20 years of Nordic event and festival research: a review and future research agenda

Armbrecht, John; Lundberg, Erik; Andersson, Tommy D.; Mykletun, Reidar J.

doi:10.1080/15022250.2020.1823245

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“…Events are considered catalysts for a positive societal development through social cohesion, regional economic development and tourist attractions (Armbrecht et al, 2020;Fourie & Santana-Gallego, 2011;Lundberg et al, 2017). Positive, exciting and challenging experiences provided by events have also shown to contribute with value, increased quality of life and welfare of society (Andersson et al, 2012, Andersson et al, 2016Armbrecht & Andersson, 2016Theodorakis et al, 2015).…”

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Event quality, perceived value, satisfaction and behavioural intentions in an event context

Armbrecht

2021

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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Understanding consumer experiences constitutes a central interest for event and destination managers. This study applies event quality incorporating affective and cognitive aspects of event experiences as a measure of the event experience. The measure is used to predict perceived value, satisfaction and behavioural intentions. The article contributes with a deeper understanding of how to measure and assess event attendees' experiences in terms of affective and cognitive components in order to forecast event consumers' behavioural intentions. The importance and mediating role of perceived value and satisfaction are tested. The conclusions stress the significance of affective aspects of experiences in understanding perceived value of experiences. A broader approach to the event experience is promising within an event, tourism and destination management perspective when developing existing and new event concepts as well as event portfolios.

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Event quality, perceived value, satisfaction and behavioural intentions in an event context

Armbrecht

2021

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…Festivals are conceived of as unique and planned occurrences organised around one or more themes and limited in time and space (Anderton, 2018; Armbrecht et al , 2021). Scholars consider festivals representations of community values, ideologies and identities (Armbrecht et al , 2021; Hall and Page, 2014; Lin and Lee, 2020). When people participate in a festive activity, they are in fact experiencing a place and establishing SOP in the community.…”

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“…Literature review Previous research on islands has mostly adopted the cost-and-benefit approach, neglecting the human-place interaction. Our paper, therefore, first responds to scholars' call for establishing a dialogue between "island" and other key concepts such as "festival", "place" and "tourism" (Armbrecht et al, 2021;de Jong and Dannecker, 2018;Grydehøj, 2020), so as to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic role of festivals in transforming island places.…”

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Making or remaking people and places through festivals: an island tourism perspective

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2022

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate two festivals that are held annually in Hong Kong, to explore the essence of festival meanings – the extent to which the perceived sociocultural benefits of festivals articulate the production of a sense of place (SOP) and its respective locality.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilises a comparative analysis approach to examine visitors’ views of the festivals. It constructs a theoretical framework of the interaction mechanism between tourism and place evolution by relying largely on the notion of place as the centre of meanings. Data sources include interview, questionnaire, observation and a literature review.FindingsThe findings suggest festival meanings are crucial elements in fostering SOP and shaping the identification of place uniqueness. Being part of local tradition and tourism resource, festival representations are not only passive reflections of prevailing cultural values drawn from current stereotypes and images, but they also play a prominent role in shaping values, behaviours and identities by contributing to the socialisation process. Cultural regeneration through festivals may ultimately contribute to the ontological construction of a place.Research limitations/implicationsGiven the unknown profile of the participants to both festivals, this study employed a convenience sampling method which might have limited the power of generalising the research outcome to other festivals. Besides, this study overlooked the potential differences (or lack of difference) in perceptions of the local residents who visited both festivals for the first time and other residents. Future studies may consider other aspects of festivals and place conceptions widely used in the tourism research field, to validate whether additional insights or hidden festival-to-place relationships can be found in the process of hosting and promoting festivals.Originality/valueThe existing studies of tourism–place relationship, especially those repelling scientific-positivist methodological paradigm, tend to overemphasise the role of tourism in unmaking places. In contrast, the interrogation of island festivals as the centre of meaning offers an alternative perspective to highlight the process that tourism dialectically contributes to place evolution. Tourism unmakes places while possessing a dialectic role of making places.

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“…The limitations in organizing events and the temporary inability to attend events have, paradoxically, contributed to an increase in awareness of the importance of events in many aspects, including socially [50]. In particular, live events are a platform for building relationships and providing impressions and emotions, which are important aspects of events.…”

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Effects of COVID-19 Infection Control Measures on the Festival and Event Sector in Poland and Norway

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on the functioning of the event industry. This article aims to present the impact of infection control measures on the event sector. In addition, the article compares the infection control measures implemented in Poland and Norway. The COVID-19 infection measures analysis is the first stage of a project to build the resilience of the event sector. The study was conducted based on secondary data (analysis of documents and public statistics, with the support of the literature). The research used the descriptive method and comparisons. The results of the study confirmed the following research hypotheses according to which: (1) uncertainty is conducive to overreactions, both of the government and entities from the event sector; (2) mutual trust between government and society reduces the need for restrictions; and (3) the lack of mutual trust between government and society increases uncertainty. Furthermore, the inability to meet people, limited access to culture, and the need to work from home contributed to the deterioration of societies’ quality of life and mental health. This means that the pandemic has an adverse impact on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3 and 8).

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20 years of Nordic event and festival research: a review and future research agenda

Cited by 19 publications

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Event quality, perceived value, satisfaction and behavioural intentions in an event context

Event quality, perceived value, satisfaction and behavioural intentions in an event context

Making or remaking people and places through festivals: an island tourism perspective

Effects of COVID-19 Infection Control Measures on the Festival and Event Sector in Poland and Norway

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