Beyond guilt trips : mindful travel in an unequal world /
Every year, hundreds of thousands of young people pack their bags to study or volunteer abroad. Well-intentioned and curious Westerners, brought up to believe that international travel broadens our horizons, travel to low-income countries to learn about people and cultures different from their own....
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Toronto :
Between the Lines,
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Table of Contents:
- Before you buy your ticket, read this
- Luggage we take with us: difference and advantage
- Ticket bought, Part One: Identity, culture, and race
- Ticket bought, Part Two: Friendship across difference
- I thought I was here to look at you: story clusters
- Limits to the well-intentioned desire to do good: the politics of help
- Displace guilt, center dignity, and breathe: strategies to stay present
- Helmet to cheek: go small and find joy
- Goings and comings in an unequal world: the journey continues
- Night here, morning there.