文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Chinese narrative in international development and volunteer tourism: a case study of a Chinese organisation's practice in Mathare, Kenya

作者：Wang, Yi[1]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Social & Publ Adm, Shanghai, Peoples R China

年份：2022

卷号：43

期号：9

起止页码：2306

外文期刊名：THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000822635500001)】；

语种：英文

外文关键词：Volunteer tourism; international development; China; Africa; power

摘要：Volunteer tourism has become an increasingly popular phenomenon over the globe in recent decades. However, less attention is being paid to the receiving end of volunteer tourism and there are rarely narratives from Chinese figures. This paper seeks to address this research gap not only in volunteer tourism, but in a broader context of international development. By analysing a Chinese volunteer tourism organisation's practice in Mathare, Kenya, this paper discusses the distinctiveness and commonality of the Chinese development approach from the national-international level to the grassroots level. It illustrates the rather polarised debate amongst the key stakeholders involved in this study, about prioritising the physical or psychological dimensions of the local needs, which further highlights the unchallenged structural inequality in Chinese development interventions of volunteer tourism. Considering forms of power among stakeholder groups and across levels, the research makes recommendations for Chinese volunteer tourism from which collaborations and a higher level of community empowerment can happen.