Couchsurfing Cosmopolitanisms
"[The book] exhaustively covers multiple topics with high contemporary relevance ina very accessible way." Anastasiya Astapova, H-Net-Reviews, 4 (2014) "The various experiences as hosts and guests plus nine different writing styles make the book a varied reading. Following the authors experiences, the results of their studies are sometimes presented as interested facts nearby; hence it is not like reading an academic paper but fun and informative. Moreover it makes the book accessible for a broader audience and allows an ongoing exchange between academic and current discussions." Paula Salomo, www.urbanophil.net, 08.08.2013 "Being skillfully written, making use of a narrative approach, and enriched by exciting and originial chapters 'Couchsurfing Cosmopolitanism' is a recommanded read for those who are eager to delve deeper and better understand the phenomenon of promoting cosmopolitanism as a desire for and openess to difference." Variety Fair, 7 (2014)
The book provides unique insights into the culture of computer-mediated hospitality and how this has begun to transform contemporary tourism and travel practice. Focusing on Couchsurfing.org, one of the largest online hospitality communities worldwide, the authors explore how social relations, intimacy and trust are built in the online environment and then extended into the offline contexts of actual tourism and travel. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Transcript Verlag
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 192
- ISBN
- 9783837622553
- Utgivelsesår
- 2013
- Format
- 2 x 2 cm
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"[The book] exhaustively covers multiple topics with high contemporary relevance ina very accessible way." Anastasiya Astapova, H-Net-Reviews, 4 (2014) "The various experiences as hosts and guests plus nine different writing styles make the book a varied reading. Following the authors experiences, the results of their studies are sometimes presented as interested facts nearby; hence it is not like reading an academic paper but fun and informative. Moreover it makes the book accessible for a broader audience and allows an ongoing exchange between academic and current discussions." Paula Salomo, www.urbanophil.net, 08.08.2013 "Being skillfully written, making use of a narrative approach, and enriched by exciting and originial chapters 'Couchsurfing Cosmopolitanism' is a recommanded read for those who are eager to delve deeper and better understand the phenomenon of promoting cosmopolitanism as a desire for and openess to difference." Variety Fair, 7 (2014)