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Residents with camera: Exploring tourism impacts through participant-generated images

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 87; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.annals.2020.103112

1873-7722

Theres Winter, Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong,

Museums and Cultural Heritage

There are calls for increasing the uptake of visual methods in tourism research. This paper makes a distinct contribution to visual methodology by focusing on images generated by local residents. We examine the opportunities and challenges of utilising participant-generated photo-elicitation. Specifically, through participant-generated images, this research studies tourism impacts in the coastal destination of Imbassaí, in the state of Bahia in the Northeast of Brazil. The unusual experience of looking through a camera on their lives, enabled participants to reflect on and make sense of their social worlds in relation to tourism impacts. Photo-elicitation effectively engages participants and provides more nuanced insights into social phenomena. There are however organisational, ethical and practical challenges that need to be considered.