ERIC Number: EJ1440973
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1750-8487
EISSN: EISSN-1750-8495
Heterotopia and the 'Image of Africa': School Tours and Philanthropy in a Zimbabwean School
Critical Studies in Education, v65 n4 p386-402 2024
Schools in southern Africa use tourism partnerships as a source for establishing philanthropic funding and philanthropic networks. In these partnerships, there is often an exchange of funds for use of the school for tourism purposes. Little is known about the influence of tourism on schools. Drawing on interviews with teachers and tourism personnel in one school that is also a tourism destination, this paper uses the concept of heterotopia to explore the spatial imagery associated with the image of Africa and how the norms of the tourism industry govern and reshape schooling. This paper contributes to our understanding of schools funded by tourism by critiquing how an image is reproduced for the tourist gaze and how schools funded by tourism become a mirror of the tourism industry.
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Tourism, Networks, Partnerships in Education, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Change, Institutional Characteristics, Criticism, Governance, Colonialism, History, Stereotypes, African Culture, Teaching Load, Work Environment, School Visitation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Zimbabwe
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