[Dancecult-l] violence

[Graham St John]

You might want to look at some of Arun Saldanha's work if youve not yet : eg:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a727248916~db=all

At 11:53 PM -0700 5/16/07, ripley wrote:
>There's a lot of scholarship on the effect of tourism on an economy or
>a region. Violence, direct and indirect, especially against the poor
>is one of the more common.
>
>What I was primarily thinking of was state-sponsored violence against
>local populations to keep the area safe and pleasant for relatively
>moneyed visitors from out of town.
>
>When I say "tourist economies" I'm thinking of places that depend on
>tourism for their primary economic support. These places tend to be
>poor. they tend also to have great income inequality, and the greatest
>disparity of all is often between the tourists and the majority of the
>population. add to that the possibility of visitors treating the place
>that hosts them as a sort of personal playground that does not exist
>after they leave, and you have plenty of possibilities for tension and
>redistribution, sure.
>
>But beyond that, governments that depend on tourism have to keep a
>firm grip on that tension and try to keep tourists happy. This often
>means severe repression of the poor, including keeping a place looking
>attractive by  "cleaning up" the streets of the homeless, disabled and
>destitute, etc etc.
>
>And then, in poor and wealthy nations, the state or private interests
>simply displacing the poor for the real estate to cater  to more
>tourists.
>
>that's part of what I was getting at, although the larger effects of
>tourist economics on human rights is pretty well-studied.
>
>examples? Jamaica (the gated areas that are advertised as "safe"),
>Cuba under Batista, Miami, Goa
>(http://india.indymedia.org/en/2004/07/209583.shtml)
>
>http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk/campaigns/human-rights.html
>http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/s1861367.htm
>http://en.epochtimes.com/news/5-9-16/32390.html
>http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/jhr/2004/00000008/00000003/art00002
>
>etc etc..
>
>bringing it back more specifically, I do see some parallels between
>some partying-on-the-beach events and the concerns outlined above..
>does anyone else?
>
>regards
>
>-Larisa
>
>
>-Larisa
>
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>
>On 5/13/07, Adam Walker <de_proginosko at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>  Hi Larisa,
>>
>>  You wrote:
>>  "in discussing both concepts of
>>  violence and raves, I'm thinking of raves that occur in places like
>>  ibiza, or on various beaches in the Global South, do we include the
>>  violence required by tourist economies to make places safe for these
>>  kind of parties?"
>>
>>  Can you extrapolate a bit more on this? Can you give example of the violence
>>  "required by tourist economies".
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>  Adam
>>
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