Tourism, much like globalization, has become a bloated term. What makes up parts of a
“tourism economy?” What do we mean when we refer to someone as a tourist? In this
talk, McCormick will unpack the multiple dimensions of the word "tourism" to demonstrate its layered social/political issues. Overall, McCormick illustrates how these contexts of tourism in the Middle East allow us to better understand larger issues of mobility across the globe as well as the layering of meanings that fill the category “tourism.”
Jared McCormick received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, with a secondary degree in Critical Media Practices from Harvard University in 2016.