Undesirable Heritage: Fascist Material Culture and Historical Consciousness in Nuremberg

Macdonald, Sharon

doi:10.1080/13527250500384464

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“…In addition to research on the branding of nations (Olins, 2001;Kulkarni & Ganesh, 2002;Erdem, Swait, & Valenzuela, 2006;Lee, Klobas, Tezinde, & Murphy, 2010), there have also been several studies on the process of forming or reaffirming self and national identity via tourism (Edensor, 1998(Edensor, , 2000Goulding, 1999;Peñaloza, 2000;Pretes, 2003;Macdonald, 2006;Chronis et al, 2012). Important findings include those of Palmer (2005) who examines how the national identity of 'Englishness' is constructed through tourists' experiences at three heritage sites: Battle Abbey, Hever Castle and Chartwell.…”

Section: National Identitymentioning

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Exploring the role of dark tourism in the creation of national identity of young Americans

Tinson

Saren

Roth

2015

Journal of Marketing Management

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motivated by an interest in the relative impact of transition on consumption and identity formation using ritual practice as a context. Publications have centred on the interrelationships between adolescent consumer behaviour and the social factors that affect the consolidation of identity positions. 3 Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of dark tourism in constructing narratives and stories which co-create and reinforce national identity. By focusing on the voice of the tourist and their consumer experience, we develop an understanding of youth behaviours and motivations associated with dark tourism and the effect of social influences in forming narratives. This empirical study comprises 20 interviews with young American dark tourist site visitors, 11 of whom were re-interviewed. The emic insights suggest dark tourism experiences can be used to (re)affirm individual roles, enhance feelings of national identity and co-create a self as well as a national identity. An etic conceptual model is proposed that is specifically designed for dark tourism sites. It provides a novel explanation of national identity co-creation and recognises the relationship between tourist motivation, experience and co-creation. Michael Saren is Professor ofKeywords: Co-creation, National Identity, Dark Tourism, Narratives, Youth Summary statement of contribution: This research provides a theoretical contribution to our understanding of the ways in which national identity and dark tourism are linked. Taking a social construction perspective the empirical research design comprises 20 interviews with young American dark tourist site visitors, 11 of whom were re-interviewed. These repeat interviews take account of the reinterpretation of the tourists' experiences and ensure that the researchers' understanding of the first-round interviews was close enough to the interviewees' worldviews. We conceptualise the intricate and sometimes inconsistent stances that visitors take when explaining their dark tourism motivations and reflections and propose a new conceptual framework.4

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Section: National Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the role of dark tourism in the creation of national identity of young Americans

Tinson

Saren

Roth

2015

Journal of Marketing Management

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“…Similar to the attempts to sever and resolve the Nazi past in contemporary Germany (Cochrane, 2006;Huyssen, 2003;Macdonald, 2006aMacdonald, , 2006bTill, 2005;Young, 2000) Italy's relationship with Fascism remains complex and unsettled. In the last few decades, public opinion and media coverage on the issue vacillate depending on the political party at the helm.…”

Section: Eur's Fascist Legacymentioning

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The politics of vibrant matter: Consistency, containment and the concrete of Mussolini’s bunker

Bartolini

2015

Journal of Material Culture

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This article explores the idea of how vibrancy can be produced. Specifically, the attempt is to investigate the multiplicities of vibrancy by considering one of Mussolini's bunkers. The author examines the location of the bunker in the EUR (Esposizione Universale Romana) neighbourhood in Rome, the bunker's materiality, and the context and social meaning of the bunker through a contemporary art exhibition called 'Confronti' (Confrontations) that took place in the bunker in 2009. The article argues that while emphasizing matter's inherent vibrancy may be useful in some cases, there is also merit in further unpacking the ways in which vibrancy is produced. In this example, the concrete bunker expresses vibrancy through the processes involved in the emergent material form, and in the sustained politics and social considerations embedded in valuing tangible urban heritage.

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“…The Vuotso life-narratives and commemorations related to the German WWII remains remind us vividly of the strong agency that material culture can have in the formation of communal and individual identities and bodily memories (Macdonald 2006;Koskinen-Koivisto 2011), and how the materialities can convey multiple meanings beyond their immediate historical or cultural context. Importantly, based on our preliminary surveys, analogous sentiments towards the German material traces appear to be widespread also elsewhere in Finnish Lapland.…”

Section: Conclusion: 'National Story' and Vuotso Life-narrativesmentioning

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‘Where the F… is Vuotso?’: heritage of Second World War forced movement and destruction in a Sámi reindeer herding community in Finnish Lapland

Seitsonen

Koskinen-Koivisto

2017

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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Undesirable Heritage: Fascist Material Culture and Historical Consciousness in Nuremberg

Cited by 135 publications

References 9 publications

Exploring the role of dark tourism in the creation of national identity of young Americans

Exploring the role of dark tourism in the creation of national identity of young Americans

The politics of vibrant matter: Consistency, containment and the concrete of Mussolini’s bunker

‘Where the F… is Vuotso?’: heritage of Second World War forced movement and destruction in a Sámi reindeer herding community in Finnish Lapland

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