Fabian Frenzel is lecturer in organization studies at the University of Leicester and senior research fellow with the University of Johannesburg. From 2012 to 2014 he was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Potsdam, Germany. His research interests concern the intersections of mobility, politics and organization studies. His previous books include Protest Camps (co-authored with Anna Feigenbaum and Patrick McCurdy, Zed Books, 2013).

A provoking read, exceptional in its efforts to understand slum tourism as a global industry and a symbolic practice of valorisation.

• 1. Introduction2. Tourism and the Social Question3. The Slum and the City4. Value Practices and Tourist Falorization5. Slums in Local Value Regimes6. Disruptive Valorization: Putting Slums on the Map7. Co-opting and Engineering Tourist Valorization: Policy and Real Estate Responses8. Tourist Valorization in the Post-Fordist Care Regime9. Slum Tourism and Political Activism10. Conclusion

Fabian Frenzel is lecturer in organization studies at the University of Leicester and senior research fellow with the University of Johannesburg. From 2012 to 2014 he was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Potsdam, Germany. His research interests concern the intersections of mobility, politics and organization studies. His previous books include Protest Camps (co-authored with Anna Feigenbaum and Patrick McCurdy, Zed Books, 2013).

A provoking read, exceptional in its efforts to understand slum tourism as a global industry and a symbolic practice of valorisation.

• 1. Introduction2. Tourism and the Social Question3. The Slum and the City4. Value Practices and Tourist Falorization5. Slums in Local Value Regimes6. Disruptive Valorization: Putting Slums on the Map7. Co-opting and Engineering Tourist Valorization: Policy and Real Estate Responses8. Tourist Valorization in the Post-Fordist Care Regime9. Slum Tourism and Political Activism10. Conclusion

Fabian Frenzel is lecturer in organization studies at the University of Leicester and senior research fellow with the University of Johannesburg. From 2012 to 2014 he was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Potsdam, Germany. His research interests concern the intersections of mobility, politics and organization studies. His previous books include Protest Camps (co-authored with Anna Feigenbaum and Patrick McCurdy, Zed Books, 2013).

A provoking read, exceptional in its efforts to understand slum tourism as a global industry and a symbolic practice of valorisation.

• 1. Introduction2. Tourism and the Social Question3. The Slum and the City4. Value Practices and Tourist Falorization5. Slums in Local Value Regimes6. Disruptive Valorization: Putting Slums on the Map7. Co-opting and Engineering Tourist Valorization: Policy and Real Estate Responses8. Tourist Valorization in the Post-Fordist Care Regime9. Slum Tourism and Political Activism10. Conclusion