Penal tourism in Argentina: Bridging Foucauldian and neo-Durkheimian perspectives

Welch, Michael; Macuare, Melissa

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“…This work expands on previous research on prison museums in Buenos Aires, Melbourne, and Sydney (Welch, 2012a;Welch and Macuare, 2011) to include London. 1 By incorporating the Clink Prison museum (at London Bridge), our comparative analysis benefits from having an earlier starting point.…”

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Penal tourism and a tale of four cities: Reflecting on the museum effect in London, Sydney, Melbourne, and Buenos Aires

Welch

2013

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying penal tourism. This work expands on previous research on prison museums in Buenos Aires, Melbourne, and Sydney to include London. The analysis advances a cultural sociology of punishment by throwing critical light on three thematic couplings: prisons/ economics; religion/governance; and pain/penal progress. While reflecting on those unifying subjects, the discussion addresses the manner by which prison museums tell a historical tale about their host city with respect to punishment and social control. Observations and interpretations are situated within a growing literature on museum studies, penal spectatorship, and dark tourism.

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Penal tourism and a tale of four cities: Reflecting on the museum effect in London, Sydney, Melbourne, and Buenos Aires

Welch

2013

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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“…Este autor apunta que el desarrollo del discurso está estrechamente relacionado con un contexto histórico particular; de tal forma, cada sociedad, en determinado punto de su historia, tiene su propio "régimen de la verdad" o los "tipos de discursos que acepta y que hace funcionar como verdaderos" (Foucault, 1980b, p. 131). En el contexto del discurso, se considera que el "poder" y el "conocimiento" están sólida-mente interrelacionados y se (re)producen el uno al otro (Foucault, 1978), lo cual se resalta en el concepto "poder-conocimiento" 4 El trabajo de Foucault ha ganado relevancia en la literatura sobre el turismo en las últimas décadas; así, por ejemplo, el trabajo de Urry (1990) en el que examinan el poder y la "mirada turística" inspiró nuevos aportes sobre el poder y la vigilancia (Hollinshead, 1999;Edensor, 2000, Feighery, 2009Welch, 2011). Además, se han estudiado los impactos del discurso, en su sentido focaultiano, en la práctica y la promoción del turismo (Bryce, 2007;Almeida Santos, Belhassen & Caton, 2008;Thorpe, 2008;Ahmada, 2011).…”

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Imaginarios turísticos: Argentina para el turista brasileño

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2016

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ResumenLas características del turismo internacional de la Argentina muestran que existe un importante flujo turístico desde Brasil, que emerge como principal mercado emisor con una serie de valores e historia compartida y cierta cercanía sociocultural. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo estudiar el comportamiento del mercado brasileño, enfatizando en cuáles son los principales atractivos visitados en Argentina. En primer lugar, se analizan las principales propuestas teóricas vinculadas al imaginario, la imagen y los discursos en el turismo, para comprender dicho fenóme-no turístico. En segundo lugar, se estudia el rol de los principales actores intervinientes: el Gobierno argentino, los intermediarios privados y el turista brasileño. Se observa que la configuración de dichos imaginarios turísticos privilegia ciertos destinos y productos turísticos respecto de otros y que, a pesar de los esfuerzos de promoción turística del sector público y privado para potenciar otros, dichas nuevas "imágenes turísticas" de la Argentina tardan en permear el imaginario de los brasileños. Palabras clave:Producto turístico, imaginario turístico, imagen y discursos en turismo, Argentina, Brasil. AbstractThe main features of Argentina´s international tourism show that there is a significant tourist flow from Brazil, who emerges as the main source market with a series of shared values and history and certain cultural closeness. This work aims to study the behavior of the Brazilian market, emphasizing on the main tourist attractions visited in Argentina. First, the main theoretical proposals related to the imaginary, image and tourism discourses are analyzed in order to understand that tourism phenomenon. Second, the role of the main stakeholders involved is studied: the Argentine government, private intermediaries and Brazilian tourists. It is noted that the configu-

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“…The chapter will show that comparing post-Soviet states reveals political and 'cultural projects' (Welch & Macuare 2011) in framing the experience of Sovietization in the present day. These projects are revealed in how particular types of Gulag sites are memorialized in these countries.…”

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Remembering and Forgetting the Gulag: Prison Tourism Across the Post-Soviet Region

Slade

2017

The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism

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This chapter provides a comparative account of prison tourism in the post-Soviet region. It juxtaposes prison tourism in the Gulag center of Russia and Kazakhstancountries where the Soviet system of labour camps was most prevalent -with the Gulag periphery of the Baltic States -countries where less remains of Soviet penal structures, but a sense of national victimhood is higher. The chapter is broadly organized around four key variables for comparison: the physical location of the sites; the representations of victims and perpetrators in museum objects; the degree of commercialization; and the narrative of making a break with the past and concealing continuities with the Soviet system. The chapter finds big differences across the cases in terms of these variables. However, it argues that one thing prison museums throughout the region share is a lack of engagement with the issue of penal reform and the degree to which elements of the Soviet system of punishment still endure.

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Penal tourism in Argentina: Bridging Foucauldian and neo-Durkheimian perspectives

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Penal tourism and a tale of four cities: Reflecting on the museum effect in London, Sydney, Melbourne, and Buenos Aires

Penal tourism and a tale of four cities: Reflecting on the museum effect in London, Sydney, Melbourne, and Buenos Aires

Imaginarios turísticos: Argentina para el turista brasileño

Remembering and Forgetting the Gulag: Prison Tourism Across the Post-Soviet Region

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