Otherness, Othering and Space in Tourism Futures

Edited by Lucia Tomassini

Publication date:

Q4 2025

Publisher

Channel View Publications

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781845419325

This book critically examines the concepts of otherness and othering in tourism, investigating how human and non-human actors are perceived and positioned within tourism spaces. It offers theoretical insights on tourism futures, spatial entanglements between humans and non-humans and practical case studies from researchers and practitioners. Drawing from posthumanist theory and its affirmative ethics, it challenges traditional anthropocentric views, emphasising relationality, justice and sustainability in tourism development. The volume integrates future studies and theories to explore emerging trends, critical reflections and possible utopian and dystopian scenarios for the future of tourism. It is a valuable resource for students, researchers and professionals in tourism and leisure studies, geography and anthropology, as well as those exploring posthumanism, the spatial turn in the social sciences and critical tourism studies.

Chapter 1. Lucia Tomassini: Introduction - Entangled with the Others: Which Implications for Tourism Futures?

PART 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Otherness, Processes of Othering and Space in Contemporary Tourism and Implications for its Future Development

Chapter 2. Lucia Tomassini: The Future of Tourism: Memos for this New Millennium

Chapter 3. Elisa Burrai: A Posthuman Theorisation of Otherness and Othering in Tourism and Migration

Chapter 4. Jessica Bell Rizzolo and David Fennell: Animal Ethics and Cultural Relativism: Bridging 'Otherness' to Find Justice for Non-Human Animals in Tourism Futures

Chapter 5. Dominic Lapointe, Arianne Simard-Picard, Julien Menu, Guillaume Ethier and Laurence Laroque Labossière: Sugar Shaking Tourism Assemblage: Deterritorialization and Othering Maple Trees in Complex Possible Futures

PART 2: Navigating Spatial Entanglements with the ‘Other’ and Implications for Tourism Futures

Chapter 6. Giovanna Bertella and Ludovica Lombardini: The Future of Rural Tourism and Leisure Literature: Perpetuating or Challenging the ‘Othering’ of Farm Animals?

Chapter 7. Meghan L. Muldoon: Human and Non-Human Animal Mobilities in an Insecure World: A Critique of (De)Humanizing Narratives and Implications for Alternative Futures

Chapter 8. Hin Hoarau-Heemstra and Anne Wally Ryan: Encountering the Other: The Role of Underwater Photographers in Shaping the Futures of Regenerative Marine Tourism

Chapter 9. Mikko Äijälä, Minni Haanpää and José-Carlos García-Rosell: Video Methods in Co-Creating Space for Non-Human Animals in Tourism Futures

Chapter 10. Francesco Vietti: Exploring the Twilight Zone: Anthropology, Science Fiction and Tourism Futures in Urban Environments

PART 3: Views and Insights from Independent Researchers and Practitioners

Chapter 11. Sarah Gainsforth: Tourism, Urban Population and Othering: Critical Reflections and Forecasts for Italian Cultural Cities

Chapter 12. Jana Milovanovič: The Space of Young Residents with a Migrant Background as Cross-Borders Guides: The Project ‘Rural Migrantour: Paths of Recovery’

Chapter 13. Michal Lovecky and Ninja Mueller: Digital Worlds for Blue Tourism: The Case of Extended Realities in Tourism Futures

Chapter 14. Christian Lenzi and Chiara Grasso: Bridging Theory to Practice for an Ethical Animal-Based Tourism Future: The Case of the Italian Association ETICOSCIENZA

Chapter 15. Lucia Tomassini: Conclusive Reflections on Tourism Futures: Memos, Turning Points, and Emerging Themes

Tourism is about encountering ‘the Other’ – other peoples, places, species and lifeways. This compilation guides us through multiple encounters with Others in various contexts, most particularly human-animal interfaces in tourism. Using a futures lens and an ethical imaginary, Dr Tomassini has commissioned a talented group of authors to reveal to us tourism potentialities in supporting more ecocentric and inclusive futures.