The More-than-Human Ethics of an Underwater Hotel: Care in Alloútopian Tourism

• Published in: GeoHumanities Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Vannini, Phillip, Vannini, April
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 02.01.2025
• Subjects: ethnography; hotels; more-than-human; tourism; underwater

Based on sensory ethnographic fieldwork carried out at three underwater hotels, and drawing in particular from our research at the Pemba Island's (Tanzania) Manta Resort's Underwater Room, in this paper we interpret underwater hotel stays as a kind of alloútopian tourism with the potential...