Posthumanist theory and tourism practice: From performance indicators to impact-in-progress
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Posthumanism is quietly reshaping how tourism is practiced — not through grand disruption, but through a slow, creeping reconditioning of what travel even means.
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Theory Briefing
- Tourism's impact is reframed as 'impact-in-progress' — a gradual shift in practice rather than a measurable performance outcome.
- Posthumanist theory challenges the human-centric lens of travel, entangling tourists with non-human environments and systems.
- This commentary argues standard performance indicators fail to capture how theory actually transforms real-world tourism behavior.