Biographical Research Methods and Their Use in the Study of Senior Tourism

Huber, Dominik; Milne, Simon; Hyde, Kenneth F.

doi:10.1002/jtr.2081

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“…In‐depth biographical interviews were conducted in two data collection phases between October 2011 and September 2012 to explore the constraints and facilitators of senior tourism behaviour (see Huber, Milne, & Hyde, ). The interviews lasted between 20 min and 3.5 hr and were conducted either in the homes of the participants or within the facilities of the senior centre.…”

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A life course perspective to understanding senior tourism patterns and preferences

Huber

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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This paper explores the relationships between life course transitions and seniors'tourism behaviour with a focus on social-psychological factors. The study employs a qualitative research approach and applied biographical interviews with 23 participants (older than 60 years) from Germany. Five themes are identified and presented in this paper: "role transitions," "the loss of partners," "stressful situations and illness," "travel saturation," and "perception of age." A model is developed that integrates the impact of life course transitions, the collections of travel experiences, and the perception of age on tourism behaviour. Research findings are discussed in light of existing literature and theories on human development and ageing.

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A life course perspective to understanding senior tourism patterns and preferences

Huber

2019

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…They may be analyzed internally by the individuals concerned, through “self-talk” or “inner speech” ( Hurlburt et al, 2016 ; Dickens et al, 2017 ). Perceptions and memories may themselves be influenced by aging, and this applies in tourism and mobility research ( Huber et al, 2017 ; Tilley et al, 2017 ) as well as more generally ( Bradburn et al, 1987 ; Knäuper et al, 2016 ).…”

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Aging Adventure Athletes Assess Achievements and Alter Aspirations to Maintain Self-Esteem

Buckley

2018

Front. Psychol.

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Achievements and capabilities influence the self-esteem of skilled adventure athletes. Self-esteem affects individual mental health. Aging commonly reduces adventure capabilities. To avoid loss in self-esteem, aging adventure athletes are forced to adjust their aspirations. Here, I examine this process using participant observation, ethnographic and autoethnographic approaches. The qualitative data for this analysis are derived from 60 years’ experience in outdoor adventure activities, and ∼30,000 person-hours of participant observation. I argue that individuals assess their own capabilities against a set of specific feats. For some activities, successful completion of a specific feat is known as nailing it. The selection of these feats depends on factors such as activity and geographic location, as well as individual experience and peer comparisons. I examine the detailed process using a single feat repeated over a period of decades, the bubble-line kayak run through Lava Falls on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. I compare other examples of nail or fail to construct a general framework for self-esteem in aging adventure athletes, with both physical and psychological feedback loops. I also identify two key thresholds, as aging adventure athletes recognize their declining skills. These may apply to aging more broadly, beyond outdoor adventure.

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“…These are 1) systematic study of historical archives, 2) oral histories, and 3) biography and prosopography, as both discrete and overlapping, but complementary ways of approaching hospitality and tourism studies with historical methodologies. On their own, each of the historic approaches outlined constitute a long-standing and well-developed mode of research that have been identified and used (separately) in recent hospitality and tourism research (Huber et al, 2017;Tung and Ritchie, 2011;Trapp-Fallon, 2007 andDesforges, 2000;Ladkin, 1999). However, these approaches are still not articulated in terms of how they can be used for hospitality and tourism research going forward.…”

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Historical approaches for hospitality and tourism research

MacKenzie

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Wong

2019

IJCHM

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Purpose This paper aims to show how historical approaches can better inform understanding of hospitality and tourism research. Recent work in business and management has posited the value of historical research and narrative frameworks to explicate business phenomena – here the authors propose an approach to hospitality and tourism studies could be similarly beneficial. Design/methodology/approach Three principal historical approaches are proposed: systematic study of historical archives, oral histories and biography and prosopography. The paper further proposes that such work should be aligned to Andrews and Burke’s framework of the 5Cs: context, change over time, causality, complexity and contingency to help situate research appropriately and effectively. Findings This paper suggests that historical methods can prove particularly useful in hospitality and tourism research by testing, extending and creating theory that is empirically informed and socially situated. The analysis put forward shows that undertaking historical work set against the framework of the 5Cs of historical research offers the potential for wider and deeper understandings of hospitality and tourism research by revealing temporal and historical dynamics in the field that may hitherto be unseen or insufficiently explored. Originality/value Much of the existing work on the benefits of historical approaches in business and management has focussed on the why or the what. This paper focuses on the how, articulating how historical approaches offer significant potential to aid the understanding of hospitality and tourism research.

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Biographical Research Methods and Their Use in the Study of Senior Tourism

Cited by 28 publications

References 44 publications

A life course perspective to understanding senior tourism patterns and preferences

A life course perspective to understanding senior tourism patterns and preferences

Aging Adventure Athletes Assess Achievements and Alter Aspirations to Maintain Self-Esteem

Historical approaches for hospitality and tourism research

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