Abstract

In this paper we focus on the relationship between justice and tourism and the tension between consumerism and citizenship within the context of small values-based tourism firms. We combine Foucault’s concept of parrhesia, the speaking of “truth to power”, with Latour’s Actor-Network Theory to show how those businesses are situated in an interconnected world, where the global/local distinction is flattened. This qualitative study adopts a narrative approach which consists of in-depth, unstructured interviews with owner-managers of small Italian tour operators. This research suggests that small firms largely make sense of themselves as global citizens; ‘truth-tellers’, pursuing justice in response to the 21^st Century’s crises and challenges. In this scenario, alternative tourism forms of production and consumption centered on human beings and their roles in society become central. Thus, we advocate for the emergence of ways to resist capitalist forms of tourism through collective acts of activism.

摘要

在本文中，我们重点关注小型价值观旅游公司背景下正义与旅游业之间的关系以及消费主义与公民身份之间的紧张关系。我们将福柯的直言概念（即“真理对权力”的说法）与拉图尔的行动者网络理论相结合，以展示这些企业如何位于一个相互关联的世界中，在这个世界中，全球/本地的区别被拉平了。这项定性研究采用叙事方法，其中包括对意大利小型旅行社的所有者兼经理进行深入、非结构化的访谈。这项研究表明，小企业在很大程度上将自己视为全球公民。“说真话的人”，响应21^{世纪追求正义}世纪的危机与挑战。在这种情况下，以人类及其在社会中的角色为中心的替代旅游生产和消费形式成为核心。因此，我们主张通过集体行动来抵制资本主义形式的旅游业。