Re-materialising the religious tourism experience: a post-human perspective
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Terzidou, M. 2020. Re-materialising the religious tourism experience: a post-human perspective. Annals of Tourism Research. 83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.102924
Type | Article |
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Title | Re-materialising the religious tourism experience: a post-human perspective |
Authors | Terzidou, M. |
Abstract | Using ethnographic research into Christian Orthodox religious tourists’ performances in Tinos, Greece, this paper traces the complex pathways of human and material entanglement in creating religious experiences. While religions stage material performances by ascribing sign and use value to objects, affect through doing allows for different modes of understanding and performance, in which the material nature plays an essential role. This paper contributes in recognising the importance of materials’ thingness in the religious experience, allowing for alternative performances and expressions of belief. Understanding the way materials can enable or even overshadow the sense of religiousness is important for the successful management of the spatial distribution of objects in religious sites. |
Keywords | Pilgrimage; Veneration; Materiality; Agency; Affect |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Journal | Annals of Tourism Research |
ISSN | 0160-7383 |
Electronic | 1873-7722 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 23 May 2020 |
01 Jul 2020 | |
Publication process dates | |
Submitted | 01 Oct 2019 |
Accepted | 16 Apr 2020 |
Deposited | 30 Apr 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | © 2020. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.102924 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000556748900010 |
Language | English |
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