Abstract

An important aspect of contemporary volunteer tourism is generated by the possibility of having personal, emotional and affective encounters and experiences. Volunteer summer camps on former war sites, organized by the German Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP), can be regarded as an expression of a contemporary form of tourism, which consists of the development of a personal, affective, and immersive approach to learning and volunteering on former war sites. A performative approach to studying emotion is applied, and helps to locate and understand the social, cultural, and political components that instigate the desire for affective volunteer tourism. For this study, 26 semi-structured in-depth interviews have been conducted with participants of ARSP volunteer summer camps that focused on conserving and maintaining former war sites in Italy, Lithuania, and France. The results indicate that volunteers expect war themed summer camps to be impactful (in terms of work) and emotional (in terms of personal experiences). Yet, the sought-after impact and emotion are not always found, which gives rise to contradictory feelings and tensions. Feelings of guilt about unmet expectations have caused volunteers to re-evaluate their motives and look for different ways to make the summer camps meaningful to them. Participants were encouraged to critically reflect, on this form of volunteer tourism in particular, and on societal debates about war and volunteer tourism in general.

摘要

当代志愿者旅游的一个重要方面是由个人、情感和情感的相遇和体验的可能性产生的。由德国和平行动和解局 (ARSP) 组织的前战争遗址志愿者夏令营可被视为当代旅游形式的一种表现形式，其中包括发展个人、情感和身临其境的学习方法并在前战争地点做志愿者。应用了一种研究情感的表演方法，有助于定位和理解激发对情感志愿者旅游的渴望的社会、文化和政治成分。对于这项研究，对 ARSP 志愿者夏令营的参与者进行了 26 次半结构化的深度访谈，这些夏令营的重点是保护和维护意大利、立陶宛和法国的前战争遗址。结果表明，志愿者希望以战争为主题的夏令营具有影响力（就工作而言）和情感（就个人经历而言）。然而，人们并不总是能找到广受欢迎的影响和情感，这会产生矛盾的感觉和紧张局势。对未达到期望的内疚感促使志愿者重新评估他们的动机，并寻找不同的方式让夏令营对他们有意义。鼓励参与者批判性地反思这种形式的志愿旅游，特别是关于战争和志愿旅游的社会辩论。结果表明，志愿者希望以战争为主题的夏令营具有影响力（就工作而言）和情感（就个人经历而言）。然而，人们并不总是能找到广受欢迎的影响和情感，这会产生矛盾的感觉和紧张局势。对未达到期望的内疚感促使志愿者重新评估他们的动机，并寻找不同的方式让夏令营对他们有意义。鼓励参与者批判性地反思这种形式的志愿旅游，特别是关于战争和志愿旅游的社会辩论。结果表明，志愿者希望以战争为主题的夏令营具有影响力（就工作而言）和情感（就个人经历而言）。然而，人们并不总是能找到广受欢迎的影响和情感，这会产生矛盾的感觉和紧张局势。对未达到期望的内疚感促使志愿者重新评估他们的动机，并寻找不同的方式让夏令营对他们有意义。鼓励参与者批判性地反思这种形式的志愿旅游，特别是关于战争和志愿旅游的社会辩论。这会引起矛盾的感觉和紧张。对未达到期望的内疚感促使志愿者重新评估他们的动机，并寻找不同的方式让夏令营对他们有意义。鼓励参与者批判性地反思这种形式的志愿旅游，特别是关于战争和志愿旅游的社会辩论。这会引起矛盾的感觉和紧张。对未达到期望的内疚感促使志愿者重新评估他们的动机，并寻找不同的方式让夏令营对他们有意义。鼓励参与者批判性地反思这种形式的志愿旅游，特别是关于战争和志愿旅游的社会辩论。