A master thesis from Aalborg University
Autenticitet i turisme
[Authenticity in Tourism]
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Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2008
Submitted on
2008-05-29
Pages
90 pages
Abstract
The existence of authenticity on the touristic scene has been quiered by various tourism scholars and the discussion whether authenticity is obtainable is never ending. This thesis clarifies the different scholarly positions towards the concept of authenticity. It furthermore categorizes them on the basis of a text by Wang that uses the philosophical approaches of objectivism, constructivism, post-modernism and existentialism and their idea of authenticity. On the basis of these, both a case study and an interview study are conducted in order to test the hypothesis carried out in the start of the thesis that puts authenticity into a post-modern context. Within this post-modern understanding of authenticity, it is claimed that it does not exist in a tourism context.
Tilstedeværelsen af autencitet på turisme området er blevet belyst af adskillige forskere og diskussionen om hvorvidt autenticitet er opnåelig er endeløs. Dette speciale belyser de forskellige forskeres tilgange til autenticitet konceptet. Yderligere kategoriserer specialet disse tilgange på baggrund af en artikel af Wang, der benytter de filosofiske tilgange: objektivisme, konstruktivisme, post-modernisme og existentialisme og deres ide om autenticitet. På denne baggrund er en case og en interview undersøgelse blevet udført for at be- eller afkræfte hypotesen i starten af specialet, der placerer autenticitet i en post-moderne kontekst. Indenfor den post-moderne tilgang til autenticitet påstås det at autenticitet ikke eksisterer i turisme.
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