‘The show must go on’: event dramaturgy as consolidation of community

Ziakas, Vassilios; Costa, Carla A.

doi:10.1080/19407963.2011.573392

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“…This framework integrates the classical anthropological and cultural studies on events (Geertz, 1973;Handelman, 1990;Turner, 1974) with the event management perspective and social leverage (Chalip, 2006;Getz, 2005;O'Brien & Chalip, 2008). The rationale of this functional integration aimed to optimize the social planning of events is based on the notion of event dramaturgy (Ziakas & Costa, 2012) and the construct of social capital (Coleman 1990;Putnam, 2001), which can engender shared meaning and enable social change. This framework is intended to provide a theoretical basis for complementary perspectives relating to the social utility of events such as community capacity, collaboration and innovation by integrating and describing the key factors that shape the effective use of events in community development.…”

Section: An Integrative Framework For Fostering the Social Utility Ofmentioning

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“…This kind of functional and conceptual authenticity can be achieved when event dramaturgy is compatible with liminality so that the meanings of events are heightened and express the concerns of people. For this reason, it is essential that event design embed the performative and dramaturgical elements of an event by being flexible enough to adjust its elements aimed at cultivating liminality in ways that it is compatible with dramaturgical meanings (Ziakas & Costa, 2012).…”

Section: Outline Of the Integrative Framework And Theoretical Proposimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fostering the social utility of events: an integrative framework for the strategic use of events in community development

Ziakas

2013

Current Issues in Tourism

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Although the use of planned events for achieving community development has received academic attention from different disciplines, the findings of these literatures are not systematically used towards developing a common understanding aimed at fostering their social utility. The challenge then is to study from an integrated inter-disciplinary perspective how the social value of events can be fostered and leveraged for community development. In addressing this challenge, the purpose of this conceptual paper is to shed light on the multi-layered processes that foster the social utility of events. To this end, the theoretical tenets of social leverage, event dramaturgy and social capital are employed and integrated. On this basis, a conceptual framework linking event processes and outcomes is proposed aimed to guide future inter-disciplinary research towards strategically incorporating events in community development. This line of research can eventually help create synergies between different event genres and implement joint social leveraging strategies, hence, fostering and magnifying their overall social utility for host communities.

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Section: Outline Of the Integrative Framework And Theoretical Proposimentioning

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Fostering the social utility of events: an integrative framework for the strategic use of events in community development

Ziakas

2013

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“…Situated 160 km north vehicles for the provision of entertainment and cultural expression and the development of social capital (Arcodia & Whitford, 2006;Ziakas & Costa, 2012). Not surprisingly then, Derrett (2000) claimed that events are an elixir that maintains community connection as they have the capacity to bind community ties and to facilitate constant rejuvenation of the community experience.…”

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“…Not only do cultural festivals facilitate the realization of such benefits for the community, but they also provide an outlet for individuals to regain control of their lives, away from the outside pressures of Western culture (Slater, 2010). According to Salamone (2000) and Ziakas and Costa (2012), festivals generate a feeling of goodwill and community or a such spectacles for the international market, we must be mindful that "we don't erode the reason why we create art in the first place" (p. 1). Consequently, it is vitally important that the purpose of a cultural festival is honored and respected and that the festival is developed and staged according to the needs and wants of a host community.…”

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Papua New Guinea's Indigenous Cultural Festivals: Cultural Tragedy or Triumph?

Whitford¹,

Dunn²

2014

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Indigenous cultural festivals are increasingly being recognized for their contribution to the growth and vitality of communities around the globe. Such festivals invigorate the communication and celebration of indigenous culture, tradition, and rituals. Additionally, indigenous cultural festivals are often used as a draw card to attract tourists to a host destination and contribute to the development of the region. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), festivals have long been essential to community life and are fundamental in sharing and sustaining Indigenous culture. More recently, local communities and the PNG Government alike are recognizing that these festivals have the capacity to facilitate development of the country's embryonic tourism and event industry. The purpose of this qualitative research was to identify and examine cultural festivals in PNG, to develop a footprint of indigenous cultural festivals in PNG, and explore the extent to which tourism influences the cultural commodification of indigenous cultural festivals in PNG. Weaver and Lawton's cultural commodification model provided theoretical scaffolding for the development of the PNG Indigenous Festival Cultural Commodification Framework, which revealed that overall, cultural festivals in PNG are a relatively unspoiled resource. To date, tourism has had little influence on the festivals, which celebrate, among other things, PNG culture and traditions. However as tourism in PNG gains momentum, arguably a key issue will be the extent to which tourism development adopts the principles of sustainability and, concomitantly, avoids turning a triumph into a tragedy as a result of over commodification of PNG indigenous cultural festivals.

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“…In the folk festival circuit commercialism may be eschewed entirely and credibility accrues gradually in certain iconic places, via "ideals of collectivism, egalitarianism and a general suspicion of dominant systems" (Begg, 2011, p. 260). A Water Carnival in rural Texas proved successful from a regional development perspective because of its wider role as a "symbolic social space" promoting cooperation and including a diverse range of community stakeholders (Ziakas & Costa, 2012). By contrast, in Byron Bay, a major music festival that, on paper, catalyzed significant commercial returns was instead met with social resistance due to unwanted noise, traffic, ecological impacts, and perceived disruption to quality of life (Barrett, 2011 ).…”

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The Role of Festivals in Drought-affected Australian Communities

Gibson¹,

Connell²

2015

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Event management research increasingly recognizes place embeddedness as critical to success. Less well understood is the significance of the festivals and events sector in places suffering from environmental crises. A major empirical survey of 480 festivals in rural Australia, conducted in 2008 at the height of the Millennium Drought, elucidates the role and significance of festivals under conditions of extreme environmental stress. It centers on a qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions on the impacts of that drought. Over 70% of participating festival and event managers indicated that their community had suffered from drought, while 43% cited drought as adversely affecting the organization and management of their event. Impacts varied geographically and by event type (with inland agricultural shows especially hard hit). Nearly half of event managers also explained how their festival played a constructive role in helping their community cope with drought. Festivals stimulated much-needed economic activity and encouraged "creative frugality" in difficult times. Festivals also fulfilled an important civic emotional and psychological role in lifting community spirits and bringing communities together in otherwise adverse circumstances. Biophysical extremity is thus both a constrainer and a catalyst for the festivals and events sector in trying social circumstances.

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‘The show must go on’: event dramaturgy as consolidation of community

Cited by 29 publications

References 44 publications

Fostering the social utility of events: an integrative framework for the strategic use of events in community development

Fostering the social utility of events: an integrative framework for the strategic use of events in community development

Papua New Guinea's Indigenous Cultural Festivals: Cultural Tragedy or Triumph?

The Role of Festivals in Drought-affected Australian Communities

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