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Commemorative Events
Commemorative Events emphasise remembering. They are held on the anniversaries of significant past events, either annually or after significant time periods. Commemorative events provide fascinating insight into how societies see themselves, their heritage and their identity. These events however carry high propensity for controversy as memory and identity are highly subjective and other stakeholders hold different views of what should be commemorated and why.
This is the first book to provide an in - depth critical examination of commemorative events, particularly what they mean to societies and how they are used by governments as well as impacts on other stakeholders. The book fully explores these issues by reviewing all the major types of commemorative events including, nationhood or independence, wars, battles, famous people and cultural milestones from varying geographical regions and stakeholder perspectives. By doing so the book furthers understanding of these types of events in society as well as furthering knowledge of social and political uses and impacts of events.
This thought provoking volume will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics interested in events.
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Explorer travellers and adventure tourism
This book examines the nexus between exploring and tourism and argues that exploration travel - based heavily on explorer narratives and the promises of personal challenges and change - is a major trend in future tourism.
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Lone wolves? isolation and solitude within the frontier travel experience
The frontier traveller, venturing out into the peripheral parts of our world such as the poles, the peaks of mountains or the great deserts, must deal with the remoteness and riskiness of the setting. The traveller is mentally apart from friends and family, and immediate rescue may be difficult, if not impossible. This article explores the attraction of remoteness, isolation and solitude for the frontier traveller, using qualitative interview and biographical data collected in a study of frontier travel experiences. Some participants referred to intense, spiritual experiences at the frontier, with the remoteness and silence of their journeys facilitating reflection, both internal and external. Isolation and solitude appear to engender a sense of freedom and escape from the cares of everyday life in the frontier traveller, while the study also highlights the attraction of self-sufficiency in remote settings, particularly during the solo frontier travel experience, where the individual is forced to make decisions and manage situations, without recourse to another's advice, skills or experience. The resultant heightened challenge and risk was perceived as a form of authenticity by some participants. The links between isolation and opportunities for self-actualization are also noted in this article. The implications of these findings for marketing tourism experiences are examined, given the potential for the peripheries to become more accessible to tourists in the future, as well as the role played by culture and privilege in these types of adventurous experiences in far-flung locations.
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Exploring the Role of the Media in Shaping Motivations Behind Frontier Travel Experiences
This article explores the role of the media in shaping frontier travel motivations and experiences, using examples drawn from a qualitative study of frontier travelers-individuals who travel to places that currently lie at the fringes or extremes of our world or experiences, both
geographically and socially/culturally. Long interviews were conducted to uncover motivations behind these experiences and the data analyzed using a grounded theory approach and interpretative paradigm. The interviews were supplemented by a content analysis of autobiographies and diaries.
Interviewees referred to seminal experiences, often occurring during childhood, which were the genesis of their future frontier travel experiences. These seminal experiences involved image formation agents such as literature (both fiction and nonfiction), cinema, television, and pictures or
photographs. The findings suggest that the anticipation stage of travel for frontier travelers incorporates a period well before they actively plan a journey, and their future plans are inspired or shaped, even at a subconscious level, by this early imagery and narrative. It would also appear
that the association of frontier destinations and frontier travel experiences with the media, particularly that based on or reinforcing adventure or exploration narratives, may help to shape and personalize the creation of travel mythology, which then influences motivations. While a variety
of image formation agents appeared to influence frontier travel motivations, literature had a particularly powerful impact in shaping fantasies or myths connected with the frontier. These findings may have implications for the future development or marketing of frontier travel experiences,
including media selection.
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Ethical Management in the Hotel Sector: Creating an Authentic Work Experience for Workers with Intellectual Disabilities
The study examines the employment experience of workers with intellectual disability (WWID) in the hotel sector in Australia. Through a qualitative case study, we interviewed managers and WWID, and held focus groups with supervisors and colleagues at three hotels. We have used the theoretical framework of corporate social responsibility to investigate HR practices that create an ethical climate which promote authentic work experiences for WWID. The study found that participative work practices provide evidence of how WWID fit in at the workplace. When workers are confronted with work-related anxieties, the pragmatic nature of existential authenticity becomes a reality. Our findings reveal that managing workers ethically can lead to more authentic work experiences. In turn, this may promote social inclusion of WWID and improve their reported well-being.
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Intranasal Administration of the Growth-Compromised HSV-2 Vector ΔRR Prevents Kainate-Induced Seizures and Neuronal Loss in Rats and Mice
Identification of targets and delivery platforms for gene therapy of neurodegenerative disorders is a clinical challenge. We describe a novel paradigm in which the neuroprotective gene is the herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) antiapoptotic gene ICP10PK and the vector is the growth-compromised HSV-2 mutant ΔRR. ΔRR is delivered intranasally. It is not toxic in rats and mice. ICP10PK is expressed in the hippocampus of the ΔRR-treated animals for at least 42 days in the absence of virus replication and late virus gene expression. Its expression is regulated by an AP-1 amplification loop. Intranasally delivered ΔRR prevents kainic acid-induced seizures, neuronal loss, and inflammation, in both rats and mice. The data suggest that ΔRR is a promising therapeutic platform for neurodegenerative diseases.
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Extraordinary journeys: An exploratory cross-cultural study of tourists on the frontier
Tourists are now visiting some of the most remote and amazing places on earth,
travelling to 'frontiers' on journeys that are psychological
and emotional as well as geographical. These extraordinary journeys to the
poles, the peaks of the highest mountains in the world, harsh deserts and even
outer space test both physical and mental endurance and can be characterized as
'unique' even in this day and age. The frontier
traveller's experiences often attract extensive media coverage and
form the basis of popular books and documentaries, conferring on the traveller a
form of 'prestige' as a result of the relative rarity and
difficulty of their experiences.
Little research to date has focused on 'prestige-worthy'
forms of travel, particularly with reference to individuals who venture to some
of the most inhospitable, remote and dangerous locations on the globe, despite
their importance to the study of tourism as 'destination
pioneers'. Motivations for undertaking frontier travel experiences
have also yet to be studied in depth from a tourism research perspective. This
paper discusses some of the preliminary findings from an exploratory study of
frontier travellers from the USA, UK and Australia, as part of an ongoing
research project. It compares and contrasts the potential motivation behind
frontier travel as well as making some speculative comments on the role culture
may play in this form of travel and considering the implications of the findings
for tourism marketing. Some of the key motivations behind frontier travel
experiences identified by this exploratory study are challenge/goal setting,
self-actualization, novelty and adventure, highlighting a message or cause or
educating others and influences and inspiration for this type of travel stemming
from childhood or early adulthood.
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