Rising to the Challenge of Sustainability: Community Events by the Community, for the Community

Bostock, James; Cooper, Richard; Roberts, Gareth

doi:10.1057/9781137508553_2

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“…Festival je organiziralo zasebno podjetje v sodelovanju z lokalnim javnim sektorjem. Ker so prireditve velikokrat organizirane zaradi nevladnih organizacij in prostovoljcev, druge študije pravijo, da bi morale za večjo ekonomsko trajnost prireditev nevladne organizacije kot organizatorke prireditev zavzeti bolj tržno usmerjen strateški pristop, saj bi le tako lahko ustvarile večje prihodke na konkurenčno zahtevnem trgu (Bostock, Cooper in Roberts, 2016). 2009) sta v raziskavi o podeželskih prireditvah ugotovila, da turisti največ denarja porabijo za prenočitev, hrano in pijačo.…”

Section: Zelene In Trajnostne Prireditveunclassified

Turizem 4.0 – preobrazba turističnih destinacij z uporabo naprednih tehnologij

Peceny¹,

Ceglar²,

Straus³

et al. 2023

Turistične Destinacijske Organizacije: Gonila Povezanega Kreativnega Zelenega Razvoja in Trženja

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V času, ko je COVID-19 še prisoten in smo posledično že postali mojstri nenehnega prilagajanja, je v novi realnosti še toliko pomembneje, da zastavimo razvoj turizma, ki bo temeljil na povezovanju in sodelovanju med različnimi deležniki. Tehnologija nam lahko pomaga, da Slovenija ponovno naredi korak pred drugimi v razvoju novodobne trajnosti, ki ni samo zelena, ampak tudi pametna. Septembra 2021 se je zaključil največji raziskovalno-razvojni projekt v zgodovini Slovenije, posvečen turizmu. V njem so združile moči vse tri največje slovenske univerze pod vodstvom visokotehnološkega podjetja Arctur in s Skupnostjo občin Slovenije kot pridruženim partnerjem. V prispevku so predstavljena različna mnenja strokovnjakov in dokument s predlogom desetih ključnih točk za nadaljnji razvoj turizma, ki je nastal v sklopu zaključne konference projekta. Poleg tega so na kratko predstavljene inovacije: model za merjenje učinka turizma, upravljanje s turističnimi tokovi ter tudi druge prebojne inovacije, ki so v tem času že požele nagrade na državni in mednarodni ravni in so samo del rezultatov gradnje ekosistema, ki sloni na strateškem načrtovanju na podlagi realnih podatkov in omogoča nastanek turizma prihodnosti. Turizma, ki bo uspešno zaživel samo v tistih destinacijah, ki bodo trajnost zagotavljale s tem, da bodo v ospredje postavile kakovost življenja lokalnega prebivalstva.

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Section: Zelene In Trajnostne Prireditveunclassified

Turizem 4.0 – preobrazba turističnih destinacij z uporabo naprednih tehnologij

Peceny¹,

Ceglar²,

Straus³

et al. 2023

Turistične Destinacijske Organizacije: Gonila Povezanega Kreativnega Zelenega Razvoja in Trženja

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“…Gibson et al, 2011;Litvin et al, 2013;Yolal et al, 2016). A festival's capacity to promote and sustain such benefits is believed to be dependent on the compatibility of festival stakeholders' interests (Frisby and Getz, 1989;Richards, 2007) and on stakeholders feeling empowered throughout the making of the event (Bostock et al, 2016). Empowermentunderstood here as 'the ability of individuals and groups to act in order to ensure their own well-being or their right to participate in decisionmaking that concerns them' (Calvès, 2009: II)can occur within the festival organization, with festival workers feeling control and autonomy in decision-making, and between festival organizations and communities, with festival organizers listening to local stakeholders and allowing them to take ownership of the event (Walters et al, 2021).…”

Section: Festivals Communities and Power Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Empowermentunderstood here as 'the ability of individuals and groups to act in order to ensure their own well-being or their right to participate in decisionmaking that concerns them' (Calvès, 2009: II)can occur within the festival organization, with festival workers feeling control and autonomy in decision-making, and between festival organizations and communities, with festival organizers listening to local stakeholders and allowing them to take ownership of the event (Walters et al, 2021). A widely advocated strategy in festival literature, fostering community participation is considered to enable the long-term sustainability of these events (Bostock et al, 2016), as long as the engagement of festival organizers with communities is extended over time (Kaplan et al, 2004;Stadler, 2013).…”

Section: Festivals Communities and Power Dynamicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘The festival is ours’: Power dynamics of community participation in the Alter do Chão Film Festival

Póvoa

2023

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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Although festivals are often promoted as opportunities for community empowerment, power dynamics during festival organization might hinder such potential. To discuss this issue, this article examines the Alter do Chão Film Festival (FestAlter), an originally collaborative project in the touristic village of Alter do Chão, Brazil. Through 16 interviews with festival stakeholders, the article unveils the changing power dynamics within the organization of the festival, and how these impacted the event's goals of community participation. I argue that the organization of this event moved from union to rupture among festival stakeholders – a trajectory caused by managerial divergences regarding the meaning of community participation and a lack of understanding of the history, culture and socioeconomic circumstances of Alter do Chão, an Amazonian village marked by enduring legacies of colonial exploitation.

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“…Festivals, like place branding, can be in danger of “top-down” management creating a sameness and lack of local authenticity. It is here that grassroots fringe festivals, as a part of a broader mainstream festival, may allow a space for increased participation, innovation and renewal in a sense extending or widening the representation of place identity and broadening event tourism to create more sustainable place-making festivals (Carlsen et al , 2010; Bostock et al , 2016). As the region’s premiere annual tourist event, the Carnival of Flowers was professionally managed to ensure success.…”

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confidence: 99%

Grassroots festival keeps city alive during severe drought

Mason

Scollen

2018

JPMD

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Purpose This paper aims to discuss the role of a grassroots initiative in engaging local people in an innovative place-making fringe festival. Festivals such as the Carnival of Flowers are a major tourism event for regional cities like Toowoomba and contribute to place-making through marketing and engagement. Within the professional management of such events, there exists space for innovation and genuine community involvement, which can assist in authentically reflecting place identity. Avant Garden (2007-2008) models a successful grassroots fringe festival, initiated by community members in response to the challenge of long-term drought. Avant Garden engaged locals and tourists in a positive re-imagining of place via site-specific public artworks generated by the community. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 504 visitors to Toowoomba’s public gardens during the first weekend of the 2007 Carnival of Flowers examined how Avant Garden was received by the community. Findings The paper suggests that fringe festivals can provide place-making capacity in broadening festivals as an expression of local identity. Fringe festivals can allow authentic community engagement within a mainstream festival and can indicate longer-term innovations to place branding. Practical implications The paper includes implications for festival managers about effective ways to engage community in grassroots initiatives which reflect innovation, authenticity and greater diversity. Originality/value The paper provides a study of a visual arts fringe festival in the context of place management. The project described allows a “bottom up” approach to engaging the local community which provides authenticity and broadens the scope of an existing mainstream garden festival.

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Rising to the Challenge of Sustainability: Community Events by the Community, for the Community

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Turizem 4.0 – preobrazba turističnih destinacij z uporabo naprednih tehnologij

Turizem 4.0 – preobrazba turističnih destinacij z uporabo naprednih tehnologij

‘The festival is ours’: Power dynamics of community participation in the Alter do Chão Film Festival

Grassroots festival keeps city alive during severe drought

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