Rachael A. Woldoff – The Conversation

Pertunjukan tari kerap jadi magnet turis, namun komodifikasi budaya mulai membuat warga lokal tak nyaman. Aditya Argawal/Pexel

September 27, 2022

Indonesia hingga Meksiko berupaya menarik ‘digital nomads’, tapi penduduk lokal berkata “tak semudah itu”

Rachael A. Woldoff, West Virginia University and Robert Litchfield, Washington & Jefferson College

Penduduk setempat biasanya melihat turis sebagai cara untuk meningkatkan perekonomian. Tetapi pada titik tertentu, perasaan tak suka mulai muncul.

A tourist has makeup done ahead of Day of the Dead on Oct. 30, 2021, in Mexico City. Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images

September 2, 2022

As countries ranging from Indonesia to Mexico aim to attract digital nomads, locals say ‘not so fast’

Rachael A. Woldoff, West Virginia University and Robert Litchfield, Washington & Jefferson College

Locals usually see tourists as a way to boost the economy. But at a certain point, resentment starts to build.

The pandemic has spurred many workers to contemplate their futures – and whether they ever want to return to office life. Edward Hopper, 'Morning Sun' (1952) via hermien_amsterdam/flickr

April 12, 2021

What inspired digital nomads to flee America’s big cities may spur legions of remote workers to do the same

Rachael A. Woldoff, West Virginia University and Robert Litchfield, Washington & Jefferson College

The pandemic exposed the contradictions and tensions at the heart of ‘creative class’ cities and jobs.

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