Exotic, Dissonant, and Dark Heritage and Tourism: Past, Present and Future Horizons
A Curated Literature Overview
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“This provocative volume intriguingly captures how dark tourism, dissonant memory, wellness, volunteerism, and other postmodern practices converge in a new cultural economy where death, trauma, and the pain of others are transformed into spectacle.“
—Dr. Babu George, Alcorn State University, US
“I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the future of the world’s largest peacetime industry.”
—Dr. Peter Tarlow, President of Tourism & More, Inc, US
In recent decades, dark tourism—also known as thanatourism—has sparked intense academic debate that extends well beyond the field of tourism research. The concept has captivated the attention of the social sciences and journalism alike. Thanatourism (from the Greek word Thanatos, meaning death) refers to travel to sites associated with mass death, suffering, disaster, or the macabre. These locations present a unique form of dissonant heritage that challenges future generations to reflect. This book is a curated literature overview that aims to provide meaningful answers to the questions of what dark tourism is and what motivates visitors to these sites.
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Maximiliano E. Korstanje is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Palermo, Argentina. He is a cultural theorist who has studied the mobilities theory, tourism, migration, terrorism, and political violence in Western democracies. He has extensively written and published papers and books.
In recent decades, dark tourism—also known as thanatourism—has sparked intense academic debate that extends well beyond the field of tourism research. The concept has captivated the attention of the social sciences and journalism alike. Thanatourism (from the Greek word Thanatos, meaning death) refers to travel to sites associated with mass death, suffering, disaster, or the macabre. These locations present a unique form of dissonant heritage that challenges future generations to reflect. This book is a curated literature overview that aims to provide meaningful answers to the questions of what dark tourism is and what motivates visitors to these sites.
The auto-summaries have been generated by a recursive clustering algorithm via the Dimensions Auto-summarizer by Digital Science handled by Subject Matter Experts and the author of this book. The author of this book selected which SN content should be auto-summarized and decided its order of appearance. Please be aware that these are abstractive auto-summaries, which consist of original sentences, but are not representative of its original paper, since we do not show the full length of the publication. Please note that only published SN content is represented here, and that curated books are still at an experimental stage.
A Curated Literature Overview exploring the future of dark tourism Aims to offer a unified definition of dark tourism and the reasons behind visitors' motivations Pushes for a deeper understanding of non-Western practices and multicultural perspectives on the origins of dark tourism
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Maximiliano E. Korstanje
Themen in »Exotic, Dissonant, and Dark Heritage and Tourism: Past, Present and Future Horizons«
dark tourism heritage consumption cultural entertainment preservation of memory thanatourism virtual tourism
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“This curated volume brings together the thoughtful perspective of exotic, dissonant, and dark heritage, where destruction, suffering, and memory become sites of consumption. Bridging theory and present-day tourism practices, it grills how postmodern societies engross with tragedy, distinctiveness, and the commodification of loss across past, present, and future horizons.” (Dr. Shruti Arora, Associate Professor, Modi Institute of Management & Technology, India)
“When death becomes attraction and suffering a consumable asset, tourism reveals its darkest face. This volume exposes the moral vacuum of a system that aestheticizes destruction while calling it experience.” (Dr. Fabio Carbone, IIPT Global Peace Ambassador, Humanitarian Leader, and Head of the Research Centre on Global Economic and Social Development, University of Northampton, UK)
“Heritage is no longer simply about preserving the past, but about confronting a world where destruction, suffering, and disappearance have become objects of fascination and consumption. This provocative volume intriguingly captures how dark tourism, dissonant memory, wellness, volunteerism, and other postmodern practices converge in a new cultural economy where death, trauma, and the pain of others are transformed into spectacle.“ (Dr. Babu George, Alcorn State University, US)
“Exotic, Dissonant, and Dark Heritage and Tourism: Past, Present and Future Horizons once again demonstrates that Korstanje is both an author and editor of extraordinary ability. His newest book is an example of creativity combined with wisdom, academic scholarship combined with the practical and an example not only of the future of tourism but also of academia. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the future of the world’s largest peacetime industry.” (Dr. Peter Tarlow, President of Tourism & More, Inc., US)
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