{"id":17975,"date":"2020-03-18T14:18:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T05:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021\/?p=17975"},"modified":"2020-03-06T16:41:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T07:41:50","slug":"20200318","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/www\/2021\/2020\/03\/20200318\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Seminar on Empowering Women (ex)Prisoners with Tourism in Chiang Mai"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Speaker<\/strong>: Ploysri Porananond\uff08Senior Research Fellow, Chiang Mai University; Visiting ILAS Lecturer\uff09\u3000
\nVenue<\/strong>: Tonantei, Inamori Memorial Building 2nd floor, north end
\nDate\/Time<\/strong>: Wednesday March 18th, 2020, 12:00p.m.-1:30p.m<\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>: Empowering Women with the Power of Tourism: Case of the Massage
\nCenter by Female Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners in Chiang Mai, Thailand<\/p>\n

Keywords<\/strong>:
\nfemale prisoner, ex-prisoner, massage, social stigma, tourism, commercialization<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>:
\nA person having served a sentence in prison often finds it difficult to
\nreintegrate into society. This is especially evident in the case of
\nfemale ex-prisoners where their gender is used against them. Additional
\nhurdles are unfairly imposed on them to prove that they have earned
\ntheir place in the community outside of prison. The social stigma
\nattached to them due to their criminal past gradually swallows their own
\nindividuality to the point of becoming their new identity. The public
\nrefuses to see them beyond their criminal past. Not only is the public
\nassumption against them, but the law is also hardly on their side.
\nFemale ex-prisoners cannot own a business nor employed as public
\nservant. Their career options are limited to odd jobs or labor works
\nwhich barely pay the minimum wage. They could not earn an adequate
\nincome for their household. These obstacles contribute to the high rate
\nof recidivism or aggravated crimes among female ex-prisoners.<\/p>\n

Tourism has the power to break this cycle. The success of the Women\u2019s
\nMassage Center by Ex-Prisoners in Chiang Mai has aptly demonstrated
\nthis. It took advantage of the skilled ex-prisoners who were trained
\nduring their incarceration and marketed their social stigma as a unique
\nbrand to attract tourists to the massage center. In return, the female
\nex-prisoners gain a stable employment and therefore slowly reintegrated
\nwith social life as another citizen.<\/p>\n

This presentation will demonstrate how tourism has the power to empower
\nfemale ex-prisoner\u2019s identity and repackage it for the benefit of
\ntourism industry. At the same time, tourism has the power to provide
\nthese female ex-prisoners with new career opportunities that previously
\nwere not made available to them. However, the power of tourism is
\nlimited inside the tourism industry, especially with foreign tourists.
\nThe changes provided does not extend towards better acceptance from the
\nlocal community.<\/p>\n

Short bio<\/strong>:
\nPloysri Porananond is an exceptional researcher in tourism studies in
\nThailand. At present, she is a senior research fellow at the Knowledge
\nand Innovation Center, College of Arts, Media and Technology, Chiang Mai
\nUniversity. She is the founder of the Asian Journal of Tourism Research
\n(AJTR), the international journal in tourism research in Thailand. Her
\ninterest focuses on the relation between tourism and culture in Thailand
\nand Her publications include \u201cModernity and Evolution of a Festive
\nTourism Tradition: The Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand\u201d
\n(2008), Rethinking Asian Tourism: Culture, Encounters and Local Response
\n(edited with Victor T. King) (2014), \u201cTourism and Political Agendas in
\nthe Dum Hua Procession in the Songkran Festival\u201d (2014), \u201cTourism and
\nthe Transformation of Ritual Practice with Sand Pagoda in Chiang Mai,
\nThailand\u201d (2015), \u201cKhun Tok Dinner: The Transformation of a Lanna Eating
\nStyle into a Tourist Attraction in Chiang Mai, Thailand\u201d (2015), Tourism
\nand Monarchy in Southeast Asia (edited with Victor T. King) (2016), \u201cThe
\nMonarch, the Elephant, and Tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand\u201d (2016).
\n\u201cTourist Demand and the Transformation of Kimono in Kyoto\u201d (2019).<\/p>\n

Inquiry<\/strong>: Yoko Hayami x7336 yhayami[at]cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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