Fieldwork in the Dolomites around food tourism

1. Research Approach and Design

1.1. Serendipity

1.2. Ethnographic way of seeing

1.3. Co-construction of knowledge with participants

2. Phases

2.1. Phase 1. Tops of the mountains: malga

2.1.1. W

2.1.1.1. June -Sept 2015

2.1.2. RQ

2.1.2.1. Who runs malga (farmer/tourism operator?)

2.1.2.2. How the malga runners live their agricultural and touristic role?

2.1.2.3. Which contradictions and which potentialities are relevant for the malga runners within their activity? / Which are the contradictions and which the potentialities of this “double” role?

2.1.3. N

2.1.3.1. 22 malga visited

2.1.3.2. 12 tourism activities observed in 7 malga

2.1.3.3. ... informal conversations (people)

2.1.3.4. Words written about 35.000: diary n.1, world diary 25.000; 12 entries of Day One App

2.2. Phase 2. Down in towns: barns and offices

2.2.1. W

2.2.1.1. September 2015 -February 2016

2.2.2. RQ

2.2.2.1. What malga means for all actors involved in agriculture-tourism activities?

2.2.3. N

2.2.3.1. 14 actors

2.2.3.2. 10 conceptual maps

2.2.3.3. 11 transcripts

2.3. Phase 3. Dialogues around food

2.3.1. W

2.3.1.1. February 2016 - June 2016

2.3.2. RQ

2.3.2.1. What local food means to the actors involved in agriculture-tourism activities?

2.3.2.2. What expectations do the actors (involved in agriculture-tourism activities) have toward local food and local producers?

2.3.3. N

2.3.3.1. 5 focus group

2.3.3.2. 20 people involved

2.3.3.3. 5 FG transcript and 5 reports shared

2.4. Phase 4. Participatory Action Research around Food Tourism

2.4.1. W

2.4.1.1. September 2016- April 2017

2.4.2. RQ

2.4.2.1. Which are the roles of cow farmers, cheese factory and tourism operators in food tourism?

2.4.2.2. How can collaboration can be fostered?

2.4.3. N

2.5. Phase 5. PAR Food Tourism Results

2.5.1. W

2.5.1.1. April - May 2017

2.5.2. R1

2.5.2.1. "adopt a barn"

2.5.3. R2

2.5.3.1. photo-recipes

2.5.3.2. face to face training opportunity

2.5.4. R3

2.5.4.1. public final conference

2.5.4.1.1. governance?

3. Research Main Objectives

3.1. To examine the relationship between agricolture and tourism

3.1.1. Micro-level of malga

3.1.2. Macro-level of territory/community

3.1.3. Governance