September Book Club - On Tourism, Fantasies & Mimicry
About the event
September Book Club will discuss Labadee by Joiri Minaya x A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid. Impersonations, while deceitful, are key to unveiling truer, repressed motives, desires, and entitlements of the tourist for both Kincaid and Minaya. The fulfillment of a tourist is often at the expense of a local's survival. Kincaid and Minaya make this known without any escape. How do we become conscientious travellers, or must we boycott tourism completely? What are the effects of 'sustainable' tourism today in light of climate change and resource extraction, and might it be an emerging brand of neocolonialism? The hosts will discuss these ideas, followed by a general discussion with likeminded strangers, yet to call friends. Find out more and book. Spots are limited (15 max) although free, so please consider booking at your earliest convenience. [Image retrieved from Hyperallergic, "Installation view of Joiri Minaya: Labadee at the Blanton Museum of Art (courtesy the Blanton Museum of Art)"]
