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Beau Ramos, Agata; DaSilva, Hailey; Isaak, Sierrah; Munro, Gillian

Have you ever wondered how the places you book for your holidays became such an ideal tourist destination? Or what tourism really even means? Well, tourism in Hawai'i is more than just a tropical getaway. It's an industry deeply intertwined with colonialism, militarization, and economic exploitation. In this episode, we dive into Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai’i, a powerful collection of essays edited by Hōkūlani Aikau and Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, which challenges the dominant narratives of tourism and offers an Indigenous perspective on land, sovereignty, and resistance. Join us today with Sierrah as your mediator, and Agata and Hailey as your co-hosts, and start to uncover the ways Hawaiian communities navigate through the colonial histories imposed upon their land, as well as the ways these communities are fighting for cultural revitalization. This thought-provoking discussion goes beyond seeing Hawai’i as paradise, shedding light on the struggles, and resilience, of Indigenous Hawaiians. Tune in and rethink what it really means to visit Hawai'i and learn about some of the ways the tourism industry is an extension of imperialism. We would like to clarify that this episode is intended to be uncomfortable but it is necessarily so—it is meant to push us, as visitors, in a productive way. We would also like to acknowledge that we ourselves are not Indigenous Hawaiians, we are anthropology students with varied backgrounds, who are engaging in this discourse in a scholarly manner. That being said, we hope you enjoy this episode of Deconstructing Tourism and thank you all for listening!

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University of British Columbia. ANTH_O 418

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0448889

Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan); Community, Culture and Global Studies, Department of (Okanagan)

Undergraduate

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