Underwater Hotels - An Imaginative Ethnography

This book chronicles the first research project ever conducted at underwater hotels.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Equarius Hotel: From Heterotopia To Alloútopia 3. Imaginative Sensory Ethnography 4. The Manta Resort's Underwater Room: Care And Ethics In More-Than-Human Tourism 5. The Muraka: Sea Life, More-Than-Human Architecture, And Alloútopic Imagination 6. Jules' Undersea Lodge: On The Im-Possibility Of Human Life Underwater 7. Reefsuites: The Tourist Gaze And Beyond 8. But How Did You Sleep? (Dis-)Comfort And The Animal Gaze

About the author

Phillip Vannini is a Professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC, Canada.
April Vannini is a community-engaged learning coordinator at the University of Victoria and teaches in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Phillip Vannini, Vannini April
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032963266
• ISBN: 978-1-032-96326-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Planetary Spaces Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Social impact of environmental issues, Human Geography, Tourism industry, Retail and wholesale industries, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology