The End of Tourism
The End of Tourism is a podcast hosted by Chris Christou that examines the complex realities of modern travel, including themes of wanderlust, exile, and radical hospitality. It explores how tourism can be both a source of learning, freedom, and survival for some, while causing loss of culture, land, and lineage for others. The conversations feature unauthorized histories and consequences of travel, framed as dispatches from a resistance against mainstream tourism narratives.
Episodes
S7 #7 | The Commons, Trespass, and Wild Service | Lewis Winks (Right to Roam)
On this episode, my guest is Lewis Winks, a researcher, writer and campaigner who specialises in nature connection, cultural and behavioural change, and has a background working in the environmental and outdoor education sector. He joins us on behalf of the Right to Roam campaign as well as the Stars Are For Everyone campaign, the latter which he helped spearhed to defend wild camping rights on Da
S7 #6 | Border Work | Tyson Yunkaporta
Show Notes* Magpie Migrations* Making ceremony among tourists* From sacred entities to souvenirs* Lawful voyaging: the three pillars of ancestral travel* Culture-bound syndrome / sorry rocks* Telling story / experiencing the more-than-human* Sex tourism: The twisted impulses of sexual energy* If you don’t move with the land, the land will move you* Men’s and women’s business* Falling in love with
S7 #5 | Coastal Colonialism in Jamaica | Dr. Devon Taylor (JaBBEM)
On this episode, my guest is Dr. Devon Taylor, the President of the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM), an advocacy group founded in 2022 that fights for equitable beach access and environmental justice in Jamaica. He is a Biomedical Research Scientist and environmental and social justice advocate who leads efforts to repeal the colonial-era Beach Control Act of 1956, which h
S7 #4 | The Sufi Guest House | Kerim Güç (Kerim Vakfı)
On this episode, my guest is Hasan Kerim Güç. Kerim graduated from Istanbul High School in 1992 and from Yildiz Technical University in 1996. Between 1997-2004, he completed his master's degree in Information Systems and Business Administration in Baltimore, USA. He returned to Turkey in 2010. Realizing that the treasure he had been looking for for 14 years was right in his own home, he took the p
S7 #3 | Gentrification: Intersectionality & Invisibility | Leslie Kern
On this episode, my guest is Leslie Kern, PhD, the author of three books about cities, including Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies and Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World. Her work provokes new ways of thinking about and creating cities that are more just, equitable, caring, and sustainable. Leslie was an associate professor of geography and environment and women’s and gend
S7 #2 | Animism, Healing and Psychedelic Tourism | Adam Aronovich (Healing From Healing)
Show NotesAdam’s doctoral thesis and time in the AmazonIatrogenesis and Healing CultureEpistemic HumilityOur Traumadelic StoriesClash in Understandings of CausationDisneyfication of Plant MedicineIndividual vs Relational HealingPsychedelic Tourism’s Local ConsequencesSpirit Realm FalloutAnimistic PerspectiveNarrative, Cults, and Conspirituality Get full access to Chris Christou at chrischristou.s
#0.7 | Myth and Mythos
On this episode, we dive into the podcast pillar of myth and mythos. How do old myths such as the Odyssey or the Bible inform how we move even if we’ve never read them? To what extent can we understand how myth and all that roots it arise to incline us toward certain ways of travelling? If we can readjust our sight in order to recognize the mythic ground of being we walk upon, could we then walk d
S7 #1 | Ritual Relationships: Matrimony, Hospitality and Strangerhood | Stephen Jenkinson (Orphan Wisdom)
On this episode, my guest is Stephen Jenkinson, culture activist and ceremonialist advocating a handmade life and eloquence. He is an author, a storyteller, a musician, sculptor and off-grid organic farmer. Stephen is the founder/ principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School in Canada, co-founded with his wife Nathalie Roy in 2010. Also a sought-after workshop leader, articulating matters of t
S6 #8 | El Derecho a No Migrar | Aldo Gonzalez y Gloria Romero Lopez
Estimados oyentes, esta entrevista requirió que Aldo y Gloria se conectaran desde zonas rurales. Por lo tanto, la conexión a internet fue intermitente. Hay algunos momentos del episodio en los que puede resultar difícil comprender lo que se dice. Para mayor claridad, consulten la transcripción abajo. Gracias por su comprensión.Mis entrevistados en este episodio son Aldo Gonzalez y Gloria Romero Ló
S6 #7 | Ecologias de los Medios | Carlos Scolari
Mi entrevistado en este episodio es Carlos A. Scolari, Catedrático del Departamento de Comunicación de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona. Ha sido Investigador Principal de diversos proyectos de investigación internacionales y estatales, desde el proyecto H2020 TRANSLITERACY (entre 2015 y 2018) hasta el proyecto LITERAC_IA, que comenzó en 2024 y dirige junto a María del Mar Guerrero. Sus últi
S6 #6 | Hacia Turismos Postcapitalistas | Ernest Cañada (Alba Sud)
Mi entrevistado en este episodio es Ernest Cañada. Es coordinador de Alba Sud y docente de la Universidad de Barcelona. Investiga en torno al trabajo, los conflictos socioecológicos y las alternativas en el desarrollo turístico. Ha publicado: Viajar a todo tren. Turismo, desarrollo y sostenibilidad (Icaria, 2005, con Jordi Gascón); Turismo en Centroamérica: un nuevo escenario de conflictividad soc
S6 #5 | Turismo Psicodélico y Sabiduria Indígena | Claude Guislain
Mi huesped en este episodio es Claude Guislain, un antropólogo peruano que pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo con pueblos indígenas en Perú, Colombia y Brasil. Con su primera investigación sobre el uso de la ayahuasca y el chamanismo por parte de los occidentales en Iquitos (2005-2007), inició el viaje que lo llevó a dedicar su vida a tender un puente entre la sabiduría indígena y el mundo moderno.
S6 #4 | Radicalismo Rigido y el Algoritmo | alF Bojorquez
En este episodio, mi invitada es Alf Bojórquez, novelista y ensayista yucateca. Su primera novela, Pepitas de calabaza (2023) salió en la editorial Fondo Blanco. Se segundo libro, No existe dique capaz de contener al océano furioso. Potencia, alegría y anarquismo, apareció hace unos meses. Fue ganadora del premio Moving Narratives (2024) de Prince Claus Fund y el British Council. Ha hecho giras en
S6 #3 | La Peregrinacion Entre Mundos | Anny Puac & Jairo Lemus
Mis entrevistados en este episodio son Anny Gabriela Ventura Puac y Jairo Chamalé Lemus. Anny es ajquij(guía espiritual), politóloga e investigadora, actual curadora en jefe de Espacio/C. Nacida en Chuwila, Chichicastenango, Quiché, Guatemala. Es mujer Maya Kiche con identidad diversa, sanadora y contadora del tiempo. Tiene estudios en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Relaciones Internacionales y un
S6 #2 | Narco Airbnb | Sofia y Carlos Montoya (Proyecto NN)
En este episodio, mis entrevistados son Laura Sofía Montoya Gómez y Carlos Alberto Montoya Correa. Carlos es arquitecto egresado de la Universidad Nacional sede Medellín. Experto en planificación, gestión y ejecución de proyectos de desarrollo urbano con énfasis en viviendas económicas en tratamientos de expansión urbana, consolidación, mejoramiento de barrios, renovación urbana y en zonas con res
S6 #1 | Ecologías del Despojo y Resistencia | César Pineda
ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT BELOWEn este episodio, mi entrevistado es Cesar Pineda, sociólogo por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Obtuvo el Doctorado en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales y la Maestría en Estudios Latinoamericanos, ambos con mención honorífica en la UNAM. Realizó estancias posdoctorales en el Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y en la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco.
S5 #10 | The Samaritan and the Corruption w/ David Cayley (CBC Ideas)
On this episode of the pod, my guest is David Cayley, a Toronto-based Canadian writer and broadcaster. For more than thirty years (1981-2012) he made radio documentaries for CBC Radio One’s program Ideas, which premiered in 1965 under the title The Best Ideas You’ll Hear Tonight. In 1966, at the age of twenty, Cayley joined the Canadian University Service Overseas (CUSO), one of the many volunteer
S5 #9 | We Will Dance With Stillness w/ Craig Slee
On this episode, my guest is Craig Slee, a disabled writer, consultant and theorist dealing with mythology, folklore, magic and culture, exploring life through the lens of landscape, disability and fugitive embodiments.He has contributed essays and poetry focusing on the numinous and disability to various anthologies including The Dark Mountain Journal. Craig has also co-facilitated multiple semin
S5 #8 | Unpacking the Last Tourist w/ Jesse Mann & Tyson Sadler (The Last Tourist)
On this episode, my guests are Jesse Mann (editor-director) and Tyson Sadler (director), the brains behind the documentary The Last Tourist. Jesse is both a picture editor and director whose professional work has spanned commercial, tv and film projects. The Last Tourist is her second feature film as editor. Her first film, as both editor and director, Material Success, screened internationally an
S5 #7 | The Dreamwork of Instagram w/ Sean P. Smith
On this episode, my guest is Sean P. Smith, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Culture Studies at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Much of his research has focused on the relationship between social media and tourism, and how colonial histories shape today’s ideologies and visual cultures of travel. The inequalities that result from many forms of tourism development, he argues, are
S5 #6 | Relearning Home & Hospitality w/ Manish Jain (Ecoversities)
On this episode, my guest is Manish Jain, a man deeply committed to regenerating our diverse local knowledge systems, cultural imaginations and inter-cultural dialogue. Inspired by MK Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Ivan Illich, his illiterate village grandmother, his unschooled daughter, indigenous communities and Jain spiritual philosophy, he is one of the leading planetary voices for deschooling
#0.6 | Spectacle, The Senses and Surveillance w/ Chris Christou
Show NotesJohn Urry’s The Tourist GazePhotographyThe SensesSurveillance and Artificial Intelligence (AI)SpectacleHomeworkTranscriptWelcome friends to Season Zero of the End of Tourism podcast. In these mini-episodes, you'll hear short transmissions speaking to the principles of the pod. We'll introduce you, our listeners, to the themes and questions that will be woven into our conversations, a kin
S5 #5 | Fortress Conservation in the Congo w/ Martin Lena & Linda Poppe (Survival International)
On this episode, my guests are Martin Lena and Linda Poppe of Survival International. They join me to discuss “fortress conservation” in the Congo, the issues facing Kahuzi-Biega National Park, and the recent victories of Survival International there. Linda is a political scientist and director of the Berlin office of Survival International, the global movement for Indigenous peoples' rights. She
S5 #4 | Hillwalking & Homecoming in the Highlands w/ Christos Galanis
On this episode, my guest is Christos Galanis, a friend and scholar who recently completed his PhD in Cultural Geography from The University of Edinburgh where his research centered on themes of displacement and memorial walking practices in the Highlands of Scotland. A child of Greek political refugees on both sides of his family, Christos' work looks at ways in which ceremony and ritual might af
S5 #3 | We Are Not Americans w/ Healani Sonoda-Pale (Ka Lahui Hawai'i)
My guest on this episode is Healani Sonoda-Pale, a Kanaka Maoli Human Rights advocate for Self-Determination and a Water Protector who has been organizing at the intersection of the indigenous struggle for liberation and environmental protection in Hawai'i. She is a member of the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative and the spokesperson of the Ka Lahui Hawaii Political Action Committee. He
S5 #2 | Composting Cultures of Disposability w/ Clementine Morrigan & Jay LeSoleil (F*****g Cancelled)
On this episode, my guests are ClementineMorrigan.com and Jay Lesoleil of the F*****g Cancelled Podcast.Clementine Morrigan is a writer and public intellectual based in Montréal, Canada. She writes popular and controversial essays about culture, politics, ethics, relationships, sexuality, and trauma. A passionate believer in independent media, she’s been making zines since the year 2000 and is the
S5 #1 | The Right to Stay Home w/ David Bacon
On this episode, my guest is David Bacon, a California writer and documentary photographer. A former union organizer, today he documents labor, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights. His latest book, In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte (COLEF / UC Press, 2017) includes over 300 photographs and 12 oral histories of farm workers. Other books includ
S4 #6 - Decoding Degrowth & Boosterism in the Balearics w/ Macia Blazquez
On this episode of The End of Tourism Podcast, my guest is Macià Blázquez-Salom, a professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, who specializes in the Geography of Tourism, Territorial Planning, Sustainability and Degrowth. He utilizes his teaching and research activity in the environmental movement (and vice versa), and through his activism in the Grupo Balear de Ornitología y Defensa de
S4 #5 | The Many Faces of Exile in Exarcheia w/ Penny Travlou (Athens)
On this episode of the pod, my guest is Penny Travlou, a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Cultural Geography and Theory (Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art/University of Edinburgh). Her research focuses on social justice, the commons, collaborative practices, intangible cultural heritage and ethnography. She has been involved in international
S4 #4 | Feeding Those in Flight w/ No Name Kitchen (The Balkans)
On this episode, my guest is Barbara from No Name Kitchen, an independent movement working alongside the Balkans and the Mediterranean routes to promote humanitarian aid and political action for those who suffer the difficulties of extreme journeys and violent push-backs.Their actions include medical care, distributions of food and clothes, legal support and the denunciation of abuses at the borde
S4 #3 | On the Lost Arts of Pilgrimage & Asking Permission w/ Nick Hunt
On this episode, my guest is Nick Hunt, the author of three travel books about journeys by foot, including Outlandish: Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes. His articles have appeared in The Guardian, Emergence, The Irish Times, New Internationalist, Resurgence & Ecologist and other publications. He works as an editor and co-director for the Dark Mountain Project. His latest book is an alternate h
S4 #2 | Protesting Evictions, Expats & the Golden Visa w/ Stop Despejos (Lisbon)
On this episode of the End of Tourism Podcast, I’m joined by Joana and Davide of Stop Despejos (Stop Evictions). Based in Lisbon (Portugal), Stop Despejos is an anti-capitalist, feminist and anti-racist, horizontal political collective, fighting for the right to housing and the right to the city. Through mutual aid, direct action, obstruction of evictions and media campaigns, they defend the right
S4 #1 | The Death of Venice w/ Petra Reski (Venice)
My guest on this episode is Petra Reski, a German writer and journalist who has lived in Venice since 1991. As a result of her numerous publications on the Mafia, she was subjected to lawsuits and threats, which is why she received police protection for a while. She has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Ricarda Huch Prize in 2021, which is awarded every three years to personaliti
S3 #8 | Contending With 50 Years of the Tourist | Dean MacCannell
My guest on this episode is Dean MacCannell, a social analyst and critic whose writings on contemporary cultural arrangements have been translated worldwide. He is best known for his path-breaking book, The Tourist: A New Theory of the Leisure Class. His most recent book is 18 & Out a memoir of his childhood and youth. In this interview we discuss Dean's pioneering book The Tourist and how
S3 #7 | On Travel Writing and Colonial Spells | Bani Amor
My guest on this episode is Bani Amor, a genderqueer travel writer who explores the relationships between race, place, and power. They’re a four-time Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation fellow with work in CNN Travel, Fodor’s, and AFAR, among others, and in the anthology Outside the XY: Queer Black andBrown Masculinity. In our discussion we look to travel writing as a narrative that underpins col
S3 #6 | The Hypermobile Medium is the Message | Andrew McLuhan (The McLuhan Institute)
My guest on this episode is Andrew McLuhan, an author and educator living in Bloomfield, Ontario. He writes and delivers speeches, classes, workshops on McLuhan methods and work, consults with individuals and companies on understanding McLuhan work in culture and technology and applying that work today to bring insight and new perception and understanding. Andrew McLuhan is a grandson of Marshall
#0.5 | Responsibility, Repair and Radical Hospitality | Chris Christou
In this mini-episode, I offer up a little introduction into these extremely important themes, ones so often neglected in our time: responsibility, repair and radical hospitality. As locals and foreigners alike, depending on where we are at any given moment, the questions posed in the episode arise as necessary in order to understand where we actually are at any given moment, how we are in those pl
S3 #5 | Hacking the Housing Crisis | Murray Cox (Inside Airbnb)
My guest on this episode is Murray Cox, a multidisciplinary Australian-American artist and activist based in Newburgh NY, who uses visual, audio, spatial and data storytelling to explore themes of economic and racial equity and to fight for housing justice and the right to our cities.He is also the data activist founder of Inside Airbnb, a mission driven project which provides free data on Airbnb’
S3 #4 | The Old Country, the Dead and Justice | Stephen Jenkinson (Orphan Wisdom)
On this episode, I'm honoured to host and welcome back to the pod, my dear friend, Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW. Stephen is a worker, author, storyteller, musician and culture activist. In 2010, he founded Orphan Wisdom, a house for learning skills of deep living and making human culture that are mandatory in endangered, endangering times. It is a redemptive project that comes from where he comes f
S3 #3 | Indigenous Travellers in the Heart of Empire | Cecilia Morgan
On this episode, I speak to Cecilia Morgan, a professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto. Her work focuses on nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Canada as part of the British Empire and transnational worlds. She has been researching the history of English-Canadians’ and Indigenous peoples’ travel, tourism, and transnational mobility fo
S3 #2 | Decolonizing Conservation in Africa & Beyond | Fiore Longo (Survival International)
On this episode, my guest is Fiore Longo, a Research and Advocacy Officer at Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples. She is the director of Survival International France and Survival International Spain. Fiore coordinates Survival’s conservation campaign, and has visited many communities in Africa and Asia that face human rights abuses in the name of conservation.Months ago
S3 #1 | On Finding Home in the Ruins | Dougald Hine (A School Called HOME)
On this, the first episode of Season 3: Invocations, my guest is Dougald Hine, a social thinker, writer and speaker. After an early career as a BBC journalist, he co-founded organisations including the Dark Mountain Project and a school called HOME. He has collaborated with scientists, artists and activists, serving as a leader of artistic development at Riksteatern (Sweden’s national theatre) and
S2 #7.2 | Reflections: "Barbarians of Oaxaca: Get Out" | Chris Christou (ENG)
This is the last episode of Season 2: Mexico, entitled "Barbarians of Oaxaca: Get Out". In honor of our late, dear friend and mentor, Gustavo Esteva, along with myself and fellow Unitierra Oaxaca Wendy Juarez, we have put together a series of reflections on this season, the episodes, and everything we have learned as a result. We want to thank you very much for listening to us, and we hope that th
S2 #7.1 | Reflexiones: "Fuera Los Barbaros de Oaxaca" | Wendy Juarez & Chris Christou (Unitierra Oaxaca)
Esto es el ultimo episodio de la Temporada 2: México: Fuera los Barbaros de Oaxaca. En honor a nuestro difunto, querido amigo y mentor, Gustavo Esteva, junto conmigo y la compañera Wendy Juarez de la Unitierra Oaxaca, hemos reunido una serie de reflexiones sobre esta temporada, los episodios y todo lo que hemos aprendido como un resultado.Queremos agradecerles profundamente por escucharnos y esper
S2 #6 | Identidad, Apropiación Cultural y la Posibilidad de Peregrinaje Entre Culturas | Yasnaya Elena Aguilar Gil
En este episodio, nuestra invitada es Yásnaya Aguilar, una escritora, lingüista, traductora, investigadora y activista originaria de Ayutla Mixe, Oaxaca. Ella estudió la licenciatura en Lengua y Literatura Hispánica, así como la Maestría en Lingüística en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Su trabajo se encuentra fuertemente enfocado a proyectos sobre divulgación y estudio de diversi
S2 #5.2 | The Voices of the Workers | Maria Itaki & Sergio "Yeyo" Beltran (ENG)
In this episode, we are joined by friends in Oaxaca, Maria Itaka and Sergio "Yeyo" Beltran.Born and raised in Oaxaca, María has a major in English Language and Literature from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with a specialization in translation. After many years of working for tourism-based projects, she now works independently, providing specialized content production se
S2 #5.1 | Las Voces Trabajadoras | Maria Itaka & Sergio "Yeyo" Beltran (ESP)
En este episodio, nos acompanamos unos compas de Oaxaca, Maria Itaka y Sergio "Yeyo" Beltran.María nació y creció en Oaxaca. Es licenciada en Letras y Literatura Inglesa por la UNAM y cuenta con una especialidad en Traducción. Tras varios años de haber trabajado en proyectos turísticos, actualmente trabaja de manera independiente y ofrece servicios especializados de investigación, consultoría y tr
S2 #4.2 | Without Plurality, There Can Be No Hospitality | Elias Gomez Gonzalez (ENG)
On this episode, I am accompanied by a dear philosopher, writer, and friend, Elías González Gómez. Elias focuses on interreligious dialogue and the bridge between mysticism and the struggle to build a new world. He has collaborated with different interreligious groups, as well as indigenous and spiritual communities. He is currently a professor at ITESO and at Ibero León. He collaborates with the
S2 #4.1 | Sin Pluralidad, No Hay Hospitalidad | Elias Gomez Gonzalez (ESP)
En este episodio, me acompaña un querido amigo filósofo y escritor, Elías González Gómez. Elias enfoca en el diálogo interreligioso y en el puente entre la mística y las luchas por construir un mundo nuevo. Ha colaborado con distintos colectivos interreligiosos, comunidades indígenas y espirituales. Actualmente es profesor de asignatura en el ITESO y en la Ibero León. Colabora con la Universidad d
S2 #3 | La Lucha Comunitaria Contra El Tren "Maya" | Pedro U.C. (Asamblea Múuch’ Xíinbal)
En este episodio, nuestro invitado es Pedro Regalado Uc Be, un escritor mexicano en lengua maya, poeta, narrador, traductor y activista. El es profesor en la Escuela de Creación Literaria del Centro Estatal de Bellas Artes (CEBA), plantel donde también realizó estudios.Pedro es Integrante de la Asamblea de Defensores del Territorio Maya Múuch’ Xíinbal, esta organización tiene como objetivo defende
S2 #2.2 | Defending Land & Lineage from Psychedelic Tourism | Wirikuta Preservation Project (ENG)
The Wirikuta Preservation Project is an internationally-run endeavour to protect 500 acres of land for the Wixarika Nation in Estacion de Catorce in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Their mission is to preserve Wixarika sacred lands & cultural heritage while supporting future generations to continue living their traditional way of life by purchasing threatened land in Estacion de Catorce.
S2 #2.1 | Defendiendo Tierra y Cultura del Turismo Psicodélico | Wirikuta Preservation Project (ESP)
El Proyecto de Preservación de Wirikuta es un proyecto internacional para proteger 500 acres de tierra para la Nación Wixarika en la Estación de Catorce en el estado de San Luis Potosí, México. Su misión es preservar las tierras sagradas y el patrimonio cultural Wixarika mientras apoya a las generaciones futuras para que continúen viviendo su estilo de vida tradicional mediante la compra de tierra
S2 #1 | Resistiendo el Espectáculo en Oaxaca | Marcos Esmar
En este episodio, me acompaña Marcos Esmar. Maros nació en el año de 1996 en Cosoltepec, Oaxaca. Es estudiante autodidactica, se dedica a hacer rap y a la escritura, participa en el colectivo Espiral de Pensamiento Crítico, proyecto en el que ha colaborado con diversos textos sobre teoría crítica y poesía.El proyecto Espiral de Pensamiento Crítico es un espacio dónde convergen jóvenes de diferente
S1 #16 | Tourism, Colonialism, and Disease | Christopher Riendeau
On this episode I’m joined by Christopher Riendeau, a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he learned first hand what it means to live in a tourist town. Chris’ research focuses on applied ethics in tourism and more specifically around existentialism and bad faith in the search for "authentic" tourism, and the subject/object problems inherent to
S1 #15 | On Getting Lost, Making Sanctuary, and Courting Monsters | Bayo Akomolafe
On this episode, our guest is Bayo Akomolafe, a speaker, author, fugitive neo-materialist com-post-activist public intellectual and Yoruba poet. But when he takes himself less seriously, he is a father to Alethea and Kyah, and the grateful life-partner to Ej as well as the sworn washer of nightly archives of dishes.The convener of the concepts of ‘postactivism’, ‘transraciality’ and ‘ontofugitivit
#0.4 | Your Host, My Story
Ep 0.4 | Your Host, My StoryIn this mini-episode, I offer you a little bit about what brought me to court and conjure The End of Tourism Podcast. I speak to the dilemmas that touched me as a young person, about how a long lineage and period as a travelling tourist fed the ideas that you hear in these episodes, and how we might, together, come to subvert what's been and being done to our world, mos
S1 #14 | Confronting Privilege, Identity and Guilt Trips | Dr. Anu Taranath
On this episode, our guest is Dr. Anu Taranath, a speaker, educator, and racial equity consultant who partners with a range of people to deepen conversations on history, harm and healing. A professor at the University of Washington for the past 20+ years, Dr. Anu knows that the most compelling conversations on race, identity and belonging take place when people feel valued and heard. Her book Beyo
S1 #13 | Rites of Passage in an Age of Fugitivity | Ian MacKenzie (The Mythic Masculine)
On this episode, our guest is Ian MacKenzie, a filmmaker and writer who lives on the Salish Sea with his partner and young son. For over 13 years, he’s been tracking the global emergence of new culture. From the desert of Burning Man to the heart of Occupy Wall St, he has sought and amplified the voices of visionaries, artists and activists who have been working toward planetary system change. Ian
S1 #12 | Neoshamanism, Burning Man, and Scorched Earth Tourism | Daniel Pinchbeck
Daniel Pinchbeck is an American author. His books include Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, and How Soon Is Now? From Personal Initiation to Global TransformationHe is a co-founder of the web magazine Reality Sandwich and of the website Evolver.net, and edited the North Atlantic Books publishing imprint Evolver
S1 #11 | The Anti-Conquest, Travel Writing, and Planetary Consciousness | Mary Louise Pratt
On this episode, our guest is Mary Louise Pratt, a Professor Emerita at NYU and author of the pioneering decolonial work on travel writing entitled Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation. Her new book Planetary Longings is out now through Duke University Press.She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Stanford University. Her research includes work on Latin American Literature and
S1 #10 | Ecotourism, Catharsis, and Post-Capitalist Dreaming | Robert Fletcher
On this episode, our guest is Robert Fletcher, an environmental anthropologist and author at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.Robert is based in the Sociology of Development and Change group at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. A former ecotourism guide, he is an environmental anthropologist with research interests in conservation, development, tourism, globalization, climate chang
#0.3 | Expectation and Entitlement
Season Zero #0.3 | Expectation and EntitlementIn this mini-episode, I speak about the expectation and entitlement that follows tourists into foreign lands, how it becomes embedded into the minds and places of tourists' hosts, and how the tourism industry encourages all of this. The consequences of this are deep and dire and almost always ensure that any remaining sense of hospitality among locals
S1 #9 | 30 Years of Rethinking Tourism & Ecotravel | Deborah McLaren
On this episode we are joined by activist and author Deborah McLaren.Deborah McLaren has worked with Indigenous and rural communities for 25 years, helping to analyze and advocate for tourism issues and rights. These include land, intellectual property, cultural, environmental and development rights. She served as the director of the Rethinking Tourism Project and Indigenous Tourism Rights Interna
S1 #8 | Pivoting Towards the Sacred | Day Schildkret (Morning Altars)
On this episode we are joined by friend and fellow scholar, Day Schildkret of Morning Altars.Day Schildkret is internationally renowned as the author, artist and teacher behind the Morning Altars movement, inspiring tens of thousands of people to make life more beautiful and meaningful through ritual, nature and art. BuzzFeed calls his work, “a celebration of nature and life." With nearly 100K fol
S1 #7 | Grounding B******t Flights | Samie Blasingame (Stay Grounded)
On this episode we are joined by Samie Blasingame, the communications campaigner for the Stay Grounded Network.Stay Grounded is a global network of more than 180 member organisations, among them local airport opposition and climate justice groups, NGOs, trade unions, initiatives fostering alternatives to aviation like night trains, and organisations supporting communities which struggle against of
S1 #6.2 | A World Where Many Worlds Belong | Gustavo Esteva (Unitierra Oaxaca)
On this episode, our guest is Gustavo Esteva, a "deprofessionalized" social activist, author, and elder. I sat down with Gustavo in his house on the edge of a small Zapotec town to discuss the legacy of interculturality, radical hospitality, the philosopher Ivan Illich, and the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico.Gustavo is the co-founder of La Universidad de la Tierra (the University of the Earth) and
S1 #6.1 | The Conquest and the Great Escape | Gustavo Esteva (Unitierra Oaxaca)
On this episode, our guest is Gustavo Esteva, a "deprofessionalized" social activist, author, and elder. I sat down with Gustavo in his house on the edge of a small Zapotec town to discuss the legacy of tourism in Oaxaca, how tourism is an extension of the colonization of the Americas, and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We touch on the differences between tourists and immigrants and th
S1 #5 | Neighbourhood Resistance and Resilience | Daniel Pardo (ABDT | Barcelona)
On this episode, our guest is Daniel Pardo, an organizer of various neighbourhood organizations in Barcelona, including ABDT (the Assembly of Neighborhoods for Tourism Degrowth). I caught up with Daniel and friend Ana Elia to speak about Barcelona, what has become of it as a result of overtourism and the local struggles against touristification there. We discuss what the COVID-19 pandemic did to B
#0.2 | Escape, Exile and Culture
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S1 #4 | All is Not Well in Paradise | Kahu Kaleo Patterson (Pacific Justice & Reconciliation Center)
On this episode our guest is Kahu Kaleo Patterson, an indigenous Hawai'ian priest and tourism activist. Kaleo joins us to discuss the ongoing tourism pandemic on the islands, grassroots organizing in Hawai'i, his decades of community activism and involvement, tourist entitlement and the abuse of sacred sites. He speaks to us about his spiritual work, including nonviolent direct action in the tradi
S1 #3 | Decolonizing Travel in Hawai'i | Hokulani Aikau & Vernadette Gonzalez (Detours)
On this episode our guests are Dr Hokulani K Aikau (a Kanaka Oiwi) and Dr Vernadette V Gonzalez, editors of Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai’i. They join me to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 tourism crisis in Hawaii, the military-tourism industrial complex, the appropriation of Aloha, the importance of the invitation in hospitality, tourism under a sovereign Hawai'i, as well as the US occupation
S1 #2.2 | Trauma Intelligence, The Stranger, and Radical Hospitality | Stephen Jenkinson (Orphan Wisdom)
On this episode, our guest is Stephen Jenkinson, activist, teacher, author, and farmer. In the second part of our conversation, we explore the themes of tourism as the trauma of homeless people. Rights are discussed in contrast to responsibilities. Stephen takes us on a deep dive into how the idea of the stranger or foreigner came to be, principally through travel and trade and what this all might
S1 #2.1 | Immigration and Cultural Homelessness | Stephen Jenkinson (Orphan Wisdom)
On this episode, our guest today is Stephen Jenkinson, activist, teacher, author, and farmer. In this conversation, we explore the themes of weekend warrior tourism, the so-called freedom to travel, and the abandonment of place that tourist towns endure. Tourism has a particular history, and we discuss the idea of modern tourism as a cultural grandchild of European immigration to the Americas. Ste
S1 #1 | Tourism's Plague | Dr Ivan Murray Mas (Alba Sud)
On this episode, our guest is Dr Ivan Murray Mas, an activist, author, and Associate Lecturer at the University of the Balearic Islands. He is a father, a former fisherman, and a contributor and editor of many books, the most recent of which include "Tourism and Degrowth: Towards a Truly Sustainable Tourism," and "#TourismPostCOVID19: Lockdown Touristification." Here, we'll explore the latter, "Lo
#0.1 | Dispatches From The Resistance
Season Zero: Episode 0.1 Dispatches From The Resistance In this mini-episode, I touch on the nature of tourism resistance worldwide, its context and culture, its scope and scale. This is a brief introduction to the kinds of people I will be interviewing for the podcast and why their voices are so important, and yet so often unheard. Welcome to "Dispatches from the Resistance." Hosted by Chris Chri
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