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dc.contributor.advisorGranås, Brynhild
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Yan
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-05T10:21:24Z
dc.date.available2019-03-05T10:21:24Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-31
dc.description.abstractOffering (or receiving) work in exchange for free accommodation is a service that we have in tourism industry today and it has become a worldwide phenomenon. In such exchanges, helpers come to the hosts’ home and are expected to contribute a pre-agreed amount of time per day (most often four to five hours of work a day) in exchange for lodging and food, which is provided by the hosts. This master thesis is aiming to find out how helpers ascribe meanings in such work-accommodation exchange. In the history of the itinerant travelling, there are multiple forms of itinerant travelling can be seen as antecedents to the phenomenon of work-accommodation exchange today. Thus, this master thesis went through many literatures of itinerant travelling forms in the history to analogize the cultural and social dimensions of work-accommodation exchange. Seven former helpers with different background have selected to be interviewed. This master thesis touches on the characteristics of the helpers, the work element, leisure, vulnerability, post work-accommodation exchange experiences, antecedents and new trends in this phenomenon.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14843
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2018 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDREI-3020
dc.subjectTourismen_US
dc.subjectWork-accommodation exchangeen_US
dc.subjectWWOOFen_US
dc.subjectHelpxen_US
dc.subjectWorkawayen_US
dc.subjectItinerant Travellingen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Cultural science: 060en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Kulturvitenskap: 060en_US
dc.titleAn Investigation into How Helpers Ascribe Meanings to the Phenomenon of Work – Accommodation Exchangeen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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