On Travel Writing and Colonial Spells | Bani Amor
My guest on this episode is Bani Amor, a genderqueer travel writer who explores the relationships between race, place, and power. They’re a four-time Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation fellow with work in CNN Travel, Fodor’s, and AFAR, among others, and in the anthology Outside the XY: Queer Black andBrown Masculinity.
In our discussion we look to travel writing as a narrative that underpins colonialism and the identity crisis that it desperately needs. We consider contemporary social media travelogues, the limits to decoloniality and tourism greenwashing, spiritual or psychedelic tourism, what subversive travel writing looks like and what travel writing looks like at home.
Show Notes
Bani’s Travels and Family Movements
Travelling “back” to Ecuador
Travel Writing is the Narrative that Underpins Colonialism
Social Media Travelogues: The Same old Shit
Decolonial Tourism
Travel Writing Needs an Identity Crisis
What Subversive Travel Writing Looks Like
Appropriating and Greenwashing Decoloniality in Tourism
Can Tourism be Reformed?
Spiritual / Psychedelic Tourism
Limits
You Can’t Outrun Home, You Can’t Outrun Privilege
Travel Writing Through a Local Lens
Homework
Transcript
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