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Thanatourism: la frontiera oscura del viaggiare. Il caso del “Cimitero delle fontanelle”
, 2019 The central role that the tourist experience has assumed in contemporary society is a conquest of the modernity, and has been made possible by the multiplication of means of transport, communication tools and the set of services available for ...
Monaco, Salvatore, Calicchia, Francesco
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Online Aestheticization of Death: From Thanatourism to Digital Representations of Death
Media Literacy and Academic ResearchThe study examines representations of death in digital memory culture, focusing on selfies, visual practices at Holocaust memorials, and thanatourism as travel to sites of tragedy and suffering. In the digital era, these practices have gained new dimensions tied to influencer culture and social media aesthetics, where death becomes aestheticized and ...
Erika Moravčíková +3 more
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Thanatourism to Dark Tourism: The Transition of the Religious Sacred to Secular Sacred [PDF]
, 2018 The study of tourism shows a trend in the growing popularity of visiting sites associated with death, called Dark Tourism. While the term Dark Tourism is a modern construct, the practice of visiting sites associated with death is not.
Reed, Kelsey
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Opportunities for the development of thanatourism in the Olsztyn area
Artykuł analizuje możliwości rozwoju tanatoturystyki na terenie Olsztyna, wskazując liczne miejsca pamięci, cmentarze wojenne oraz pomniki upamiętniające ofiary konfliktów zbrojnych, które mogą stanowić atrakcyjne cele dla tanatoturystów.
Król, Bartosz, Omelan, Aneta Anna
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Thanatourism, Caminata Nocturna, and the Complex Geopolitics of Mexico’s Parque EcoAlberto [PDF]
, 2015 This article provides readers with a critical analysis of Mexico’s Parque EcoAlberto. Utilizing some of the theoretical work of interdisciplinary scholars who are interested in the study of “thanatourism,” the authors illustrate how this park, with its ...
Maldonado, José Ángel +2 more
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Tourism ‘Death Space’ and Thanatourism in Poland
, 2014 Tourism space organizers use ‘death space’ for the purpose of creating tourism attractions and products in response to market demand. The article presents a short review of research into thanatourism and the use of ‘death space’ for tourism purposes in Europe and Poland, as well as selected examples of tourism assets and attractions related to death ...
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Never again!: how the lessons from Auschwitz project impacts on schools in Scotland [PDF]
, 2009 As the education for citizenship agenda continues to impact on schools in Scotland, and with the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) in conjunction with the Scottish Government organising its Lessons From Auschwitz Project for Scottish students and ...
Cowan, Paula, Maitles, H.
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, 2013 Research confirmed that the cemetery is the destination of educational migrations, which are usually part of cultural, ethnical, sentimental or general tourism. The act of learning takes place during individual or group trips, as well as during ordinary walks. Let us remember that the 19th c. ideas of the American rural cemetery, French park – cemetery
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