Methodological Bricolage: A Journey on the Road Less Traveled in Tourism Studies
This article, by exploring an approach to research, argues a case for bricolage as an acceptable approach in tourism research. Tourism researchers thinking about utilizing methodological bricolage as a research approach have little scholarly literature to draw from; therefore, it remains
relatively underused and misunderstood as a means of qualitative inquiry. This article presents an account of getting to grips with a multiparadigmatic methodological bricolage as a way of understanding the world of backpacking and its inhabitants, who actively constitute, distinguish, and
label themselves as backpackers. It is an approach that delivered a coherent conceptual scaffold, producing a rich, but always partial, understanding of a social world, those who inhabit it, and how they sustain it. It doing so, the research design adds to methodological innovation and diversification
in tourism research.
Keywords: BACKPACKING; BRICOLAGE; MOBILITIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOURISM
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: November 6, 2015
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