Aloha,
What a good idea, and thank you, Senora Alvarez for getting things
started.
My interests lie half a world away--in the microstates of the
Pacific, particularly in the countries which once formed the UN mandated
Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands: The Republic of Palau, The
Federated States of Micronesia, The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas,
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. I am exploring ways in which the
indigenous culture, location, and configuration have contributed to the
development of a tourism industry--or not. Why have these little island
nations, all with similar assets and superficially similar cultures,
developed very different tourist bases? How have they been affected by
the shifts in the global economy, for so much of what they have become is
tied to the world outside?
Comments and opinions would be most welcome.
Ceil Roberts
PS... and for Senora Alvarez, what constitutes agrotourism--other than
wine-tasting, perhaps?
Gracias.
On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, [iso-8859-1] angeles piñar alvarez wrote:
> >Dr neil Carr wrote:
> >
> >> "To the 152 people who now exist on this discussion list, A BIG
> HELLO.
> >> However, it strikes me that without an idea of the interests of
> everyone
> >> out there it is a bit difficult to get discussion going. Therefore,
> to
> >> encourage communication, and to help encourage the spread and
> development
> >> of ideas I would like to ask members to consider writing a sentence
> or two
> >> on their research interests and placing them on this discussion list"
> (...).
>
> Dear Neil, something about me:
>
> Angeles P. Alvarez is mother of two wonderful children (3 and 4 Years
> old).
> I am PhD. Student in Regional Economics and Politics at the University
> of
> Hamburg (Germany). I have studied Tourism in Granada-Madrid (Spain) and
> Economy
> in Hamburg. I was living one year in Michoacan, Mexico, where I was
> searching
> about Agrarian Reform, agricultural Politics and Promotion of marginal
> agriculture in the Purhépecha indian region. I will complete my Ph.D.
> in
> september 2000 and it is entitled _ The promotion of marginal
> agriculture and
> rural tourism as instruments of an Endogeneous Structural Politics in
> natural
> protected areas : The case of the Alpujarra in Natural Park Sierra
> Nevada,
> Spain_.
> At the moment I am living with my family in Granada (Spain) , where I
> began my
> fieldwork.
> Research Methods are qualitativ interviews and participant
> observations in
> Agrotourism and Rural Tourism. My main research interests focus on
> participation in the management of protected areas and Economics of
> Household
> agriculture in Latin America and Spain.
> (Sorry, to write in english is not easy¡ I prefer Spanish or German.)
>
>
> --
> Angeles Piñar Alvarez
> c/ Transversal Plaza de España, 18
> E-18.140 La Zubia (Granada)
> Spain
> Tel.+Fax: +34-958-89 09 64
> E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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