International Volunteer Tourism [electronic resource] : Critical Reflections on Good Works in Central America /
Borland, K.editor.
Adams, A.editor.
Designed to promote reflection and 'better practices' among the prospective volunteers and organizers of travel-for-service experiences, International Volunteer Tourism provides narratives on short-term international volunteering in Central America written by North American organizers, student participants and Central American partners.
Description based upon print version of record.
Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief Social History of Humanitarian Engagement; 3 Priest in the Revolution; El Salvador; 4 Reciprocity and the Fabric of Solidarity: Central Americans,Refugees, and Delegations in the 1980s; 5 Untellable Stories and the Limits of Solidarity in a Sister-Community Relationship; 6 Who Is a Global Citizen? Manifestations of Theory in Practice; Nicaragua; 7 What We Are About to Do Is Highly Problematic: The UnpavedRoad from Service Trips to Educational Delegations
8 From Skeptic to Convert, from (Short-Term) Service to (Long-Term) Witness: Toward Pedagogies of Witnessing on International Service Trips9 The Learning of International Service-Learning: Student Reflections Several Years Out; Honduras; 10 In Search of Sustainable Community Development through Practice: A Sustainable Potable Water Project in Colinas de Suiza, Honduras; 11 International Students and Volunteers amid Rising Violence: The Challenges in Honduras; Limiting Structures; 12 The Pilgrimage Transformed: How to Decompartmentalize U.S.Volunteer Tourism in Central America
13 International Service-Learning: Fostering International Cooperation/Avoiding International Dominance14 Conclusion; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Designed to promote reflection and 'better practices' among the prospective volunteers and organizers of travel-for-service experiences, International Volunteer Tourism provides narratives on short-term international volunteering in Central America written by North American organizers, student participants and Central American partners.
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