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Disconnection in nature-based tourism experiences: an actor-network theory approach
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Tourism Studies. (Tourism/Cetler)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1763-140x
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Tourism Studies. (Tourism/Cetler)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4278-3117
2024 (English)In: Annals of Leisure Research, ISSN 1174-5398, Vol. 27, no 4, p. 525-542Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production
Abstract [en]

Recent studies question whether ubiquitous connectivity via mobiles represents an enhancer and facilitator in nature-based tourism experiences or a potential destructor to disconnect from. We argue that extant research approaches cannot fully grasp the complexity of the connectivity-disconnection dilemma, specifically how tourists appropriate, reinterpret, reshape, and negotiate with meanings inscribed in mobiles and how such negotiations link to valuations of nature-based experiences. This research adopts an interpretivist approach and uses actor-network theory to investigate negotiations of connectivity and their experiential meanings through field interviews in Fulufjället National Park, Sweden. Results reveal translations of social connectivity, facilitation of information and orientation as thematic cores of tourists’ embodiments of mobile connectivity. Results also show how the comprehensive tourismscape where such embodiments find meaning contributes to tourists’ definitions of disconnection. Such definitions comprise human and non-human actors on site, off site, and cannot be exhausted by essentialist dualisms between being plugged and unplugged.

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2024. Vol. 27, no 4, p. 525-542
Keywords [en]
disconnection, actor network theory, nature-based tourism, digital free travel, national parks, Sweden
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Human Geography
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Research Centres, Centre for Tourism and Leisure Research (CeTLeR)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-43937DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2022.2150665ISI: 000893831000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85143308440OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-43937DiVA, id: diva2:1717851
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Interreg IngoSkog projectAvailable from: 2022-12-09 Created: 2022-12-09 Last updated: 2025-11-24Bibliographically approved

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