Wilderness tourism and the moralities of commitment: Hunting and angling as modes of engaging with the natures and animals of rural landscapes in Norway

摘要: Abstract To an increasing degree, rural landscapes are being transformed into sites for leisure. Even though tourism is welcomed as a rescue plank of agricultural communities in decline, it may at the same time also be associated with unwanted changes. In case where natures within these labelled wilderness by conservationists and tourist industries alike, inhabitants local perceive that social cultural aspects they themselves strongly identify disregarded. These issues approached through explorations how anglers hunters south-eastern part Norway react to new trends angling hunting tourism. particular, looked terms meanings emerge anglers' hunters' diverse modes engaging various landscapes. As fish game killed consumed, least some like understand acts commitment While “naturalness” precarious question perspective, which often visiting hunters, practices, forest mountains areas experienced extensions declining practices settlements, imply greater extent “culturalness” animals enacted. It has been concluded strong voices among express views non-consumptive made symbols faired process their own landscape leisurely commoditized wilderness.