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2019
A written thesis to accompany the M.F.A. Exhibition Heritage Sites, in which vignettes of the artist’s personal and familial narratives become a backdrop for examining themes such as global tourism, the notion of universal heritage, and questioning Puerto Rico as a postcolonial place.
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A written thesis to accompany the M.F.A. Exhibition Heritage Sites, in which vignettes of the artist’s personal and familial narratives become a backdrop for examining themes such as global tourism, the notion of universal heritage, and questioning Puerto Rico as a postcolonial place.
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Journal of Travel Research, 2016
Any tourist evaluation of place is partly shaped by the tourist’s own culture, and this may be even more so when the site gazed upon is representative of a different culture and/or heritage. However, this article suggests that differences of evaluations may be overemphasized if the research concentrates solely on the variable of nationality.
Thu Thi Trinh, Chris Ryan
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Any tourist evaluation of place is partly shaped by the tourist’s own culture, and this may be even more so when the site gazed upon is representative of a different culture and/or heritage. However, this article suggests that differences of evaluations may be overemphasized if the research concentrates solely on the variable of nationality.
Thu Thi Trinh, Chris Ryan
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World Archaeology, 2007
World Heritage conservation in developing countries is challenged by conflicting demands of preservation, economic development and social equity. Managing these demands requires monitoring of the dynamic interaction between cultural heritage, natural environment and contemporary society.
Roland Fletcher +3 more
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World Heritage conservation in developing countries is challenged by conflicting demands of preservation, economic development and social equity. Managing these demands requires monitoring of the dynamic interaction between cultural heritage, natural environment and contemporary society.
Roland Fletcher +3 more
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An Interactive Tour Guide for a Heritage Site
2017 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCVW), 2017Imagine taking a guided tour of a heritage site. Generally, tour guides have canned routes and stories about the monuments. As humans, we can inform the guide about topics which we are interested in, so as to ensure that we are presented stories which match our interests.
Sahil Chelaramani +2 more
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SOUGHT EXPERIENCES AT (DARK) HERITAGE SITES
Annals of Tourism Research, 2011Current literature on dark tourism largely follows a supply perspective, almost ignoring the tourist experience. Focusing on Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp (here after Auschwitz), the epitome of dark tourism, the present study sheds light on the nature of this tourism experience by clarifying the relations between the symbolic meanings assigned to the ...
Biran, A, Poria, Y, Oren, G
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New Sacred Places: Heritage Practices on Heritage Sites
2016The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate the relationship between the modern construction of sacred places and prehistoric monuments. Prehistoric burial mounds or hilltop stone mounds are often places of multiperiod practices. For example, some medieval churches are placed on prehistoric mounds such as famous church of st. Nikola near Nin, or
Kulenović, Igor, Kulenović, Neda
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Augmented Reality at Cultural Heritage sites
2016The heritage industry often seeks new ways to attract and engage new visitors. However, managers of Cultural Heritage sites face a lack in marketing and competiveness. One of the ways to obtain competitive advantage is the investment and implementation of Augmented Reality on-site.
Frances Tscheu, Dimitrios Buhalis
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Abstract This chapter examines the impact of heritage sites, especially historic houses, historic estates and buildings, and archaeological sites on visitor subjective wellbeing. It explores the hypothesis that physical engagement in heritage sites, through visiting and participating in experiences within these places, including storied ...
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Novel imaging of heritage objects and sites
2014 International Conference on Virtual Systems & Multimedia (VSMM), 2014Presented are three novel imaging techniques increasingly being used to record heritage indigenous sites, namely, 3D model reconstruction derived solely from photographs, high resolution panorama imaging and high resolution photographic mosaics. A highly desirable feature these techniques have in common is that they only require a good digital camera ...
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On-site natural heritage interpretation: an ecocritical reading
2017One of the most ubiquitous features of the official countryside is the proliferation of interpretation boards that inform and enhance our experience of the natural world. Writers, artists, performers and story tellers will often play an active role in this interpretation process.
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