Representation、Practice And Social Constructionism:A Research On Experience Construction Of Ethnic Restaurant

Food culture is the representation about "place identity" of destination.With the development of globalization and the trend of "mobility" in tourism research,the "place identity" presents dynamic and relative spatial characteristics;the positive interaction of social groups and social practice affect the construction of space placeness and the authentic experience of destination;the rise of ethnic restaurant provide a foundation of physical space for the interaction of host and guest in destination and the interaction of cultures.And gradually attract the attention of scholars.Based on the theories of placeness,authenticity and constructivism,this paper makes an empirical study on the placeness construction of ethnic restaurant and the authentic experience construction of social groups by taking the Gerile mama Teahouse in Inner Mongolia as a casestudy.Using qualitative research methods,this paper tries to clarify the space operators,foreign tourists and local residents’ meaning of placeness construction in Gerile mama Teahouse.The construction of different authenticity experience between foreign tourists and local residents is further analyzed.The results show :(1)Ethnic restaurant is a kind of mixed placeness space with the attributes of "cultural space" and "nostalgia space",and its placeness is constructed by the placeness representation of space operators,the placeness dissemination of foreign tourists and the placenenss identity of local residents.(2)The differences between local residents and foreign tourists in social factors,such as identity background,social interaction and economic factors,will participate in and penetrate their spatial experience,and further influence and reshape the construction of their spatial authenticity experience.(3)Although the spatial authenticity experience of local residents and foreign tourists includes three stages: expected experience,present experience and personal experience,the specific content of the construction is different,which is highlighted in the experience background,source and psychology,spatial entity perception,spatial status and function perception,spatial value perception,and the differences of personality representation and psychological trend.This study can enrich the research results of placenenss research and tourism authenticity experience under the influence of globalization,andprovide reference for the management practice of ethnic restaurant.At the same time,it can strengthen the positive cultural exchanges among social groups,avoid their negative cultural identity,and further promote the protection of ethnic cultural and the healthy development of ethnic tourism.