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Literary and film pilgrimage

, 2022
Part of the 2022 Kent Pilgrimage Festival (21st-25th September, 2022)
Lovell, J., Oulton, C.
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Moral Drift and Sacred Reconfigurations: Rethinking Values and Religious Practices in Digitally Mediated Worlds

Medya ve Din Araştırmaları Dergisi
This study examines how digitalization—particularly through immersive environments such as the metaverse—transforms moral values and religious practices.
Kübra Cevherli
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Navigating Tensions Between Indigeneity and Social Media Participation: A Case Study of the Guarani Community in South America

Information Systems Journal, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 1198-1217, July 2025.
ABSTRACT This study investigates inherent tensions between social media participation and the ways of life in an Indigenous community and subsequent navigation approaches. Relying on an in‐depth qualitative study and the notion of two‐eyed seeing as a theoretical approach, the study focuses on the complex relationship between social media platform ...
Edin Smailhodzic, Aline Fernandes, Nonhlanhla Dube, Monideepa Tarafdar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘The place where you should have been born’—Conservation practitioners sacralising wilderness and developing a sense of belonging in the Manu National Park, Perú

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 6, Page 1413-1424, June 2025.
Abstract The management of protected areas is often portrayed as an enterprise guided by objective knowledge and technical criteria, a claim that situates conservation practitioners in positions of power relative to other actors in these spaces. Challenging these claims of objectivity by exploring conservation practitioners' subjective views is vital ...
Eduardo Salazar Moreira
wiley   +1 more source

Metaverse in Tourism and Hospitality: A Framework‐Based Systematic Review

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
The metaverse is projected to contribute over $3 trillion to the global economy by 2031. Major technology firms, including Unity Technologies, Meta, Epic Games, Valve Corporation, Alphabet, and Roblox, invest billions of dollars in its development. Adopting digital technologies such as mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), extended reality (ER ...
Chiranjeeb Debnath, Arpita Srivastava, Tze Wei Liew   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pilgrimage, consumption and rituals: Spiritual authenticity in a Shia Muslim pilgrimage [PDF]

, 2019
A critical dimension of pilgrimage is arguably pilgrims' experience, in particular the authenticity of their experience. The aim of the study is to understand how authenticity is evoked in a religious pilgrimage and the relationship between authenticity,
Moufahim, Mona, Lichrou, Maria
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Virtual Reality’s Impact on Tourist Attitudes in Islamic Religious Tourism: Exploring Emotional Attachment and VR Presence

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
This study explores the integration of immersive technologies, specifically virtual reality (VR), to enhance tourist experiences in the rapidly expanding religious tourism sector. Despite VR’s potential, limited research has examined its impact on religious tourism.
Eman Alkhalifah, Ramy Hammady, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Alyaa Darwish, Ella Cranmer, Ons Al-Shamaileh, Aikaterini Bourazeri, Timothy Jung, David C. Mohr   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pilgrimage Studies in Oceania : Betwixt and between National Concerns, Academic Trends and Local Ontologies

, 2020
Pilgrimage studies as a distinct field of interest started to emerge only recently in Oceania, which encompasses Australia, and the islands and nations of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
Hermkens, Anna-Karina
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Monastic Counter-Culture and Its Medieval Origins

Religions
Monastic life presents a contrast to many aspects of modern existence (the rule of ideology, consumerism, various forms of negativity, dominance of the virtual, forgetfulness).
Michael Edward Moore
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Virtual Travel, Imaginary Homelands, Pop Cosmopolitans, and Ethnic Enclaves

Emerging Media
Drawing examples from field work conducted with various fandoms in Shanghai, this article explores the ways that the spatial and performance practices enable the active production of belief or “make believe” within the participating fans.
Henry Jenkins
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