Blog
Ko regularly updates a blog at the Slum Tourism Network for which he is also webmaster. The latest blogs of this website can be seen below.
- Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:08:20 +0000: Visiting the French Banlieue
The global nature of slum tourism is yet again observed in a French newspaper article and accompanying film about tourists visiting the Banlieue (impoverished suburbs) around the big cities in France. Unfortunately both publications are in French, so may be sometimes somewhat difficult to follow (google translation). As a short summary, the article discusses how [...] - Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:51:33 +0000: Difficulties in promoting tourism to the Tenderloin area in San Francisco
Although most news on slum tourism still focuses on developing countries, slum tourism is becoming more and more visible in Western Europe and the USA too, as do the ethical discussions surrounding such tourism. A recent example of this is so called tourism to the area of “Tenderloin” in San Francisco. Proponents who want to [...] - Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:31:37 +0000: Poverty Tourism and the Problem of Consent
In an earlier post I discussed a paper written by Evan Selinger, Kevin Outterson and Kyle Powys Whyte that was published by the Boston University of Law. The authors have published another paper on pvoerty tourism, this time focusing on the ethical question of poverty tourism and the difficulties surrounding consent. They discuss whether it [...] - Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:38:22 +0000: The ugly side of slum tourism
A weblog by Michael Smith mentions the possible start of of poverty tourism to the Romani settlements near Veµká Lomnicea village in Slovakia. What is significant about this form of slum tourism is not just the location, but also the fact that it is the mayor of the town that is planning to organise the [...] - Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:30:33 +0000: CALL FOR PAPERS: Commodifying Urban Poverty, Social Exclusion, and Marginalisation: Spatial and Social Consequences
The 17th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences will host a session called: “Commodifying Urban Poverty, Social Exclusion, and Marginalisation: Spatial and Social Consequences”. The conference will be held in Manchester 5-10 August 2013, but the organisation is already asking for paper proposals (the deadline is 20 July 2011). This [...]