Tourism, Education, and Identity Making: Agency and Representation of Indigenous Communities in Public Sites within Florida.

Author

Timothy R. Lomberk II, University of South Florida

Graduation Year

2021

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

M.A.

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Degree Granting Department

Anthropology

Major Professor

Antoinette Jackson, Ph.D.

Committee Member

Kevin Yelvington, Ph.D.

Committee Member

Thomas Pluckhahn, Ph.D.

Keywords

de Soto Trail, Heritage, NPS, Tourism

Abstract

National parks have a history of complex relations with Native communities beginning with the advent of the National Park Service to representation of Native histories in the present. I will focus on two specific cases located within Florida, utilizing the lens of authorized heritage to show challenges of representation; and the range of ways that representation has been addressed and are currently being addressed with respect to Native communities in Florida. I utilize ethnohistorical and ethnographic methods to explore issues of representation in public spaces; such as museums and national parks. I am interested in critical representations of Native American communities in the present at public heritage sites.

Scholar Commons Citation

Lomberk, Timothy R. II, "Tourism, Education, and Identity Making: Agency and Representation of Indigenous Communities in Public Sites within Florida." (2021). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/8816