This book offers critical scenarios of dark tourism futures and examines how our significant dead will be remembered in future visitor economies. It aims to inspire critical thinking by probing the past, disrupting the present and provoking the future. The volume outlines key features of difficult heritage and future cultural trauma and highlights the role of technology, immersive visitor experiences and the thanatological condition of future dark tourism. The book provides a collection of informed observations of how future societies might recall their memorable dead, and how the noteworthy dead might be (re)created and retained through dark tourism. The book forecasts a dark tourism future that is not only perilous but also full of possibilities. It is a helpful resource for students and researchers in tourism, heritage, futurology, sociology, human geography and cultural studies.
Edited by:
Philip R. Stone,
Daniel W.M. Wright
Imprint: Channel View Publications
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781845418977
ISBN 10: 1845418972
Series: The Future of Tourism
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 10 September 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contributors Philip R. Stone and Daniel W.M. Wright: Preface: Dark Tourism Futures: Thoughts, Ideas, Scenarios Chapter 1. Philip R. Stone: Vertopia: The Future of Dark Tourism Places and Our Digital Dead Chapter 2. Rachael Ironside and Craig Leith: Virtual Afterlife: Dark Tourism in the Hereafter Chapter 3. Santa Zascerinska: From 'Bucket List' to 'Afterlist': (Dark) Tourism for the Afterlife Chapter 4. Daniel W.M. Wright: 'Beyond Human': Dark Tourism, Robots and Futurology Chapter 5. Özge Kılıçarslan, Mehmet Yavuz Çetinkaya and Kamil Yağci: The Future of Technology and Dark Tourism Experiences Chapter 6. Diāna Popova, Elizabete Grinblate and Raivis Sīmansons: Bridging Virtual Reality and Dark Heritage Chapter 7. Richard Fawcus: 'Virtual Monument Wars': The Digital Future of Difficult Heritage Chapter 8. Marián Alesón-Carbonell: Language as a Mediator: Commodifying Future Dark Tourism Chapter 9. Saffron Dale, Crispin Dale and Neil Robinson: 'McDeath' – A Future of Dark Travel and End of Life Palliative Care Chapter 10. Alix Varnajot: Enlightening Dark Tourism Horizons in a Post-Apocalyptic Arctic: A Geopoetic Approach Chapter 11. Maximiliano E. Korstanje: 'Shrines and Rites of Passage': Toward a Future of Dark Tourism Chronicles Chapter 12. Elspeth Frew and Clare Lade: Survivor Voices and Disaster Education: Future Commemoration and Remembrance at Dark Tourism Sites Chapter 13. Abit Hoxha and Kenneth Andresen: Future of Dark Tourism in Kosovo: From Divisions to Digital Possibilities Chapter 14. Ann-Kathrin McLean: Millennials, Transitional Memory and the Future of Holocaust Remembrance Chapter 15. Aija van der Steina, Maija Rozite, Inese Runce and Kaspars Strods: Between Revival of Memory and Dark Tourism: The Future of Holocaust-Related Sites in Latvia Chapter 16. Marta Soligo: 'Mirrors of Society': Cemetery Tourism Futures Chapter 17. Janine Marriott: 'Not the Right Sort of Visitors': Future Challenges of Cemetery Tourism Chapter 18. Allan Brodie: 'Into the horrors of the gloomy jail': Towards a Future of UK Prison Tourism and Penal Architecture Chapter 19. Brianna Wyatt: 'Finding a Light in Dark Places': Lighter Dark Tourism Futures Chapter 20. Luisa Golz and Tony Johnston: Future of Dark Tourism Festivals: Technology and the Tourist Experience Chapter 21. Robert S. Bristow, Alina Gross and Ian Jenkins: Future Dystopian Attractions: Benign Masochism in Dark Tourism Chapter 22. Michael Brennan: Future Directions in Death Studies and Dark Tourism Philip R. Stone: Afterword: Back to the Dark Tourism Future References Index
Philip R. Stone is Director of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR), University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, UK. He is the Editor of the International Journal of Dark Tourism Studies. Daniel W.M. Wright is a Fellow of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR), University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, UK. His research interests are dark tourism, thanatology, futurology, technology, heritage and cultural studies and tourism management.
Reviews for The Future of Dark Tourism: Enlightening New Horizons
From visions of a future where tourists will witness battles between humans and robots, to scenarios where the living and the dead will become interconnected in virtual environments, this volume cogently and explicitly pushes conceptualizations of dark tourism into previously unexplored realms and possible realities. Jam-packed with over twenty solid chapters, this book is an absolute must have for anyone interested in dark tourism. * Jeffrey S. Podoshen, Franklin & Marshall College, USA *
