Tourism, Philanthropy and School Tours in Zimbabwe

Kathleen Smithers is a Lecturer in the School of Education at Charles Sturt University, Australia. Her main research interests are in sociology of education, philanthropy in education, and in precarity in higher education.

• Chapter 1 INTRODUCTIONImage(s) of AfricaEducation challengesA note on terminologyIntroduction to the researchStructure of the bookChapter 2 HOW DOES TOURISM COME TO BE IN A SCHOOL?Economic challenges: A brief historyEducation challenges: A system in crisisTourism in ZimbabweSummaryChapter 3 INTRODUCING MATOPO SCHOOLMatopo SchoolEducation ToursAdventure CompanyShumba SafarisThe funding arrangementMy relationship to the schoolSummaryChapter 4 THE WHITE SAVIOUR COMPLEXDevelopmentDevelopmentourism and education: problems of namingThe white saviour complexDominant images of Majority World childrenSummaryChapter 5 BUILDING THE SET AND PRODUCING ‘AFRICA’Set design: An image of AfricaManaging conflicting roles of the schoolUse of children because teachers tell liesSummaryChapter 6: THE STARRING ROLE: POOR-BUT-HAPPY CHILDRENPlaying a character: Poor-but-happy children“They are in love with the children”Tourist-Visitor-FriendSummaryChapter 7 BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL: THE WHITE SAVIOUR AS PROTAGONISTThe protagonist: The white saviourComplexities of the white saviour in actionThe role I was assignedThe tension of external fundersThe white saviour and the local communitySummaryChapter 8 CONCLUSION