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Exploring a unifying approach to peacebuilding through tourism: Abraham and Israel/Palestine
Journal of Sustainable Tourism ( IF 9.470 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-26 , DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2021.1891240
Jack Shepherd 1
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Abstract

This work emerges from the encouragement of peace studies scholars to seek out commonalities that can unite rival sides in a conflict. Based on this call, I propose the unifying approach to peacebuilding through tourism as one where tourism initiatives use unifying points (such as figures, sites, stories and symbols) that help conflicting sides see commonalities and thus facilitate cross-cultural understanding. In particular, I look at how the story of Abraham (communal father of Jews, Christians and Muslims) appears to be used as a guiding fiction for the work of two tourism initiatives in Israel and Palestine. Based on mixed qualitative data, I use Creative Analytic Practice to present two semi-fictional stories that explore this use of Abraham, exposing the potential benefits and risks associated with striving for a unifying peace in an arena as charged as the Israeli-Palestinian context. These stories reveal that the unifying approach provides a valuable vocabulary of progress that challenges the dominant sectarian narratives of tourism in the region, yet simultaneously rubs awkwardly against the sharp divisions and imbalances of the Israeli-Palestinian context.



中文翻译:

探索通过旅游业建设和平的统一方法:亚伯拉罕和以色列/巴勒斯坦

摘要

这项工作源于鼓励和平研究学者寻找可以在冲突中团结敌对双方的共同点。基于这一呼吁,我提出了通过旅游建设和平的统一方法,即旅游倡议使用统一的点(如数字、地点、故事和符号),帮助冲突双方看到共同点,从而促进跨文化理解。特别是,我研究了亚伯拉罕(犹太人、基督徒和穆斯林的共同父亲)的故事是如何被用作指导性小说的以色列和巴勒斯坦两项旅游倡议的工作。基于混合的定性数据,我使用创造性分析实践来呈现两个半虚构的故事,探讨亚伯拉罕的这种用途,揭示在以色列-巴勒斯坦背景下与争取统一和平相关的潜在利益和风险。这些故事表明,统一的方法提供了一个有价值的进步词汇,挑战了该地区旅游业的主要宗派叙事,但同时尴尬地与以色列-巴勒斯坦环境的尖锐分歧和不平衡相冲突。

更新日期:2021-02-26
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