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Poszukiwanie dobrego życia na globalnym Południu. Migranci w nieformalnym sektorze turystycznym w Indiach

Publication date: 31.10.2019

Ethnographies, 2019, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp. 55 - 68

https://doi.org/10.4467/22999558.PE.19.004.11547

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Natalia Bloch
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Wieniawskiego 1, 61-712 Poznań, Poland
University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1341-550X Orcid
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Poszukiwanie dobrego życia na globalnym Południu. Migranci w nieformalnym sektorze turystycznym w Indiach

Abstract

Searching for a Good Life in the Global South. Migrants In the Informal Tourism Sector in India

Migration motivated by searching for a good life is usually associated with the privileged citizens of the Global North. This is even more apparent if we look at the intersections of migration and tourism. These are usually ‘expatriates’ from the Global North in the Global South who fulfill their quest running lifestyle oriented small tourism businesses. Meanwhile, migrants who originate from the Global South are imagined as homo economicus, motivated predominantly by better earning opportunities. I challenge this assumption by scrutinizing the informal tourism sector at the Hampi World Heritage site in India. The majority of small entrepreneurs in this sector are seasonal migrants. When asked about the reasons for choosing Hampi, they point at the category of shanti (i.e. tranquility), which they use to counter capitalist notions of profitability. I seek to answer the question of how ‘tranquility’ is defined by them and how this affects their migratory decisions.

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Information: Ethnographies, 2019, Volume 47, Issue 2, pp. 55 - 68

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Poszukiwanie dobrego życia na globalnym Południu. Migranci w nieformalnym sektorze turystycznym w Indiach

English:
Searching for a Good Life in the Global South. Migrants In the Informal Tourism Sector in India

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1341-550X

Natalia Bloch
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Wieniawskiego 1, 61-712 Poznań, Poland
University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1341-550X Orcid
All publications →

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Wieniawskiego 1, 61-712 Poznań, Poland

University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Published at: 31.10.2019

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