Like a fish in water : Habitus adaptation mechanisms of informal tourism entrepreneurs in Thailand
This article investigates possible pathways of habitus change by informal tourism entrepreneurs in Thailand. Bourdieu's concept of habitus is depicted as a person's understanding of the world. Do people adapt their worldview in response to only external stimuli? Through ethnographic fieldwork including participant observations and active semi-structured interviews with 53 participants, this paper identifies a classification of four modes of habitus adaptation: (1) Understanding and appreciating the field and its conditions, (2) Challenging core beliefs systems, (3) Applying a practical sense to ‘objective possibilities’, and, (4) Challenging non-reflective dispositions. We argue that charting the modes of habitus adaptation could help policymakers understand the change processes of informal entrepreneurs in the tourism sector and their willingness to change.
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| Format: | Article/Letter to editor biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Bourdieu, Ethnography, Habitus change, Informal tourism entrepreneurs, Social structural change, Thailand, |
| Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/like-a-fish-in-water-habitus-adaptation-mechanisms-of-informal-to |
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