archives: In Depth
Can Tribal Tourism Actually Help Preserve Indigenous Culture?
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There’s a fine line between human interest and human zoo. [...]
Violence In Kenya: Is This What Democracy Looks Like?
(4 Comments)We’re in week three of a nation-wide civil uprising in response to the fraudulent December 27th Presidential elections in Kenya, and among the [...]
The Shameful Truth About Sex Tourism
(28 Comments)Every year, tourists flock to Southeast Asia, in hopes of netting the tropical ocean dream. Khaosan Road, Bangkok’s backpacker coconut cream p [...]
Hidden Hope: A Visit To A Sri Lankan Tea Estate
(2 Comments)Television news bombards us daily with images of global destruction, famine, disease, and wars. No wonder we despair at the future mankind is forging [...]
Dark Tourism: Bearing Witness or Crass Spectacle?
(15 Comments)The practice of visiting sites related to death and suffering is known as “Dark Tourism.” It’s been two years since Hurricane Katrina devast [...]
A History Of Why People Travel
(3 Comments)Ever notice how when you sit still for a few hours without moving, you suddenly get up and find your legs are cramped, or asleep, or feel tense? Tha [...]
My Time With The Navajo Elders
(5 Comments)When you live with people who have lost everything, can you learn to forgive? Black Mesa, also know as Big Mountain, is a beautiful desert land out [...]
The Case For Documenting Death
(8 Comments)The stacked skulls at the site of the killing fields, Cambodia. In the journey for the authentic, we inevitably find ourselves confronted with the ho [...]
The Artifacts of Genocide
(6 Comments)A film montage I shot during my visit to the Cambodian Killing Fields in early 2006. The song is called “Dusk” by Canadian artist Matthe [...]
Culture Hopping
(No Comments)Like a roasted pepper, you’re done: well cooked, charred on the outside, burnt, spent. But on the inside, hidden within the veil of life’ [...]
