Service-learning+and+community-based+research+in+leisure+and+tourism+planning-International+and+domestic+mechanisms+for+social+change+(Duffy,+et+al.)

**Service-learning and community-based research in leisure and tourism planning:** **International and domestic mechanisms for social change** Lauren Duffy, doctoral student, Associate Instructor, Indiana University lnduffy@gmail.com] Rasul Mowatt, Assistant Professor, Indiana University ramowatt@indiana.edu] **Keywords:** International service-learning, community-based research, tourism and gender, diversity

**Track:** International impact and development

**Format:** Research paper


 * Date & time: **Friday 9:30-10:40


 * Location: **Salon 5

**Summary:** The focus of this paper was to examine the outcomes of a short-term, study abroad program to a rural Ecuadorian community that incorporated a service learning component. With this, a discussion on international service learning and the integration of community-based research (CBR) methodologies into a service-learning course are considered. Using community-based research methodology and the framework of a service-learning course, a study emerged that explored the factors motivating or constraining the engagement of local women in the tourism industry. This proposal shows how the findings from the study continue to be implemented through program, and provides applications of methods for other service-learning programs how to work and interact with diverse communities.

The topics explored in this paper focused on the international impact and development for a community. Service-learning in an international context continues to be understudied and CBR methodologies are only beginning to be integrated into the programs. This provides an example of how CBR may emerge and complement service-learning courses. The critique extends to the domestic context by providing suggestions for civic engagement in diverse communities. Further, this study provides an illustration of the type of research that can be cultivated in communities from the context of a service-learning program, and in turn become a viable source for creating social change.

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