This is the only pyramid that we can climb, and since I've now learned that some parents other than my own might be reading, I assure you, your son or daughter is safe from the climb!
Valladolid will be our base for three nights. It's a wonderful city, and this is a magnificent hotel. Pictures of the city will be coming in other posts. From here, we will explore Rio Lagartos and consider the possibilities and pitfalls of eco-tourism. On our second day, we will have a discussion of religious pilgrimage and the colonial history of Catholicism in the Yucatan, which will take us to the site, Tihosuco.
Tonight we will explore the centro de Valladolid, and we will begin thinking about the role of "seeing" and photography in the construction of tourist space, tourist expectation and tourist desire. Students will have read a chapter from the Tourist Gaze 3.0 about the history of photography and its relationship to tourism, so we will explore the centro de Valladolid and consider how we (tourists/guests) are seeing and being seen (by hosts) and how our photographs help construct the reality of this place for ourselves, for our audiences back home and even for our hosts as they perform for our pictures, etc.
Photography is considered "the" media for tourism. Most tourists snap their own photos, and, of course, commercial photography is one of the primary ways we build images in our heads about tourist destinations. Because of this, a discussion of the role of photography in shaping expectations, relationships between hosts and guests and even, in some cases, architecture is paramount to understanding intersections between media and tourism.
Hasta pronto....
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