The previous chapters have established the significance of tourism in the region of Southeast Asia, both in its contribution to economy and sustainable development. They also demonstrated the widely researched nature of the field, engaged in both by scholars from the region, and researchers outside the region. Little though has been written specifically on conducting research in the region from a methodological point of view. Amongst very few discussions on research methodology, Mura and Pahlevan Sharif (2015) mapped tourism research in Southeast Asia and showed that quantitative approaches are generally preferred over qualitative methodologies. More extensively, Mura and Khoo-Lattimore (2018) in their edited volume on Asian qualitative research, compiled 16 chapters discussing ontological, epistemological, and methodological assumptions underlying Asian tourism research. The book shows the diversity of ‘Asian’ qualitative tourism research, reflects on common methodologies, including ethnography and auto-ethnography, and calls for alternative discourses in tourism studies. This chapter looks specifically into ethnography as a method which has shaped tourism research in the area (Adams, 2019; Andrews, Takamitsu, & Dixon, 2018), particularly on topics such as cultural change (Picard, 2008), commodification (Cohen, 1988), identities (Adams, 2006), moral encounters (Mostafanezhad & Hannam, 2016), and touristic production (Bruner, 2005), as well as power inequalities and access to water (Cole, 2012). The authors of the present chapter draw on their experience doing ethnographic research in Thailand (Dolezal, 2011, 2015; Trupp, 2014, 2017; Leepreecha, 2014, 2016) and Indonesia (Dolezal, 2013) in the context of host perceptions (Trupp, 2014), community-based tourism (CBT) (Dolezal, 2015), gender (Trupp & Sunanta, 2017), micro-entrepreneurship (Trupp, 2017), and power relations (Dolezal, 2011, 2015; Evrard & Leepreecha, 2009a; Leepreecha, 2014; Trupp, 2015). When researching tourism and development in Southeast Asia, scholars have been facing various challenges. Reflecting on our own personal fieldwork/research experiences while taking into consideration the works of other scholars in the region, many share similar challenges, including access to the field, language or working with interpreters, and power relations in the field. The present chapter debates these challenges and points towards ways to address these by drawing on examples from the authors’ fieldwork in foreign (Dolezal, Trupp) or familiar fields (Leepreecha). These examples include discussions on the above mentioned challenges, with a specific focus on the emic versus etic perspective, also seen as the ‘insider-outsider’ debate. This juxtaposition of research away versus research at home is particularly useful for the present volume, not just to underline the culturally diverse backgrounds and approaches we take for our research but also to understand the different kinds of challenges we
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Pub Date : 2020-03-24DOI: 10.4324/9780429264191-14
C. Dolezal, A. Trupp, H. Bui
This volume has discussed the important and ever-growing role of tourism as an engine for development in the region of Southeast Asia. While the contributions to the current volume varied in scope and geographical focus, overall they formed part of four major thematic streams: theoretical/methodological foundations, protected areas, local communities, and governance. Authors of this edited volume shared conceptual approaches and empirical evidence that accentuated the regional importance of tourism as a livelihood for people and an ever-growing engine for development in the future. However, at the same time, challenges were noted in all of the chapters – tourism might be contributing to development, but what kind of development, and can it really contribute to sustainable development for the Southeast Asian region? What is the future of tourism for development in the region?
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