On these pages youll find some general information about dark tourism if you want to find info about actual places go straight to the dark destinations section, the countries menu on the left, or the index. The term dark tourism, can therefore be problematic and there are a number of noted conceptual weaknesses. The rise of dark tourism a phrase first coined by professors john lennon and malcolm foley of glasgow caledonian university may not be everyones idea of a getaway, but since the late 1990s this phenomenon has continued to be in demand. Academic attention to the subject originated in glasgow, scotland. Journal of travel research, august 1999 v38 i1 p465. Dark tourism started to gain academic attention in the early 90s, but it is only recently that it has sparked the interest of the media and the general public.
Search the catalogue for collection items held by the national library of australia. Professor john lennon to deliver dark tourism seminar. The term of dark tourism was first coined by two researchers, malcolm foley and j. Dark tourism john lennon and malcolm foley national. The concept of dark tourism, even if it is new to us, we can say that it was conceptualized many years ago. Dark tourism by malcolm foley, john lennon, paperback. In their pioneering work, dark tourism, john lennon and malcolm foley identify an increased interest in death, disaster and atrocity as a growing phenomenon of latetwentieth and early twentyfirst century tourism, suggesting such trauma sites draw visitors as modern pilgrims.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Dark tourism the attraction of death and disaster, by john lennon and malcolm foley. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The holocaust and dark tourism ubc library open collections.
Leading the field are lennon and foley who labeled it dark tourism, seaton who coined the term thanatourism, and rojek who developed the concept of black spots. Toto oznaceni zavedli britsti vedci john lennon a malcolm foley v roce 1996. Investigating the challenges of promoting dark tourism in. Dark tourism the attraction of death and disaster, by. The attraction of death and disaster john lennon and malcolm foley exclude cemetery tourism from the growing trend of turning sites of death and disaster into tourist destinations. However, the academics who currently lead the field in dark tourism research are professors john lennon and malcolm foley who coined the term dark tourism in 1996. Background and definition of main concepts and terms in the study found in literature are therefore provided. The term was originally coined in 1996 by j john lennon and malcolm foley, two faculty members at glasgow caledonian university. Purpose commonly referred to as dark tourism or thanatourism, the act of touristic travel to sites of or sites associated with death and disaster has gained significant attention with media imaginations and academic scholarship. Dark tourism was first used as a term in the mid 1990. Dec 07, 2000 buy dark tourism new edition by lennon, john, foley, malcolm isbn. Stone, 2009a all these sites and many more which are similar, are what are called sites for dark tourism according to main theorists john lennon and malcolm foley, also known as thanatourism seaton, 1996 cited in ryan et al, 2005 and black spots rojek, 1997. Pdf on nov 1, 2002, tim coles and others published dark tourism. Foley, malcolm a large number of sites associated with war, genocide, and other tragic events have become significant tourist destinations.
They described it as the phenomenon which encompasses the presentation and consump. According to the dark tourism forum the notion of dark tourism appeared in 1990 and was introduced in the specialized literature by the professors john lennon and malcolm foley from glasgow caledonian university niemela, 2010. However, despite a growing body of literature on the representation and tourist experience of deathscapes within the visitor economy, dark tourism as a field of. In 2000, after four years of researching dark tourist sites around the world, the two released their groundbreaking book dark tourism. Dark tourism brings death back into the public domain, said philip stone, idtr executive director. Lennon and foley define dark tourism as a postmodern phenomenon in which sites of catastrophe become commodities of.
John lennon senior lecturer in hospitality management, glasgow caledonian university email. Humanity has been fascinated with recent death, disaster, and atrocity since the earliest days of pilgrimage indeed, many consider this morbid curiosity to be the origin of tourism. An early definition defined by john lennon and malcolm foley, define dark tourism as the representation of inhuman acts, and how these are interpreted for visitors. This is the original, the classic work on dark tourism, the first publication in book form which features the term dark tourism in the title. Buy dark tourism new edition by lennon, john, foley, malcolm isbn. Nov 12, 2002 dark tourism the attraction of death and disaster, by john lennon and malcolm foley. Dark tourism new form of tourism in romania rabontu cecilia. John lennon, as a means of describing, the phenomenon which encompasses the presentation and consumption by visitors of real and commoditized death and disaster sites foley and lennon 1996. This book explores the reasons why people visit these sites, asking whether it is for remembrance, education, or entertainment. The concentration camp as a site of dark tourism for us, the basis of dark tourism p23 and does not include friends and relatives of victims, for example. In the literature related to dark tourism notions such as. Many people wish to experience the reality behind the media images, or are prompted to find out more by a personal association with. John lennon and malcolm foley, in 1996, dark tourism is a relatively new field of study that examines tourism involving places associated with death and violence. However, despite ongoing study, there has been a paucity in understanding what actually motivates individuals to sites of dark.
Dark tourism the attraction of death and disaster, by john. Developing dark tourism by will blommer dark tourism. The concentration camp as a site of dark tourism i n the years following the end of world war ii there was already some demand among the survivors, the relatives of victims, and the interested public to visit the sites of the atrocities committed in concentration, forced labour and extermination camps1. The concept of dark tourism rose to fame around 1996, when it appeared in a special issue of the international journal heritage studies. Because death is under a medical gaze, its been privatized. Abstract this paper sets out to explore the phenomenon that the authors have entitled dark tourism and to analyse evidence of its existence in the context of sites associated with the life and death of the former us president, john f. Condensed conceptual background to dark tourism elsewhere, foley and lennon 1995, 1996, 1997 have argued that there has been a significant growth in. Dark tourism available for download and read online in other formats.
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