Dark Tourism Typologies

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Dark Tourism, Heterotopias and Post-Apocalyptic Places: The Case of Chernobyl, DT (2013)

On 26 April 1986, during a procedural shut down of reactor number four at the...

 

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The Commodification of Death: A reflection on dark tourism research, education and media interest (2011)

The act of travel to sites of death, disaster or the seemingly macabre – or...

 

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Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis (2010)

Despite increasing academic and media attention paid to dark tourism – the act of travel...

 

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"It's Bloody Guide" - Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of Dark Tourism at the Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This chapter explores the contemporary commodification of death and the macabre within the Dungeon visitor...

 

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The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

Over the past decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and...

 

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A Dark Tourism Spectrum: towards a typology of death and macabre related tourist sites, attractions and exhibitions, TOURISM: An Interdisciplinary International Journal (2006)

Deaths, disasters and atrocities in touristic form are becoming an increasingly pervasive feature within the...

 

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Consuming Dark Tourism: a call for research, eReview of Tourism Research (2005)

There are an increasing plethora of sites associated with death, tragedy or the macabre that...

 

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Dark Tourism – an old concept in a new world, TOURISM Magazine by the Tourism Society (UK) (2005)

A brief article highlighting the historical origins of dark tourism and its relevance in modern-day...

 

Dark Tourism & Mortality (Thanatology)

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Dark Tourism and Significant Other Death: Towards a Model of Mortality Mediation, Annals of Tourism Research (2012)

Dark tourism and the commodification of death has become a pervasive feature within the contemporary...

 

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Dark tourism as ‘mortality capital’: The case of Ground Zero and the significant other dead, The Contemporary Tourist Experience: Concepts and Consequences (2012)

The catastrophic structural failing of the Twin Towers on 9/11 has been indelibly imprinted into...

 

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‘Licenced Death’: Consuming Landscapes of War through Thanatourism, iDTR Working Paper / Presentation Series 2012/13 (2012)

Touristification of former battlefields as well as the museological representation of conflicts probably constitutes the...

 

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Dark Tourism and the Cadaveric Carnival: Mediating Life and Death Narratives at Gunter von Hagens' Body Worlds, Current Issues in Tourism (2011)

Death is universal, yet dying is not. Consequently, within contemporary secularised society, the process of...

 

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Dark Tourism Experiences: mediating between life and death, Tourist Experience: Contemporary Perspectives (2011)

This chapter examines mortality in contemporary society and the role of dark tourism consumption in...

 

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FULL PAPER: Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: Mediating Life and Death Narratives, Twilight Tourism: An International Symposium (2011)

Death is universal, yet dying is not. Thus, within secularised contemporary society, the process of...

 

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PRESENTATION SLIDES: Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: Mediating Life and Death Narratives, Twilight Tourism: An International Symposium (2010)

Powerpoint Presentation

 

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Dark Tourism: Morality, Mortality & Mediation (2010)

This lecture was delivered at The University of Cambridge as part of my role as...

 

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Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis (2010)

Despite increasing academic and media attention paid to dark tourism – the act of travel...

 

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"It's Bloody Guide" - Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of Dark Tourism at the Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This chapter explores the contemporary commodification of death and the macabre within the Dungeon visitor...

 

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Life, Death and Dark Tourism: Future Research Directions, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This brief chapter offers concluding comments to The Darker Side of Travel book, as well...

 

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Making Absent Death Present: Consuming Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This chapter explores the institutional sequestration of death within contemporary society, and the potential that...

 

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The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

Over the past decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and...

 

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Consuming Dark Tourism: a thanatological perspective, Annals of Tourism Research (2008)

Despite increasing academic attention paid to dark tourism, understanding of the concept remains limited, particularly...

 

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Making Absent Death Present: Death, Dying and Dark Tourism., 8th International Conference on the Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal. University of Bath (2007)

Conference address that examined the structural analysis of death within contemporary society and its interrelationship...

 

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Confronting Mortality Moments: Dark Tourism and Death Sequestration in Contemporary Society, LBS Research Symposium, University of Central Lancashire (2007)

Conference address that examined the structural analysis of death within contemporary society and its interrelationship...

 

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Making Absent Death Present: Dark Tourism and Mortality within Contemporary Society, Dark Tourism – Current Themes, Issues & Consequences Conference, University of Central Lancashire (2007)

Conference address that examined the structural analysis of death within contemporary society and its interrelationship...

 

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Making Absent Death Present: dark tourism and the sequestration of death in contemporary society, Tourism – The Spiritual Dimension International Conference, University of Lincoln (2006)

Conference address that examined the structural analysis of death within contemporary society and its interrelationship...

 

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Consuming Dark Tourism: a call for research, eReview of Tourism Research (2005)

There are an increasing plethora of sites associated with death, tragedy or the macabre that...

 

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Dark Tourism – an old concept in a new world, TOURISM Magazine by the Tourism Society (UK) (2005)

A brief article highlighting the historical origins of dark tourism and its relevance in modern-day...

 

Dark Tourism & Morality (Ethics)

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Deviance, Dark Tourism and ‘Dark Leisure’: Towards a (re)configuration of morality and the taboo in secular society, Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure: Meanings, Motives and Lifelong Learning (2013)

A taboo is a prohibition placed on exposing what is good as well as what...

 

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Dark Tourism and Ethics: constructing morality through a mortal gaze, Stone, P.R (Forthcoming) Dark Tourism and Ethics: constructing morality through a mortal gaze. iDTR Working Paper Series, UCLan, UK. (2012)

Dark tourism as the act of travel to sites, attractions or exhibitions associated with real...

 

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Dark Tourism: Morality, Mortality & Mediation (2010)

This lecture was delivered at The University of Cambridge as part of my role as...

 

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Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis (2010)

Despite increasing academic and media attention paid to dark tourism – the act of travel...

 

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Durkheim, Dark Tourism and Morality: Collective Effervescence and New Moral Spaces, Tourist Experiences – Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours International Conference, University of Central Lancashire, (2009)

Conference address that examined the morality of dark tourism, and its implications for secular society.

 

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Dark Tourism: Morality and New Moral Spaces, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This chapter explores ethics of dark tourism consumption within a secular construction of morality. In...

 

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Life, Death and Dark Tourism: Future Research Directions, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This brief chapter offers concluding comments to The Darker Side of Travel book, as well...

 

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The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

Over the past decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and...

 

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Consuming Dark Tourism: a thanatological perspective, Annals of Tourism Research (2008)

Despite increasing academic attention paid to dark tourism, understanding of the concept remains limited, particularly...

 

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Dark Tourism: a new moral peril?, The Guardian Newspaper, UK (2008)

This brief articles examines the ethics of dark tourism consumption.

 

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Dark tourism: the ethics of exploiting tragedy, Travel Weekly (2007)

This article was written for Travel Weekly and briefly highlights dark tourism and the need...

 

Dark Tourism & Interpretation

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Dark Tourism, Heterotopias and Post-Apocalyptic Places: The Case of Chernobyl, DT (2013)

On 26 April 1986, during a procedural shut down of reactor number four at the...

 

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Deviance, Dark Tourism and ‘Dark Leisure’: Towards a (re)configuration of morality and the taboo in secular society, Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure: Meanings, Motives and Lifelong Learning (2013)

A taboo is a prohibition placed on exposing what is good as well as what...

 

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Dark Tourism and Ethics: constructing morality through a mortal gaze, Stone, P.R (Forthcoming) Dark Tourism and Ethics: constructing morality through a mortal gaze. iDTR Working Paper Series, UCLan, UK. (2012)

Dark tourism as the act of travel to sites, attractions or exhibitions associated with real...

 

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Dark Tourism and Significant Other Death: Towards a Model of Mortality Mediation, Annals of Tourism Research (2012)

Dark tourism and the commodification of death has become a pervasive feature within the contemporary...

 

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‘Licenced Death’: Consuming Landscapes of War through Thanatourism, iDTR Working Paper / Presentation Series 2012/13 (2012)

Touristification of former battlefields as well as the museological representation of conflicts probably constitutes the...

 

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Dark Tourism and the Cadaveric Carnival: Mediating Life and Death Narratives at Gunter von Hagens' Body Worlds, Current Issues in Tourism (2011)

Death is universal, yet dying is not. Consequently, within contemporary secularised society, the process of...

 

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FULL PAPER: Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: Mediating Life and Death Narratives, Twilight Tourism: An International Symposium (2011)

Death is universal, yet dying is not. Thus, within secularised contemporary society, the process of...

 

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The Commodification of Death: A reflection on dark tourism research, education and media interest (2011)

The act of travel to sites of death, disaster or the seemingly macabre – or...

 

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PRESENTATION SLIDES: Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: Mediating Life and Death Narratives, Twilight Tourism: An International Symposium (2010)

Powerpoint Presentation

 

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Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis (2010)

Despite increasing academic and media attention paid to dark tourism – the act of travel...

 

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Life, Death and Dark Tourism: Future Research Directions, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This brief chapter offers concluding comments to The Darker Side of Travel book, as well...

 

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(Re)Presenting the Macabre: Interpretation, Kitschification and Authenticity, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This chapter examines the interpretation of tragedy within contemporary society, and in particular, how tragic...

 

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The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

Over the past decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and...

 

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A Dark Tourism Spectrum: towards a typology of death and macabre related tourist sites, attractions and exhibitions, TOURISM: An Interdisciplinary International Journal (2006)

Deaths, disasters and atrocities in touristic form are becoming an increasingly pervasive feature within the...

 

Dark Tourism & (Cultural) Landscapes

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Dark Tourism, Heterotopias and Post-Apocalyptic Places: The Case of Chernobyl, DT (2013)

On 26 April 1986, during a procedural shut down of reactor number four at the...

 

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‘Licenced Death’: Consuming Landscapes of War through Thanatourism, iDTR Working Paper / Presentation Series 2012/13 (2012)

Touristification of former battlefields as well as the museological representation of conflicts probably constitutes the...

 

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Durkheim, Dark Tourism and Morality: Collective Effervescence and New Moral Spaces, Tourist Experiences – Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours International Conference, University of Central Lancashire, (2009)

Conference address that examined the morality of dark tourism, and its implications for secular society.

 

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Life, Death and Dark Tourism: Future Research Directions, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This brief chapter offers concluding comments to The Darker Side of Travel book, as well...

 

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The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

Over the past decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and...

 

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Dark Tourism – an old concept in a new world, TOURISM Magazine by the Tourism Society (UK) (2005)

A brief article highlighting the historical origins of dark tourism and its relevance in modern-day...

 

Dark Tourism & Politics

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Dark Tourism, Heterotopias and Post-Apocalyptic Places: The Case of Chernobyl, DT (2013)

On 26 April 1986, during a procedural shut down of reactor number four at the...

 

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‘Licenced Death’: Consuming Landscapes of War through Thanatourism, iDTR Working Paper / Presentation Series 2012/13 (2012)

Touristification of former battlefields as well as the museological representation of conflicts probably constitutes the...

 

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Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis (2010)

Despite increasing academic and media attention paid to dark tourism – the act of travel...

 

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Durkheim, Dark Tourism and Morality: Collective Effervescence and New Moral Spaces, Tourist Experiences – Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours International Conference, University of Central Lancashire, (2009)

Conference address that examined the morality of dark tourism, and its implications for secular society.

 

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Life, Death and Dark Tourism: Future Research Directions, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This brief chapter offers concluding comments to The Darker Side of Travel book, as well...

 

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(Re)Presenting the Macabre: Interpretation, Kitschification and Authenticity, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This chapter examines the interpretation of tragedy within contemporary society, and in particular, how tragic...

 

Dark Tourism Case Studies

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Dark Tourism, Heterotopias and Post-Apocalyptic Places: The Case of Chernobyl, DT (2013)

On 26 April 1986, during a procedural shut down of reactor number four at the...

 

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Dark Tourism and Ethics: constructing morality through a mortal gaze, Stone, P.R (Forthcoming) Dark Tourism and Ethics: constructing morality through a mortal gaze. iDTR Working Paper Series, UCLan, UK. (2012)

Dark tourism as the act of travel to sites, attractions or exhibitions associated with real...

 

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Dark Tourism and Significant Other Death: Towards a Model of Mortality Mediation, Annals of Tourism Research (2012)

Dark tourism and the commodification of death has become a pervasive feature within the contemporary...

 

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Dark tourism as ‘mortality capital’: The case of Ground Zero and the significant other dead, The Contemporary Tourist Experience: Concepts and Consequences (2012)

The catastrophic structural failing of the Twin Towers on 9/11 has been indelibly imprinted into...

 

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Dark Tourism and the Cadaveric Carnival: Mediating Life and Death Narratives at Gunter von Hagens' Body Worlds, Current Issues in Tourism (2011)

Death is universal, yet dying is not. Consequently, within contemporary secularised society, the process of...

 

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FULL PAPER: Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: Mediating Life and Death Narratives, Twilight Tourism: An International Symposium (2011)

Death is universal, yet dying is not. Thus, within secularised contemporary society, the process of...

 

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PRESENTATION SLIDES: Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: Mediating Life and Death Narratives, Twilight Tourism: An International Symposium (2010)

Powerpoint Presentation

 

File

Dark Tourism: Morality, Mortality & Mediation (2010)

This lecture was delivered at The University of Cambridge as part of my role as...

 

Link

Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis (2010)

Despite increasing academic and media attention paid to dark tourism – the act of travel...

 

Link

Durkheim, Dark Tourism and Morality: Collective Effervescence and New Moral Spaces, Tourist Experiences – Meanings, Motivations, Behaviours International Conference, University of Central Lancashire, (2009)

Conference address that examined the morality of dark tourism, and its implications for secular society.

 

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"It's Bloody Guide" - Fun, Fear and a Lighter Side of Dark Tourism at the Dungeon Visitor Attractions, UK, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This chapter explores the contemporary commodification of death and the macabre within the Dungeon visitor...

 

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(Re)Presenting the Macabre: Interpretation, Kitschification and Authenticity, The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

This chapter examines the interpretation of tragedy within contemporary society, and in particular, how tragic...

 

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The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (2009)

Over the past decade, the concept of dark tourism has attracted growing academic interest and...

 

Dark Tourism & Research Methodology

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Dark Tourism and Significant Other Death: Towards a Model of Mortality Mediation, Annals of Tourism Research (2012)

Dark tourism and the commodification of death has become a pervasive feature within the contemporary...

 

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Dark Tourism: towards a new post-disciplinary research agenda, International Journal of Tourism Anthropology (2011)

Abstract: Over the past decade or so, dark tourism research –that is, the social scientific...

 

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The Commodification of Death: A reflection on dark tourism research, education and media interest (2011)

The act of travel to sites of death, disaster or the seemingly macabre – or...

 

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Death, Dying and Dark Tourism in Contemporary Society: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis (2010)

Despite increasing academic and media attention paid to dark tourism – the act of travel...

 

The Tourist Experience

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Contemporary Tourist Experience: Concepts and Consequences (2012)

This significant and timely volume aims to provide a focused analysis into tourist experiences that...

 

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Dark Tourism and Ethics: constructing morality through a mortal gaze, Stone, P.R (Forthcoming) Dark Tourism and Ethics: constructing morality through a mortal gaze. iDTR Working Paper Series, UCLan, UK. (2012)

Dark tourism as the act of travel to sites, attractions or exhibitions associated with real...

 

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Dark Tourism and Significant Other Death: Towards a Model of Mortality Mediation, Annals of Tourism Research (2012)

Dark tourism and the commodification of death has become a pervasive feature within the contemporary...

 

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Introduction: Experiencing tourism, experiencing happiness?, Contemporary Tourist Experience: Concepts and Consequences (2012)

Introductory chapter to the 'Contemporary Tourist Experience' volume, which outlines how 'travel' has evolved into...

 

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‘Licenced Death’: Consuming Landscapes of War through Thanatourism, iDTR Working Paper / Presentation Series 2012/13 (2012)

Touristification of former battlefields as well as the museological representation of conflicts probably constitutes the...

 

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Dark Tourism and the Cadaveric Carnival: Mediating Life and Death Narratives at Gunter von Hagens' Body Worlds, Current Issues in Tourism (2011)

Death is universal, yet dying is not. Consequently, within contemporary secularised society, the process of...

 

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Dark Tourism Experiences: mediating between life and death, Tourist Experience: Contemporary Perspectives (2011)

This chapter examines mortality in contemporary society and the role of dark tourism consumption in...

 

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Introduction: thinking about the tourist experience, Tourist Experience: Contemporary Perspectives (2011)

This chapter explores a number of contemporary themes that are representative of current research activity...

 

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Socio-cultural impacts of events: meanings, authorised transgression and social capital (with Richard Sharpley Prof), The Routledge Handbook of Events (2011)

Draft version available for download

 

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Tourist Experience: Contemporary Perspectives (2011)

To consume tourism is to consume experiences. An understanding of the ways in which tourists...

 

Tourism, Leisure & The Taboo

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Deviance, Dark Tourism and ‘Dark Leisure’: Towards a (re)configuration of morality and the taboo in secular society, Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure: Meanings, Motives and Lifelong Learning (2013)

A taboo is a prohibition placed on exposing what is good as well as what...

 

Eventology (Festivals & Events in Society)

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Socio-cultural impacts of events: meanings, authorised transgression and social capital (with Richard Sharpley Prof), The Routledge Handbook of Events (2011)

Draft version available for download

 

Review Articles

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The Commodification of Death: A reflection on dark tourism research, education and media interest (2011)

The act of travel to sites of death, disaster or the seemingly macabre – or...

 

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Review: Prison Tourism: Cultural Memory and Dark Tourism, Journal of Vacation Marketing (2009)

Book review for "Prison Tourism: Cultural Memory and Dark Tourism"

 

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Review: The 25 Best World War II Sites: European Theatre. The ultimate traveller’s guide to battlefields, monuments and museums, Tourism Review International (2008)

Book review for "The 25 Best World War II Sites: European Theatre. The ultimate traveller’s...

 

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Review: KZ – a feature length film documentary by Rex Bloomstein, The Dark Tourism Forum (2007)

Review of the television documentary "KZ" by Rex Bloomstein. Published by The Dark Tourism Forum...

 

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Review: Niche Tourism – Contemporary Issues, Trends & Cases, Journal of Vacation Marketing (2005)

Book review for "Niche Tourism – Contemporary Issues, Trends & Cases".

 

The Huffington Post (Blog Entries by Dr Philip Stone)

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Will Costa Concordia Go From Ship to Tourist Attraction?, The Huffington Post (2012)

This is the unedited version of the Huffington Post blog on 22 January 2012 (visit...

 

Dark Leisure

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Deviance, Dark Tourism and ‘Dark Leisure’: Towards a (re)configuration of morality and the taboo in secular society, Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure: Meanings, Motives and Lifelong Learning (2013)

A taboo is a prohibition placed on exposing what is good as well as what...