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
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TitleRe-materialising the religious tourism experience: a post-human perspective
AuthorsTerzidou, 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.

KeywordsPilgrimage; Veneration; Materiality; Agency; Affect
PublisherElsevier
JournalAnnals of Tourism Research
ISSN0160-7383
Electronic1873-7722
Publication dates
Online23 May 2020
Print01 Jul 2020
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Submitted01 Oct 2019
Accepted16 Apr 2020
Deposited30 Apr 2020
Output statusPublished
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© 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 identifierWOS:000556748900010
LanguageEnglish
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