Community Cultural Identity in Nature-Tourism Gateway Areas: Maun Village, Okavango Delta World Heritage Site, Botswana

Keitumetse, Susan Osireditse; Pampiri, Michelle

doi:10.1080/20518196.2016.1154738

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“…El turismo es un escenario estratégico en donde la comunidad puede representarse a sí misma frente a un público cerciorándose que su imagen sea comprendida y apreciada (Alemán, 2011b;Keitumetse & Pampiri, 2016;Salazar, 2012). Como parte de esta experiencia, los museos comunitarios representan un recurso ideal de exposición y difusión de la identidad local (Iju & Alemán, 2018;Narváez Vargas, 2019b;Silva, 2012).…”

Section: Turismo Comunitario Y Museosunclassified

Turismo Comunitario y Museo: Articulación para el Fortalecimiento de bases locales

Chicaiza¹,

Chontasi²

2021

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En el contexto de la planificación y el desarrollo del turismo, la comunidad es concebida como núcleo de personas organizadas y comprometidas con su bienestar colectivo. La experiencia de las iniciativas del turismo comunitario y el museo en comunidades está incidiendo en las prácticas culturales e imaginarios colectivos de una comunidad. Es así que, nace la necesidad de estudiar la articulación teórica entre turismo comunitario y museo comunitario, dos iniciativas de base local que en su proceso constructivo confluyen para generar beneficios al desarrollo comunitario. Para responder metodológicamente la investigación se utilizó la base documental teórica y el método análisis síntesis. El carácter descriptivo permitió identificar tres criterios de reflexión: correlación ecología y cultura; catalizador de identidad y fortalecedor de estructura social comunitaria. Los resultados demuestran que dicha articulación funciona de manera complementaria porque muestra la armonía del ser humano entre el sistema ecológico y cultural, al mismo tiempo representa un escenario de resiliencia debido a que la diversificación de las actividades proporciona oportunidades alternativas de desarrollo comunitario.

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Turismo Comunitario y Museo: Articulación para el Fortalecimiento de bases locales

Chicaiza¹,

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2021

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“…In addition to its biophysical aspects, the delta hosts various ethnic groups, the majority of which now live in the delta's “Gateway Villages” (Keitumetse and Pampiri, 2016). Ethnic groups found in the Ngamiland District include the Hambukushu, Baherero, Basarwa (Hunter-Gatherers), Batawana, Wayei, Bakgalagadi, Basubiya and BaGciriku peoples (Statistics Botswana, 2015; Tawana Land Board, 2006; Ramsar, 2021).…”

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Exploring cultural values of African wetlands for sustainable conservation: Okavango Delta World Heritage Site, Botswana

Keitumetse,

Mwale,

Satau

et al. 2023

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PurposeThis study applied the Heritage Place Lab (HPL) research-practice teams methodology to identify missing cultural values and/or oversubscribed natural values and assess impacts on sustainable conservation of the Okavango Delta World Heritage Site. The authors found that cultural elements are often overlooked owing to limited inputs from trans-disciplinary and cross-stakeholder perspectives to conservation. This may explain why the majority of African sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger are of “natural” designations, as an absence of cultural values is linked to the exclusion of people and, therefore, gives rise to conflicts of access and use.Design/methodology/approachWorld Heritage Site statistics, published and non-published documents/literature, site maps, site registers, consultancy reports and archival materials were used to assess whether existing as well as potential natural and cultural site values were considered for the contemporary management of the Okavango Delta site in a way that leads to a sustainable conservation approach. The composition of the research-practice team as suggested by the HPL methodology constituted a ready-made diverse team of academics, policy makers and community members that could apply its diverse expertise to fully assess whether all values necessary for a sustainable conservation approach are accounted for.FindingsUsing expertise of trans-disciplinary team populated during the HPL, the authors found that cultural values of the OD-WHS are not highlighted in the OUVs dossier but are significantly expressed on site by locals, leading to potential conflicts of conservation. The research alerts conservationists to embrace an approach that includes all values on the site in order move towards sustainable conservation.Research limitations/implicationsMore research that require funding is needed to cover a wider area of the site, as well as enable work in adjoining countries to compare experiences per country - The Okavango waterbody starts in Angola and go through Namibia, and finally to Botswana.Practical implicationsConservation indicators of African nature world heritage sites constitute of, and border on, diverse stakeholders. An all-encompassing approach such as the Heritage Place Lab (HPL) methodology approach always needs to be factored in.Social implicationsIncluding cultural aspects of world heritage sites designated as ‘natural' is important to allow for socio-cultural inclusion in conservation management. This allows for local communities to become visible and active participants in the management of the site as they contribute their socio-cultural qualities to landscape conservation and management, a process that has potential to enhance sustainable conservation of the Okavango Delta site landscape, as well as other wetlands across the world.Originality/value The adopted approach to values assessment has somehow not conformed to the OUVs emphasis or other dichotomies of the World Heritage criteria but instead assessed on-the-ground management practice against key sustainable conservation indicators. Using the ICCROM HPL trans-disciplinary research-practice team approach, the focus was on a holistic values assessment of the site. The authors found that cultural values are currently under recognised, under-acknowledged and less expressed; creating potential conflicts that may hinder achievement of sustainable conservation and management of the site towards 2030 SDG agenda.

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“…Tourism in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) is mainly concentrated in wildlife Protected Areas (PAs) and in areas that border and serve as entry points to PAs, known as gateway communities (Frauman & Banks, 2011). As part of PA ecosystem, the Gateway Communities (GCs) have, over the past two decades become tourism destinations as they are endowed with attractions for typically nature-based tourism (Keitumetse & Pampiri, 2016;Mwongoso et al, 2021). In the northern Tanzania, GCs have experienced three evolutionary stages of Butler East African Journal of Education and Social Sciences EAJESS March -April 2023, Vol.…”

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Impacts of Tourism Destination Development on Residents’ Livelihoods in Northern Tanzania

Mwongoso

Sirima

Mgonja

2023

EAJESS

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This study aimed at evaluating livelihood impacts in pursuit to provide answer to an outstanding question on whether tourism destination development over time has influenced residents’ access to adequate livelihood assets underlying household-wealth and well-being. The study involved agro-pastoralists residing in three gateway tourism destination communities: Loliondo, Lake Natron and Burunge, located in Northern Tanzania. A cost-effective impact evaluation based on residents’ definition of wealth was embedded in the participatory wealth-ranking as part of the multi-method approach involving in-depth interview, focus group discussions and survey among 416 tourism beneficiaries and 425 non-beneficiary households, to collect data on livelihood assets and changes in household’s wealth from year 2008/9 to 2018/19. It was found that, tourism has significantly raised the wealth status from normal to rich among benefiting households than non-benefiting, thus, enabled them to improve their well-being. Increase access to resident’s financial and human resources are recommended for further improvement of well-being.

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Community Cultural Identity in Nature-Tourism Gateway Areas: Maun Village, Okavango Delta World Heritage Site, Botswana

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Turismo Comunitario y Museo: Articulación para el Fortalecimiento de bases locales

Turismo Comunitario y Museo: Articulación para el Fortalecimiento de bases locales

Exploring cultural values of African wetlands for sustainable conservation: Okavango Delta World Heritage Site, Botswana

Impacts of Tourism Destination Development on Residents’ Livelihoods in Northern Tanzania

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