Bridging disciplinary perspectives on transformation: Epistemologically evaluating liminality and transformative learning

Liselle Milazzo; Joelle Soulard

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2023.103710

Bridging disciplinary perspectives on transformation: Epistemologically evaluating liminality and transformative learning

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Transformative tourism has become a key research topic, with Turner's anthropological liminality and Mezirow's educational transformative learning theory being central frameworks. This essay clarifies these approaches, analyzing their strengths, limitations, and interplay to enhance transformation-focused tourism research. It emphasizes interdisciplinary methods, proposing theoretical expansions that explore the breadth of transformation and its practical applications. By comprehensively articulating these frameworks, this paper aims to guide their effective integration in tourism studies. This work deepens the understanding of transformative processes in tourism, contributing significantly to the field's epistemic progression.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	103710
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	104
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2023.103710
State	Published - Jan 2024

Keywords

Liminality
Mezirow
Theory
Transformation
Transformative learning
Turner

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business and International Management
Development
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Marketing

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