Affective spaces, sensuous engagements: in quest of a synaesthetic approach to ‘dark memorials’

Golańska, Dorota

doi:10.1080/13527258.2015.1020960

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“…The literature in Tourism Studies has provided different overviews of approaches to dark tourism (e.g. Light, 2007;Sharpley, 2009;Gola nska, 2015;Light, 2017;Martini & Buda, 2020). Light (2017) provides a critical overview of the studies that have been developed on dark tourism and thanatourism, with their different emphases on motivations, types of place, practices, forms of experience or heritage-based.…”

Section: Shades Of "Darkness"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Dystopian dark tourism: affective experiences in Dismaland

Biscaia

Marques

2020

Tourism Geographies

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In dark tourism affects are generated in a relational manner by the tourists and the locations visited by them. Exploring affective meanings of Banksy's Dismaland via socio-spatial theories of emotion and affect is a way to contribute to the understanding of dystopian tourism. The dystopian touristic experience of Dismaland evolves from the interaction of a dystopian atmosphere, a displacement strategy and productive negative intensities. Whilst the affects produced vary according to the artist's intentions, through innovative and politicised forms of dystopian dark tourism, Banksy creates atmospheres where productive negative intensities are able to be developed. In spite of the shades of dystopia and darkness in the artist's work, a hopeful form of tourism could be generated. The implications are that affect in the dark tourism context has different layers of meaning where the materialising dystopian experiences, as simulacra, range from pure attraction to social change. Dismaland's dark tourism experience reveals the role that political and ethical matters play in socio-affective encounters as exemplified by the commodification of the tourism industry, the Mediterranean refugee crisis and the glorified/sorrowful death of Diana, princess of Wales.

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Section: Shades Of "Darkness"mentioning

confidence: 99%

Dystopian dark tourism: affective experiences in Dismaland

Biscaia

Marques

2020

Tourism Geographies

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“…Indeed, the only way to operationalize the concept of affect for cultural analysis, or to simply think affect, is through language (Laurier and Philo 2006;Wetherell 2013;Golańska 2015). In her analysis, Ahmed (2004a, 13) emphasizes 'the emotionality of texts' that is 'one way of describing how texts are "moving", or how they generate effects'.…”

Section: Affect Heritage and Politics -An Intertwined Conceptual Triadmentioning

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Politics of affect in the EU heritage policy discourse: an analysis of promotional videos of sites awarded with the European Heritage Label

Lähdesmäki

2017

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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“…Within Heritage Studies, this move has most commonly been examined in relation to museums and heritage sites, often exploring tourists' and visitors' responses to exhibitions and monuments of remembrance (e.g. Smith 2017, Golańska 2015, Ashley 2016, Savenije and de Bruijn 2017, Waterton and Watson 2014. Furthermore, as Yarker (2017, 238) notes, much of this literature has focused on the spectacular and traumatic (see also Smith and Campbell 2016, 449 for a similar observation).…”

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Views, use and reception of visualisations of development proposals impacting cultural heritage

Skrede

Hølleland

Risbøl

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International Journal of Heritage Studies

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Gro.Jerpasen@asker.kommune.no 2 Views, use and reception of visualisations of development proposals impacting cultural heritageVisualisations of land-use projects have become an important part of the planning process. Using a survey of heritage professionals' attitudes towards visualisations as a starting point, this article addresses tensions between the expressed usefulness of visualisations and critical attitudes towards the lack of 'objectivity' of visual representation and the risk of manipulation for strategic purposes. Moving from the survey, the article discusses how visual representations of development proposals became part of a Norwegian public dispute over the expansion of a shopping centre in a historic town. Furthermore, our aim is to introduce a social semiotic approach for analysing visualisations at historic sites. Finally, we discuss some theoretical implications of negotiating visualisations, with emphasis on the recent debate about representational and non-representational theories in heritage studies.Keywords: Visualisations; heritage; land-use planning; social semiotics; objectivity; nonrepresentational theory IntroductionThere is a long tradition for using visualisations in land-use planning and impact assessments in both urban and rural areas. Indeed, images are strong policy instruments and often central in the process leading to decision-making in land-use planning. Thus, the use of visualisations deserves critical attention. Yet, visualisations are more often dealt with in relation to creativity and design, rather than heritage. 1 This article addresses the gap by firmly situating visualisation within the field of heritage studies.Starting from a survey on heritage professionals' use of and attitudes towards visualisation, we examine why and how visualisations can be a significant part of heritage disputes. Inspired by 'social semiotics', we explore possible ways to 'read' visualisations and discuss how they and their materialisations have been read and received by heritage professionals and in newspaper debates.1 For some exceptions, see e.g. Watson and Waterton (2010), Waterton and Watson (2014). 3The article starts by situating the practice of visualisation before theorising visualisation, drawing on social semiotics and non-representational theory. This is followed by a brief description of the methods and sources used before the data is presented. Prior to discussing the results of the survey and the case study of Brotorvet, we briefly introduce the planning framework of Norway, drawing attention to how visualisations may be used as part of the planning process. Finally, the article is concluded by a discussion on the theoretical framing of visualisation. Introducing visualisationThere has been an increased interest in cultural heritage and landscape in the last two decades 4With the increased development pressures in urban and rural areas alike, visualisation becomes an ever-important means of presenting the potential impact of development projects and informing decision-making....

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Affective spaces, sensuous engagements: in quest of a synaesthetic approach to ‘dark memorials’

Cited by 29 publications

References 49 publications

Dystopian dark tourism: affective experiences in Dismaland

Dystopian dark tourism: affective experiences in Dismaland

Politics of affect in the EU heritage policy discourse: an analysis of promotional videos of sites awarded with the European Heritage Label

Views, use and reception of visualisations of development proposals impacting cultural heritage

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