2020
DOI: 10.3390/su12020677
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Visiting Dark Murals: An Ethnographic Approach to the Sustainability of Heritage

Abstract: Political, war-themed and controversial murals aim to show the history of a community, making the intangible tangible, and, because these events are still recent, they stir people’s emotions. Visitors to this type of heritage have a mixture of artistic and dark interests that lead to what we call ‘dark mural attractions’. These political murals need a public strategy to be preserved, become better known and attract local economic development funds to make them sustainable. Therefore, the purpose of this paper … Show more

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“…According to market penetration in their category and specific qualities, this ranking recognizes the most successful inventions launched in the consumer grocery industry in Spain. We must emphasize that a very intense technological servitization also supports all this Mercadona action in logistics, design, social networks, and online transactions since 2016 (Albors-Garrigós and de Miguel Molina, 2020).…”
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confidence: 96%
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“…According to market penetration in their category and specific qualities, this ranking recognizes the most successful inventions launched in the consumer grocery industry in Spain. We must emphasize that a very intense technological servitization also supports all this Mercadona action in logistics, design, social networks, and online transactions since 2016 (Albors-Garrigós and de Miguel Molina, 2020).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…In addition, these tourist attractions struggle with the challenge of attracting visitors over time, and avoiding losing the support of residents. Beyond that, this issue is linked to the concept of dark tourism, which is mainly focused on catastrophic events like wars, natural disasters or accidents (De Miguel, 2020).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
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“…This has led to some wall paintings being vandalized, including the mural painted by Okuda (Figure 4), one of the most famous international urban artists, becoming another element in the development of gentrification [39]. Therefore, policies need to be developed from a cross-cutting perspective, taking into account urban, social, cultural, economic, and tourist factors, to prevent mass displacement of certain social groups and the loss of these neighborhoods' identity [40]. The photo shows a graffiti attack on the mural painted by Okuda, one of the most relevant urban artists on the international scene, which reads "Yes, the monkey gentrifies".…”
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confidence: 99%
“…They originated in the era of the Yellow Emperor and are usually used to record the lifestyle, habits, and inner wishes of the ancients. Some murals are used to describe early fairy tales [2]. Among them, the murals of the Saint Monk's nunnery are rich and diverse, mainly including Buddha statues, Bodhisattva statues, major historical events, and custom paintings [3].…”
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confidence: 99%