Permanent link
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/14843
Date
2018-10-31Type
Master thesisMastergradsoppgave
Abstract
Offering (or receiving) work in exchange for free accommodation is a
service that we have in tourism industry today and it has become a
worldwide phenomenon. In such exchanges, helpers come to the hosts’ home
and are expected to contribute a pre-agreed amount of time per day
(most often four to five hours of work a day) in exchange for lodging
and food, which is provided by the hosts. This master thesis is aiming
to find out how helpers ascribe meanings in such work-accommodation
exchange. In the history of the itinerant travelling, there are multiple
forms of itinerant travelling can be seen as antecedents to the
phenomenon of work-accommodation exchange today. Thus, this master
thesis went through many literatures of itinerant travelling forms in
the history to analogize the cultural and social dimensions of
work-accommodation exchange. Seven former helpers with different
background have selected to be interviewed. This master thesis touches
on the characteristics of the helpers, the work element, leisure,
vulnerability, post work-accommodation exchange experiences, antecedents
and new trends in this phenomenon.
Publisher
UiT The Arctic University of NorwayUiT Norges arktiske universitet
