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...Hello, my name is Jessica Cartwright, I am 20 years old and a Geography student at Staffordshire University, England.
I am interested in the Camino on a personal level and when researching it I realised there was not much academic research. Whilst walking the Camino myself this summer I wanted to find out and explore the impacts and reasoning of a 21st century pilgrimage and make it the subject of my dissertation.
I also wanted to try understand the development of a traditional pilgrimage into a tourist attraction....
Hi TTB,
My course is based on human Geography and tourism. The reasoning behind the question regarding money is to determine a vague figure on how much each walker is spending on their holiday and therefore putting into the Spanish economy and the small towns that the Camino travels though. From walking the Camino this summer i became very aware that some of the villages that the Camino travels though are very small , and the Camino could be the main source of income for these villages.
Thank you very much for your time and question
Jess x
Hi Jessica,Hello, my name is Jessica Cartwright, I am 20 years old and a Geography student at Staffordshire University, England.
I am interested in the Camino on a personal level and when researching it I realised there was not much academic research. Whilst walking the Camino myself this summer I wanted to find out and explore the impacts and reasoning of a 21st century pilgrimage and make it the subject of my dissertation.
I also wanted to try understand the development of a traditional pilgrimage into a tourist attraction.
This is a copy of the questionnaire that I handed out along the Camino this summer where I asked fellow walkers and pilgrims if they would be good enough to respond to the questions. For all sorts of reasons I didn't hand hand out as many as I expected, too busy enjoying the walk I think. For that reason I am trying to obtain more data from people who have made the walk.
It is very much appreciated if you could fill in the questionnaire buy clicking on this link
http://goo.gl/qFYlJZ
The questionnaire is completely confidential and you have the right to withdraw at any point throughout. I aim to use the information and any trends it throws up as the core of my work.
Many Thanks for your time
Jess
Have completed your questionnaire as requested. My answers related to the Norte route. I decided to leave joining the France route to the last possible moment at St. Irene, 18km from Santiago. Boy was I in for a shock! Not just the sheer number of people, but the biggest disappointment in my fellow pilgrims was the graffiti, damage to property and vandalism. Every where you looked it was so saddening. On the Norte route I saw none so the sudden sight off it was a real eye opener and another reason for not choosing the France route next time. Maybe I was just unlucky but it was not pleasant. Hope your research goes well. Buen CaminoHello, my name is Jessica Cartwright, I am 20 years old and a Geography student at Staffordshire University, England.
I am interested in the Camino on a personal level and when researching it I realised there was not much academic research. Whilst walking the Camino myself this summer I wanted to find out and explore the impacts and reasoning of a 21st century pilgrimage and make it the subject of my dissertation.
I also wanted to try understand the development of a traditional pilgrimage into a tourist attraction.
This is a copy of the questionnaire that I handed out along the Camino this summer where I asked fellow walkers and pilgrims if they would be good enough to respond to the questions. For all sorts of reasons I didn't hand hand out as many as I expected, too busy enjoying the walk I think. For that reason I am trying to obtain more data from people who have made the walk.
It is very much appreciated if you could fill in the questionnaire buy clicking on this link
http://goo.gl/qFYlJZ
The questionnaire is completely confidential and you have the right to withdraw at any point throughout. I aim to use the information and any trends it throws up as the core of my work.
Many Thanks for your time
Jess
I think it is unlikely that pilgrims are responsible for these. Litter perhaps, but I think the Spanish are responsible for the tagging/graffiti. Few pilgrims would carry the weight of spray cans simply to vandalize. Names on distance markers and under bunk beds is certainly pilgrims! The dueling x and j are the result of the battle between language groups. Spanish youth have nothing but time on their hands, so it is my bet that they do the spray paint. In a long discussion with some Spaniards over dinner, they said that it only takes a small number of youth to spread a lot of paint, so they were not ready to blame the Spanish youth, just some Spanish youth.disappointment in my fellow pilgrims was the graffiti, damage to property and vandalism.
Great idea Jess and best wishes with your studies.Hello, my name is Jessica Cartwright, I am 20 years old and a Geography student at Staffordshire University, England.
I am interested in the Camino on a personal level and when researching it I realised there was not much academic research. Whilst walking the Camino myself this summer I wanted to find out and explore the impacts and reasoning of a 21st century pilgrimage and make it the subject of my dissertation.
I also wanted to try understand the development of a traditional pilgrimage into a tourist attraction.
This is a copy of the questionnaire that I handed out along the Camino this summer where I asked fellow walkers and pilgrims if they would be good enough to respond to the questions. For all sorts of reasons I didn't hand hand out as many as I expected, too busy enjoying the walk I think. For that reason I am trying to obtain more data from people who have made the walk.
It is very much appreciated if you could fill in the questionnaire buy clicking on this link
http://goo.gl/qFYlJZ
The questionnaire is completely confidential and you have the right to withdraw at any point throughout. I aim to use the information and any trends it throws up as the core of my work.
Many Thanks for your time
Jess
I had just completed mine also. I agree with the above sentiment. Best wishes.Completed. Good luck on your research. Could you post summary results on this site? I know I would find the results interesting plus you might get some interesting comments that could really inform your conclusions.
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