers that are reported to characterise this experience. Overall, the findings challenge the idealistic aims of this type of volunteer tourism exchange programme that is usually reported in tourism literature. Specifically, the findings indicate the tensions of economic and ethical accountability within the WWOOF network and its community. The paper contributes to tourism studies research by providing a further understanding of the experiences shaping the relations and tensions between hosts and guests in this non-profit exchange programme.
Keywords
WWOOF
Volunteer tourism
Host-guest relations
Ethical accountability
Dirt
Dr Yana Wengel is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at ICRETH at the Leeds Beckett University. Yana takes a critical approach to tourism studies and her interests include volunteer tourism, non-profit tourism, tourism in developing economies, creative methodologies and mountain tourism. Her Doctoral research examined the social construction of the New Zealand World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms programme (WWOOFing). She has an interest in creative qualitative tools for data collection and stakeholder engagement.
Dr Alison McIntosh is Professor of Tourism and Hospitality at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. As a critical scholar, her main research interests are in social justice, inclusion and advocacy through tourism and hospitality; humanitarian travel, community hospitality and volunteering; reflexivity, creative and participative research approaches, and community engagement methods. She has published widely in leading international journals and is Co-Editor of the journal, Hospitality & Society.
Dr Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten is Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Her work focuses on critical examinations of the communication of social issues concerning accessibility, equity and dignity. She adopts an organisational communication perspective to investigate issues within the critical hospitality and tourism area. Cheryl, along with Alison McIntosh, is one of the Co-Founders of the Network for Community Hospitality (NCH) which bridges academia with not-for-profits to tackle social issues facing our societies.
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