Providing fun in the ‘world of tourism’: servicing backpackers in Indonesia

Service sector work is a special arena for the formation of gendered subjects because its workers are both service providers and part of the consumed product in the sense that they have to deliver a ‘quality’ product and have the ‘right attitude’ toward customers. Based on repeated qualitative fieldwork, including in-depth interviews with tourism workers in a backpacker tourism enclave in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, this article explores the ways in which tourism work and tourism workers are constructed as gendered subjects. Although women and men might have the same work tasks within tourism, they are positioned differently, and it is not unusual for women to be seen as having a hidden agenda that is assumed to involve sex work. Men are constructed as the norm to which women are compared and consequently perceived as deviating from. Between men and women working in tourism and the western backpackers on which tourism workers depend in order to sustain their livelihoods, relations of class, gender and colonial stereotypes come into play. Tourism workers consider themselves to be seen as providers of fun, which means that they are able to meet the needs of the tourists, whatever those needs might be.     

Debunking the Myth of Localized Agglomerations: The Development of a Regionalized Service Economy in South-East England

The central argument of this paper is that localized clusters of economic activity, or 'agglomerations', have been overemphasized in economic geography since the mid-1980s. In particular, such analyses are too manufacturing-biased, and place too much weight on the importance of local supply, market and partnership linkages. We will re-emphasize the service-based nature of growth in the core region of the UK economy, and will explore how a broad band of producer service activity is emerging in the Western Arc, owing largely to common locational logics, including back-office decentralization and the new firm-formation process. Such growth is both stimulated and supported by the high demand levels of the regional economy, but evidence suggests that the linkages of such firms extend well beyond the 'local', to cover at least the 'Greater South-East'. Furthermore, the international element in service growth needs to be recognized, as highlighted by the concentration of US foreign direct investment in the software industry along the M4 corridor. When areas outside the South-East are considered (such as Edinburgh, Tyne and Wear, Cheshire), the evidence appears to support Allen's (1992) notion of a 'regionalized mode of service growth' in the South-East.     

VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AS AGENTS IN THE BECOMING OF PLACE

Field work observations, and questionnaires returned by members of three voluntary organizations for rural women in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, are used to explore the links between place-based communities, voluntary organizations, and the development of personal identity. The selected organizations have now been in existence for several generations. They offer individuals the opportunity to make a commitment of time, money, and skills to their local community. A loyalty to the organization may develop that is a vehicle for loyalty to place. Comments from participants in this survey indicate that many feel that they have grown as individuals through these commitments.
Les observations faites sur le terrain et les questionnaires renvoye's par les rnembres de trois organisations bénévoles pour la population féminine rurale en Australie, à la Nouvelle Zélande et au Canada sont utilisés pour expliquer les liens entre les communautés locales, les organisations bénévoles et le développement de l'identité personnelle. Les organisations sélectionnées existent depuis plusieurs générations. Elles offrent aux personnes la possibilité de s'engager en donnant de leur temps, de leur argent et de leurs aptitudes à leur communauté locale. Une loyauté envers l'organisation peut se développer, ce qui devient un véhicule pour développer une loyauté envers l'endroit. Les commentaires faits par les participants à cette enquête indiquent que beaucoup pensent qu'ils ont grandi en tant qu'individus à cause de ces engagements.     

中国城市旅游集散中心模式的对比分析——兼论旅游集散中心的功能与形成机制

中国的大型城市为了解决巨量散客出游的问题,由上海率先建立了“旅游集散中心”的散客旅游服务模式,目前已经被证明适用于中国现行体制下的特大型城市,符合城市旅游发展之需。国内其它许多城市也跟着建设了名为“旅游集散中心”的机构,但是仔细比较可以发现,这些机构虽然表面名称一致,在体制和运行机制上却存在较大差异,实际运行效果也很是不同。文章比较分析了上海、杭州、成都、北京以及其它若干城市的旅游集散中心在体制、机制与运行效果上的异同点,并探讨了旅游集散中心的本质特征与形成机制,强调了它的准公共产品属性。     

青海农牧区图书馆建设之我见

享受图书馆的服务是全体公民的权利。但目前青海农牧区图书馆建设及其服务工作不能满足青海农牧区社会经济发展的需要。必须采取有效措施,加强图书馆建设,更好地为农牧民提供信息服务。     

高速铁路对城市与区域空间影响的研究述评与展望

20世纪90年代以来,国内外关于高速铁路对城市与区域空间影响的研究不断深化、研究范式不断丰富,呈现多视角、多层次、理论与实证、定性与定量相结合的研究体系。高速铁路对城市与区域空间的影响主要遵循这样一个研究脉络:交通可达性的变化-空间效应-城市与区域经济的影响-空间组织结构的演变。并在此框架的指引下对国内外已有的高铁研究成果进行了梳理与归纳,简要评析了高铁对城市与区域空间影响的研究内容、研究方法与研究视角,初步划分了国内外高铁对城市与区域空间影响的研究阶段,最后指出了当前研究的不足,提出了未来高铁研究的发展方向,以期为当前时代背景下中国高铁发展提供借鉴与启示。     

基于高斯两步移动搜索法的沈阳市就业可达性评价

将高斯两步移动搜索方法引入到就业可达性测度研究中,在证明方法有效性的同时,也对研究案例沈阳市中心城区的就业可达性空间格局、形成机理进行了分析,并提出相应的调控策略。结果显示,沈阳市中心城区的就业可达性在空间上并非均匀分布,而是呈现为明显的中心-外围格局。形成这一格局的机理有:①单中心的城市形态;②城市规划的功能性布局;③居住的郊区化;④旧城改造与政策性住房;⑤地理要素的空间阻隔。提出用足规划手段促进产业与人口均衡化布局、旧城改造与政策性住房的合理落位、完善城市交通,破除路径障碍与培育多中心城市空间结构等调控策略。     

试论战国时期的军服供应问题

在探讨战国时期的军服供应问题时,学术界的认识并不统一,多数学者认为此时的军服主要由士兵本人自备。传统文献、睡虎地云梦秦简及其所附两版“家书”和里耶秦简的一些记载,为我们了解战国军服供应情况提供了重要材料。战国时期军队士兵的服装一般由国家发放,特别是其战服外衣应当是官府统一制作,而其贴身内衣则可能由士兵自备。士兵衣服,由于经年累月行军打仗,磨损很大,士兵随时到军市上采买一些作为补充,也是情理中事。战国时期军市的大量涌现,其中当然也有军服交易,但它只是一种辅助性的军用物资供应方式。     

广东区域可达性综合探测及空间分异特征研究

本文以广东省陆路交通网络为对象,综合利用可达性度量模型对广东省区域可达性进行测算和空间特征分析,并进一步实现广东省省域的等级分区。结果表明,广东区域日可达性和时间可达性呈现出同心圆分布特征,并具有明显交通网络指向性;但在空间、交通网络结构和社会经济等因素的综合影响下,潜力可达性表现出多中心圈层的空间分异特征。研究揭示了广东省区域可达性的空间格局及分异规律,探讨了地理区位和城市发展在可达性空间分异中作用,从而为广东产业布局优化、土地集约化利用以及区域协调发展提供科学参考。     

乡村地区路网通达性研究——以陕西省丹凤县为例

通达性是指交通网络中各节点相互作用的机会大小,也是从出发地前往目的地的方便程度。道路网络是支撑乡村地区经济社会发展的基础,而通达性则是反映道路网络水平和质量的有效评价指标。本文以位于陕西秦巴山区的丹凤县为例,基于第二次土地利用现状调查和实际考察资料,分别以乡镇和行政村为单元,以GIS方法为支撑,采用道路临近性、乡镇内部可达性和道路衔接性三项指标,分析和评价了丹凤县乡村地区路网通达性。本研究对陕南秦巴山区乡村路网建设和移民搬迁工程有一定指导作用,对乡村地区路网通达性分析和评价方法进行了有效改进。