Liminality and festivals—Insights from the East

Wu, Shaofeng; Li, Yanning; Wood, Emma; Senaux, Benoît; Guang-quan, Dai

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2019.102810

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“…Human transformative experiences have been studied in several life contexts, e.g. pilgrimage, ecotourism, spiritual tourism, volunteering, cultural immersion and virtual reality (Gaggioli, 2016; Kirillova et al , 2017a, 2017b; Pung et al , 2020; Wu et al , 2020). The goal of this study was to elicit the dimensions of transformative festival experiences that elicit potential human transformation.…”

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Experience design and the dimensions of transformative festival experiences

Neuhofer

Celuch

2020

IJCHM

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Purpose In the emerging transformation economy, there is a shift from staging memorable experiences for many to eliciting life-transformative events for one. This study aims to understand how transformative experiences can be guided and what prerequisites are needed to elicit human transformation when designing experiences. This study borrows positive psychology as a theoretical lens to explore festivals as a prime context for liminal transformative experiences in the hospitality context. Design/methodology/approach A constructivist qualitative research design was used through 31 in-depth interviews. To ensure experience recollection, memory formation and integration of the experience into long-term transformative effects, all interviewees had attended an electronic dance music festival in the past 12 months. Findings Guided by the positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishments (PERMA) model, the thematic analysis revealed a series of psychological and contextual dimensions around PERMA and liminality that need to occur for transformative experiences, personal growth and self-transcendence to happen. Practical implications This study provides a guideline for event organisers and experiences designers to intentionally design and occasion positive human experiences in temporal and spatial liminal hospitality consumption contexts. Psychological and contextual dimensions are identified as critical factors in facilitating human transformation. Originality/value This paper bridges the emerging transformation economy, experience design and positive psychology. Grounded in PERMA, the study offers a novel theoretical model that serves as a framework for both transformative experience research and practical experience design.

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“…three days). As festivals offer temporal and spatial liminality (Getz and Page, 2016), they are increasingly portrayed as a prime vehicle for positive human transformation (Robertson et al , 2015; Wu et al , 2020).…”

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Experience design and the dimensions of transformative festival experiences

Neuhofer

Celuch

2020

IJCHM

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“…There is a rising enthusiasm for organizing events in major cities in China, and event marketing has become a marketing method favored by city managers (Wu et al, 2020). An event may generate potential economic benefits (e.g.…”

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Event and city image: the effect on revisit intention

Lien

Wang

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of three sources of social representation (i.e. direct experience of an event, the media and social interaction) on tourists’ formation of event image; to examine the effect of event image, satisfaction and city image on tourists’ revisit intentions to the host city; and to explore the mediating role of city image. Design/methodology/approach This study used the 28th Qingdao International Beer Festival (QIBF) as the case for verifying the relationships in the proposed model. The survey was conducted in Qingdao and 366 valid observations were collected. Structural equation modeling was used to validate the research model. Findings Event image is found to be significantly and positively influenced by direct experience of an event and social interaction. City image and satisfaction are important predictors of revisit intention. The meaning of event image is transferred to city image. City image plays a pivotal role in mediating the effect of event image and satisfaction on revisit intention to the host city. Research limitations/implications This study surveyed Chinese tourists attending QIBF in Qingdao and consequently the outcomes may lack generalizability. This research did not survey foreign tourists. Thus, the differences of attitudes and behaviors between Chinese and foreign tourists are not compared. Practical implications The outcomes provide insights into how a city manager can organize an event to enhance tourists’ intentions to revisit the city. Originality/value This study represents one of the few studies that use both social representation theory and the theory of brand image transfer in examining the influence of external social contexts on tourists’ formation of event image and investigates how the unique meaning of event activities is transferred to city image. In addition, the mediating role of city image is fully explored in this research.

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“…As such, the outcomes can create opportunities for the development of collective connectedness and feel good experiences. Underpinning this research is the concept of liminality, which has been applied in event studies providing a foundation to understand the meanings people ascribe to their experiences (see McCabe 2006;Chalip, 2006 andWu et al, 2020). Influenced by Turner's (1967) seminal works on the 'rites of passage, ' Chalip (2006) advances ideas on liminality to see the experience of a mega event as a festive celebration that has the ability to build communities, changing behaviours after the event.…”

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The lasting social value of mega events: experiences from green point community in Cape Town, South Africa

Musikavanhu

Ladkin

Sadd

2021

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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A growing area of mega event research focuses on the long-term social value of outcomes and the impact of their far-reaching benefits. This paper questions whether mega events present opportunities for interventions through an exploration of the social value of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in the community of Green Point, Cape Town. Drawing on Chalip's ( 2006) understanding of the liminal social value of events, the main considerations are whether the outcome of feel-good experiences were leveraged to enable community building in the long-term. Following the narrative inquiry approach, stories were collected from community members. The findings suggest community members from Green Point have a mixed perception of the event's lasting social value. These perceptions were influenced by the participants' wide-ranging experiences of the event and subsequent outcomes. The findings have a number of implications for future practice, affirming that the issues and challenges related to leveraging social impacts beyond the existence of a mega event can affect people's perceptions of the social value attached. Looking to future research, this paper calls for investigations that involve repeated exploration of participant experiences over a longer timeframe, suggesting the value of the longitudinal perspective.

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Liminality and festivals—Insights from the East

Cited by 64 publications

References 47 publications

Experience design and the dimensions of transformative festival experiences

Experience design and the dimensions of transformative festival experiences

Event and city image: the effect on revisit intention

The lasting social value of mega events: experiences from green point community in Cape Town, South Africa

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