Kathleen M. Adams is a cultural anthropologist, Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, and Professor Emerita at

Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Cathol ...

. Known for her research on cultural transformations in island Southeast Asia, (especially Toraja society in Indonesia), she has made contributions to critical tourism studies, heritage studies, Indonesian art, and museum studies. Her award-winning books include
Art as Politics: Re-crafting Identities, Tourism and Power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia
' and
The Ethnography of Tourism: Edward Bruner and Beyond
' (coedited with N. Leite and Q. Casteneda) among others. Adams received her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Washington. She held the Mouat Family Endowed Chair for Junior Faculty at Beloit College and was a professor of Cultural Anthropology and Asian Studies at

(1993-2020). She was also an Adjunct Curator at the

Field Museum of Natural History The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational ...

. Adams has held fellowships and visiting appointments at various universities, including a
Fulbright Specialist Award
at Gadjah Mada University (2024) in Indonesia, a Visiting Fellowship at The Center for Tourism Research at Wakayama University (2020-2023) and Visiting Professorships at Ateneo de Manila University (2016), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (2016), and

's John Felice Rome Center (2008-2009). She was also
Isaac Manasseh Meyer Senior Fellow
at the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

's Centre for Advanced Study (1999),and taught on several University of Virginia Semester at Sea voyages. In addition to research grants from the

Fulbright The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...

, the American Philosophical Society, the Henry R. Luce Foundation, Adams has received several book prizes, Loyola University's Sujack Master Researcher Award (2016, 2020), Loyola University Chicago's 2007 Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence, and recognition by '' Princeton Review'' as one of the "300 best professors" in the US and Canada in 2012. In 2024 she was inducted into Redwood High School's Avenue of Giants.

Books

* 2023
Intersection of Tourism, Migration, and Exile
'' (Co-edited with Natalia Bloch). Routledge. * 2022
Seni Sebagai Politik
'' (Translated by Anwar Jimpe Rachman). Penerbit Ininnawa. * 2019
Indonesia: History, Heritage, Culture
Key Issues in Asian Studies Series.'' Association for Asian Studies Press. * 201
The Ethnography of Tourism: Edward Bruner and Beyond
(Co-edited with N. Leite and Q. Casteneda). Rowman and Littlefield.(Winner of the 2020 American Anthropological Association ATIG award for best 2nd and beyond book in the Anthropology of Tourism.). * 2011
Everyday Life in Southeast Asia
'. (Co-edited with Kathleen Gillogly). Indiana University Press. * 2006
Art as Politics: Re-crafting Identities, Tourism, and Power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia
'' University of Hawaii Press. (Winner of the 2009 Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Alpha Sigma Nu National Book Award, best in Social Sciences 2007-2009) * 2000
Home and Hegemony: Domestic Service and Identity Politics in South and Southeast Asia
'. (Co-edited with Sara Dickey). University of Michigan Press.

Selected key articles

* 2024 /www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616688.2024.2402985?src= Tourism Ethnography and Tourism Geographies ''Tourism Geographies''. * 202
(Post-) Pandemic Tourism Resiliency: Southeast Asian Lives and Livelihoods in Limbo
''Tourism Geographies''. * 202
What Western Tourism Concepts Obscure: Intersections of Tourism and Migration in Indonesia
''Tourism Geographies''. * 201
Revisiting "Wonderful Indonesia": Tourism, Economy, and Society
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia. Abingdon on Thames: Routledge. * 200
The Janus-Faced Character of Tourism in Cuba: Ideological Continuity and Change
''Annals of Tourism Research'', 35(1):27-46. Coauthored with P. Sanchez. * 200
Public Interest Anthropology in Heritage Sites: Writing Culture and Righting Wrongs
''International Journal of Heritage Studies'', 11(5):433-439. * 200
The Genesis of Touristic Imagery: Politics and Poetics in the Creation of a Remote Indonesian Island Destination
''Tourist Studies'', 4(2):115-135. * 199
Ethnic Tourism and the Renegotiation of Tradition in Tana Toraja, Sulawesi (Indonesia)
''Ethnology'', 309-320. *1984
Travel Agents as Brokers in Ethnicity
" ''Annals of Tourism Research'' 11(3):469-485.

References

Other sources

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External links

Kathleen M. Adams
at Academia.edu
Kathleen M. Adams Faculty Page
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