Malawi, Orphans, and the Search of Authenticity in Protestant Short-Term Missions

This article combines Victor Turner's ideas on pilgrimage and communitas with tourism imaginaries to explore how United States students volunteering in Protestant short-term mission trips (STMs) to an orphanage in Malawi articulate their experiences. We find that volunteers travel to Malawi to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Human organization 2018-12, Vol.77 (4), p.347-358
Hauptverfasser:	Freidus, Andrea, Caro, Lennin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Anthropology Authenticity Children Christianity Colonialism Community Community volunteers Cultural anthropology Decolonization Ethical dilemmas Ethics Families & family life Happiness Institutionalization Low income groups Mobile phones Modernity Orphanages Orphans Perpetuation Pilgrimages Postcolonialism Poverty Power Relatives Reliance Religious missions Short term Social media Social networks Spirituality Suffering Tourism Travel Turner, Victor Volunteers Young adults
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