Social constructionism as a tool to maintain an advantage in tourism research

Butowski, Leszek; Kaczmarek, Jacek; Kowalczyk-Anioł, Joanna; Szafrańska, Ewa

doi:10.1080/14616688.2019.1654537

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“…Such intense co-authorship between these Figure 10 Twenty cities which come about most frequently in WOS in relation to urban tourism (cities and tourism) two countries in tourism research was also observed by Shen et al (2018) and Köseoglu et al (2019). The recent importance of Spain in tourism research was noted by Butowski et al (2019). The recent Spanish context substantiates our previous inferences on the role of ESCI journals in this field.…”

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confidence: 86%

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Mapping urban tourism issues: analysis of research perspectives through the lens of network visualization

Hočevar

Bartol

2021

IJTC

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify research perspectives/clusters in the field of urban tourism (city tourism) in narrow sense and tourism cities (cities and tourism) in the broader sense to examine the complex relationship through the optics of science mapping. This paper believes that the existing qualitative assessments of this field can be experimentally verified and visualized. Design/methodology/approach First, the key conceptual dilemmas of research perspectives in urban tourism are highlighted. Based on the Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection and the VOSviewer (computer program for visualizing bibliometric networks), the data will be analyzed. Clustering is used to evaluate information retrieval (inclusivity or selectivity of the search query), publication patterns (journal articles), author keywords, terminology and to identify the respective cities and author collaborations between countries. Findings Terminological specificities and their contextuality (authors’ preferences) are elaborated, as the topic is studied by authors from different disciplinary fields. Compared to other specific tourisms, urban tourism includes geographic terms (variations of city names) and terms with different connotations (travelers, visitors). Recent Spanish (also Portuguese) linguistic/geographic contexts are noticeable and a strong presence of WOS Emerging Sources Citation Index papers. Research perspectives are represented in the network of clusters of connected terms. If the search is based on a narrower sense of strict urban tourism, then tourism-business topics predominate. If tourism and cities are less closely linked, socio-cultural and environmental-spatial perspectives emerge, as does tourism/cities vulnerability (climate change and health issues). Research limitations/implications The construction of a search syntax for the purpose of retrieval is always marked by compromises, given different terminological usages. A narrow search query will miss many relevant documents. On the other hand, if the query is too general, it returns less relevant documents. To this end, this paper tested queries on three different levels of inclusivity or selectivity. More consistent use of terms would benefit authors in the field of urban tourism when searching for references (information retrieval) and, as a consequence, would allow better integration of the field. Practical implications This study provides a practical method for evaluating cities and tourism in combining the expertise of an information scientist and a sociologist. It points out numerous caveats in information retrieval. It offers an overview of publishing just prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, thus providing an opportunity for further comparative studies. Originality/value This study is the first to examine urban tourism using such a method and can serve as a complement to the existing systematization of qualitative approaches. The findings are consistent with numerous qualitative assessments of weak the research interconnection between the specifics of cities and tourism in terms of broader socio-spatial processes. However, the study suggests that such research linkage is increasing, which is noticeable in relation to issues of social sustainability (e.g. overtourism, Airbnb and touristification).

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Section: Co-authorship Of Papers By Country Of An Authorsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…two countries in tourism research was also observed byShen et al (2018) andKo ¨seoglu et al (2019). The recent importance of Spain in tourism research was noted byButowski et al (2019). The recent Spanish context substantiates our previous inferences on the role of ESCI journals in this field.…”

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Mapping urban tourism issues: analysis of research perspectives through the lens of network visualization

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Bartol

2021

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“…This phenomenon, which is clearly visible in the predominance of English in contemporary research publications, has already been identified and critically described by both English-speaking academics and those coming from regions where other languages are spoken (e.g. Butowski, Kaczmarek, Kowalczyk-Anioł, Szafrańska, 2019;Chambers, Buzinde, 2015;Hall, 2004;Kozak, Kozak, 2016;McKercher, 2002;Wijesinghe, Mura, Bouchon, 2017). However, the detailed results of the retrospective analysis presented here by the author clearly indicate that the beginnings of tourism studies should be sought in the countries of continental Europe outside the Englishspeaking area.…”

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The origins of academic work on tourism: a European perspective

Butowski

2020

Tour

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The purpose of this article is to fill in the gap in knowledge about early academic work on tourism which had developed first of all in Europe. The author has tried to achieve this aim by conducting a retrospective analysis of chronological and institutional-methodological aspects of the evolution of tourism studies. As a result, he has distinguished two aspects (each divided into two): 1) chronological: a period of precursors and a formal academic period; 2) methodological: research within one discipline and interdisciplinary research. The results enabled the author to formulate general conclusions for critical discussion. It primarily concerns the domination of the English language and the Anglo-American tradition in the literature which is the reason why the global picture of achievements in tourism studies is incomplete and thus imperfect. The accomplishments of smaller, yet well-established, “national schools” are often ignored and remain almost unknown internationally. The author hopes that the article will be an encouragement to undertake research on early tourism studies in individual countries and to publish its results internationally as this will broaden knowledge of the origins of academic work in tourism.

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“…Regardless of whether overtourism is a buzzword, it has evolved, with the considerable role of new mechanisms of knowledge production (cf. [84]), from a news-media popular term to a comprehensive, but also blurring, relational, and stigmatizing concept [77,85]. Many researchers [1][2][3] stress that the problem behind it is not new.…”

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Deconstructing the Overtourism-Related Social Conflicts

Zmyślony¹,

Kowalczyk-Anioł²,

Dembińska³

2020

Sustainability

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The debate on overtourism still lacks conceptual precision in its delineation of the constituent elements and processes. In particular, conflict theory is rarely adopted, even though the social conflict is inscribed into the nature of this phenomenon. This article aims to frame the discussion about (over)tourism within the perspective of social conflict theory by adopting the conflict deconstructing methods in order to diagnose the constructs and intensity of disputes associated with overtourism. In pursuit of this aim, the study addresses the following two research questions: (1) To what extent has the heuristic power of the conflict theory been used in overtourism discourse? and (2) How can overtourism be measured by the nature of the social conflicts referring to urban tourism development? The systematic literature review was conducted to analyze research developments on social conflicts within the overtourism discourse. In the empirical section (the case studies of the Polish cities, Krakow and Poznan), we deconstruct the social conflicts into five functional causes (i.e., values, relationship, data, structural, and interests) to diagnose the nature of the conflicts with respect to urban tourism development. This study shows that value conflicts impact most intensively on the nature and dynamics of the conflicts related to overtourism.

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Social constructionism as a tool to maintain an advantage in tourism research

Cited by 14 publications

References 66 publications

Mapping urban tourism issues: analysis of research perspectives through the lens of network visualization

Mapping urban tourism issues: analysis of research perspectives through the lens of network visualization

The origins of academic work on tourism: a European perspective

Deconstructing the Overtourism-Related Social Conflicts

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