Essays about: "Orphanage tourism"

Found 2 essays containing the words Orphanage tourism.

1. 1. At the expense of children : A study of how orphanage tourism drives child trafficking and how it affects the children.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Josefin E. Ljungblom; [2015]
   Keywords : Child trafficking; Voluntourism; Orphanage tourism; Structural violence; Cambodia; psychological stress;

   Abstract : This study raises the issue of the trafficking of children in favor of voluntourism and orphanage tourism. The phenomenon of tourists who engage in volunteer work during a holiday has increased into a considerable form of tourism and turned in to a profitable business. READ MORE

3. 2. The orphan and the saviour- a relationship of love, gratitude and commodities : A critical discourse analysis of the construction of the narrative about the helper and the orphanage child.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Britta Holmberg; [2014]
   Keywords : Voluntourism; orphanage tourism; Otherness; discourse; orphanage; orphan; development aid; volunteering; volunteers; Voluntourism; barnhemsturism; den Andre; diskurs; barnhem; föräldralösa barn; bistånd; volontärarbete; volontärer;

   Abstract : This study explores the construction of the orphanage child and the helper in the context of voluntourism, orphanage tourism, support and establishment of orphanages. Since residential care is rarely put forward as a “good solution” for children without parental care in Sweden or other Western countries, the purpose of this study is to understand how orphanages for children from the South are legitimised as a solution in narratives about the helpers and the orphans. READ MORE