230586 Postcolonialism: Language and Tourism (S) (SoSe 2026)

The seminar focuses on language and tourism within the context of postcolonial studies.
It is based on texts from the fields of sociolinguistics, critical tourism research and postcolonial studies.
Students are expected to prepare independently and actively participate in the open forum discussion, which thrives on regular engagement.
The seminar will also include an excursion and a practical creative component.
The seminar aims to encourage students to critically and reflectively examine the relationship between language, tourism and power.

Literaturangaben

Hall, C. M., & Tucker, H. (Eds.). (2004). Tourism and postcolonialism: Contested
discourses, identities and representations. Routledge.
Said, E. W. (2003). Orientalism. Penguin Books. (Original work published 1978)
Storch, A., & Mietzner, A. (2021). The impact of tourism in East Africa: A ruinous system.
Channel View Publications.
Thurlow, C., & Jaworski, A. (2010). Tourism discourse: Language and global mobility.
Palgrave MacMillan.
Urry, J. (1990). The tourist gaze: Leisure and travel in contemporary societies. Sage
Publications.
Wainaina, B. (2022). How to write about Africa. Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Books UK.