Journeys of creation: Experiencing the unknown, the other and authenticity as an epiphany of the self

Wearing, SL; McDonald, M; Ankor, J

Journeys of creation: Experiencing the unknown, the other and authenticity as an epiphany of the self

Wearing, SL

McDonald, M Ankor, J

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Citation:: Tourism Recreation Research, 2016, 41 (2), pp. 157 - 167
Issue Date:: 2016-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wearing, SL https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-059X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McDonald, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ankor, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Tourism Recreation Research, 2016, 41 (2), pp. 157 - 167	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0250-8281	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122920
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The purpose of this study is to offer an analysis of the tourist experience through a focus on ‘epiphany’, which is conceptualized as an interactional moment that creates change and transformation in self-identity. We suggest that an epiphany in tourism can be understood by analysing its links with the philosophical concepts of existential authenticity, the Other and the unknown. In the experience of the unknown, the traveller becomes more conscious of authentic modes of existence. This analysis explores the theoretical boundaries of the tourist experience by focusing on the construction of self-identity and subjectivity through the process of travel.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Tourism Recreation Research	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/02508281.2016.1159058	en_US
dc.title	Journeys of creation: Experiencing the unknown, the other and authenticity as an epiphany of the self	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	41	en_US
utslib.for	1506 Tourism	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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pubs.issue	2	en_US
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The purpose of this study is to offer an analysis of the tourist experience through a focus on ‘epiphany’, which is conceptualized as an interactional moment that creates change and transformation in self-identity. We suggest that an epiphany in tourism can be understood by analysing its links with the philosophical concepts of existential authenticity, the Other and the unknown. In the experience of the unknown, the traveller becomes more conscious of authentic modes of existence. This analysis explores the theoretical boundaries of the tourist experience by focusing on the construction of self-identity and subjectivity through the process of travel.

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