Negotiating cultural trauma in tourism
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Su, R. and Park, H. 2023. Negotiating cultural trauma in tourism. Current Issues in Tourism. 26 (10), pp. 1652-1668. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2022.2062308
Type | Article |
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Title | Negotiating cultural trauma in tourism |
Authors | Su, R. and Park, H. |
Abstract | This study responses to call for an evidentiary frame that incorporates the contested views of cultural trauma in dark tourism sites. Central to this contestation is a failure to break down the victim-perpetrator binary that particularly struggles for truth-seeking transnationally and trans-generationally. This requires a new and critical heritage interpretation, addressing traumatic historical lessons and reaching a reconciliation for future integration and inclusivity. With employment of semi-structure interviews and participant observations, this study of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders illustrates how dark tourism and counter-monuments play a critical role in transforming massacre trauma into commemorative practices. Designing and building new tourism space and artworks as counter-monuments proves to be one significant encoding practice that negotiates more mundane and interactive peacebuilding and reconciliation. Such negotiation contributes to a more meaningful and holistic understanding of cultural trauma, heritage interpretation, memory and identity. Its implications can inspire future research to explore tourism’s transformative potential for remembering, forgetting and healing. |
Keywords | Cultural trauma; difficult heritage; interpretation; counter-monuments; negotiated encoding; dark tourism |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Journal | Current Issues in Tourism |
ISSN | 1368-3500 |
Electronic | 1747-7603 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 18 Apr 2022 |
19 May 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 19 Apr 2022 |
Accepted | 29 Mar 2022 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2022.2062308 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000783400700001 |
Language | English |
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