Presentation Year

2015

Depreciated Participant

Kristopher AndersonGeographyUndergraduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Over the summer of 2014 research was conducted in China and Tibet. The main focus of the research involved the social identity of the Tibetan people and the perception of the people and place through he yes of a tourist. In order to find the perceptions and identity of the people the tourism industry was analyzed using textual analysis and participant observation. Souvenirs in particular were a focal point of the research leading the author to a belief that however difficult and even destructive the tourism industry can be on a place and people in this case it seems that the industry may be serving as an mechanism of national identity preservation.

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Yes

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31

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