Donors on tour: Philanthrotourism in Africa
研究了非政府组织为重要捐赠者组织的项目考察旅行，将其定义为“慈善旅游”，并基于非洲实地调研发现，这种旅行通过让捐赠者体验一种包含黑暗元素的矛盾快感，来强化其慈善承诺。
Increasingly NGOs organize trips for their ‘major donors’ to visit development projects with the aim to enhance funding streams and fortify donor relations. Building on growing discussions of ‘philanthrocapitalism’ as a novel form of international development financing, we analyze such ‘donor trips’ as a unique tourism niche termed ‘philanthrotourism’. Based on empirical research concerning two such trips to Sub-Saharan Africa, we argue that philanthrotourism allows donors to experience jouissance—a particular type of ambivalent enjoyment that includes fascination with dark and horrific elements—as a core motivation to engage in staged development spectacles via their touristic experiences and thereby affirm their commitment to philanthropy. Our analysis highlights the importance of investigating psychological underpinnings of ethical tourism more generally.