[Lecture] Gentrifiction of Rural Tourism and Its Implications for Rural Planning and Construction

Speaker: Chen Peipei (Nanjing University)

Date: April 30, 2024 (Tuesday)

Time: 9:00 a. m.

Venue: Lecture Hall, 1st Floor, Western Library

Report Introduction: Globally, the development of transportation and communication technologies has greatly enhanced the possibility of the flow of population, knowledge, and concepts. Under the background of the rural revitalization strategy, a large number of people have moved from cities to rural areas in our country. This new consumer-oriented flow is different from traditional tourism; they actively participate in building a gentrified space that integrates urban and rural lifestyles, promoting the development of gentrification in rural tourism. This study explores the characteristics of gentrification in Chinese rural tourism through case studies of rural tourism makers in China. Based on eight months of participatory observation in four national demonstration bases for rural tourism makers and 131 interviews, it shows the “localization” practice form of this new population flow. The study finds that Chinese rural tourism makers are both middle-class consumers and creative class producers. They travel between urban and rural areas for personal life and career development reasons, breaking the dualistic opposition in rural tourism research between producers and consumers and between urban and rural areas. By creating a homestay landscape that combines local and global characteristics, they have promoted the development of gentrification in rural tourism, facilitated the development of the rural tourism industry and the participation of local residents, and have become a typical model of gentrification in China’s countryside, providing guiding significance for rural planning and construction in our country.

Introduction to the Speaker: Chen Peipei, Associate Researcher at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Southampton, UK, in 2021, majoring in Human Geography. Her research directions include rural revitalization led by cultural creativity, gentrification of rural tourism, and rural entrepreneurship. She presides over one project of the National Natural Science Fund for Young Scientists. She has participated in one national-level project and two provincial-level and ministerial-level projects. She has published several papers in authoritative academic journals at home and abroad.

Source: NYNU Academic Activities (Chinese)

https://www.nynu.edu.cn/info/1048/27738.htm