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The Image Of Adventure In Literature, Media, And Society: 2019 Sassi Conference Proceedings, Thomas G. Endres
The Image Of Adventure In Literature, Media, And Society: 2019 Sassi Conference Proceedings, Thomas G. Endres
Society for the Academic Study of Social Imagery
Conference proceedings of the 2019 meeting of the Society for the Academic Study of Social Imagery (SASSI). Selected, refereed essays on the conference theme of The Image of ADVENTURE in Literature, Media, and Society.
On Making A Difference: How Photography And Narrative Produce The Short-Term Missions Experience, Joshua Kerby Jennings
On Making A Difference: How Photography And Narrative Produce The Short-Term Missions Experience, Joshua Kerby Jennings
Theses and Dissertations--Community & Leadership Development
Short-term missions participants encounter difference in purportedly captivating ways. Current research, however, indicates the practice does not lead to long-lasting, positive change. Brian M. Howell (2012) argues the short-term missions experience is confined to the limitations of the short-term missions narrative. People who engage in short-term missions build assumptions, seek experiences, understand difference, and convey meaning, as a result of this narrative. The process of telling and retelling travel stories is integral to the short-term missions experience. Drawing upon literature on tourism, narrative, development, and photography, this study intends to evaluate the inefficacy of short-term missions through the stories which …