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Museums and millenials : engaging the coveted patron generation
\"In Museums and Millenials: Engaging the Coveted Patron Generation, author Jaclyn Spainhour offers a new and innovative approach to attracting and retaining the interest of millennial patrons through an easy-to-implement and practical self-assessment based on the successes (and failures) of other museum programs.\"-Back cover
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Living with Tourism
Redefining 'community' and considering the effects tourism has on culture, this detailed book delivers an ethnographic account of both the toured and touring community in Göreme, central Turkey.
Hazel Tucker presents an in-depth analysis of the interactions between tourists, the local community and place. She demonstrates the implications that community ownership and participation in tourism have for the politics of representation and identity, and also for the nature of the tourist experience. Dealing with contentious theoretical issues related to globalization and culture, Tucker challenges contemporary thinking relating to tourism authenticity and cultural sustainability, and shows how, together with host communities, tourists themselves are continuously negotiating their own identities and experiences in interaction with the people and places they meet.
This fascinating book develops a dynamic notion of culture and tourism sustainability, providing new insights not only for scholars of tourism, but also for those in the areas of anthropology, geography and social studies who wish to gain a deeper understanding of this global phenomenon in the contemporary world.
1. Introduction 2. Imaging Cappadocia - The Construction of a Tourist Place 3. The Tourists - In Search of Serendipity 4. Continuity and Change - Gender and Production in Göreme 5. A Community in Competition - The Business of Tourism in Göreme 6. Close Encounters - Interactions between Hosts and Guests 7. Romantic Developments - New and Changing Gender Relations Through Tourism 8. Continuation of Göreme as a 'Tourist Site' - Politics of Place and Identity 9. Conclusion
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Long-term effects of flexible visitation in the intensive care unit on family members’ mental health: 12-month results from a randomized clinical trial
PurposeThe aim of this study was to assess the effects of flexible intensive care unit (ICU) visitation on the 1-year prevalence of post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression symptoms among family members of critically ill patients.MethodsThis is a long-term outcome analysis of a cluster-crossover randomized clinical trial that evaluated a flexible visitation model in the ICU (12 h/day) compared to a restrictive visitation model (median 1.5 h/day) in 36 Brazilian ICUs. In this analysis, family members were assessed 12 months after patient discharge from the ICU for the following outcomes: post-traumatic stress symptoms measured by the Impact Event Scale-6 and anxiety and depression symptoms measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.ResultsA total of 519 family members were analyzed (288 in the flexible visitation group and 231 in the restrictive visitation group). Three-hundred sixty-nine (71.1%) were women, and the mean age was 46.6 years. Compared to family members in the restrictive visitation group, family members in the flexible visitation group had a significantly lower prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms (21% vs. 30.5%; adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR], 0.91; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.85–0.98; p = 0.01). The prevalence of anxiety (28.9% vs. 33.2%; aPR 0.93; 95% CI 0.72–1.21; p = 0.59) and depression symptoms (19.2% vs. 25%; aPR, 0.78; 95% CI 0.60–1.02; p = 0.07) did not differ significantly between the groups.ConclusionFlexible ICU visitation, compared to the restrictive visitation, was associated with a significant reduction in the 1-year prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms in family members.
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Exhibiting Patriotism
American nationalism, patriotism and citizenship are proudly on display at historical sites across America-but they are also contested and reshaped by visitors and their engagement with those places. In Exhibiting Patriotism, Bergman analyzes exhibits, interpretive materials, and orientation films at major US sites, from Mt. Rushmore and to the USS Arizona Memorial, where controversy has erupted over the stories they tell about the past. She shows how historic narratives are the result of dynamic relationships between institutions and the public, and how these relationships are changing in an era when museums are becoming more visitor-centered, seeing visitors as partners in historical interpretation. Drawing on film theory, memory studies, visual communication, and visitor studies, Bergman offers an important analysis for scholars and professionals in American studies, museum studies, public history, and communication and media studies.
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Purposeful museum programming using visitor response pedagogies
\"Purposeful Museum Programming Using Visitor Response Pedagogies offers museums of all sizes and genres practical, accessible, and inclusive programming ideas\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Showcasing the great experiment : cultural diplomacy and western visitors to the Soviet Union, 1921-1941
This book is a history of the Soviet tours of European and American intellectuals, writers, bohemians, professionals, and political tourists who saw the “Soviet experiment” in the 1920s and 1930s. It provides a new framework for understanding the relationship between intellectuals and communism and the Soviet reception of foreign visitors, including the leading fellow-travelers who praised Stalin and Stalinism in the interwar period. The work is based on a far-reaching analysis of the declassified archives of agencies charged with crafting the international image of the first socialist society, including VOKS (the All-Union Society for Cultural Ties Abroad). The book brings this story into new focus as one of the great transnational encounters of the twentieth century. As many visitors were profoundly influenced by their Soviet tours, so too was the Soviet system itself: the experiences of building showcases and tutoring outsiders to perceive the future-in-the-making comprise a neglected international dimension to the emergence of Stalinism. Probing entanglements between far-left and far-right ideological extremes, the work pays special attention to the covert interaction between communism and fascism, including Soviet attempts to recruit German “National Bolsheviks” and fascist intellectuals. The unprecedented scope of Soviet efforts to mold foreign, particularly Western public opinion created a new chapter in the history of modern cultural diplomacy. Setting the revolutionary regime's innovations in the context of the entire history of foreign visitors in Russia, the book argues that Soviet mobilization for the international ideological contest directly paved the way for the cultural Cold War.
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Neck & neck
\"A giraffe's self-esteem is tested when he competes with a balloon for a young boy's attention\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Emergency Nursing and Staff Experiences With Visitation Restrictions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
At the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, visitors were prohibited in the emergency department, leaving patients bereft of their companionship and advocacy. However, little was known about the conflicts and distress of emergency department staff related to this policy. This study aimed to qualitatively explore emergency nursing and staff experiences regarding the no-visitor policy.
A qualitative descriptive approach explored short answers to 1 open-ended question. Emergency nurses and assistive personnel (patient care technicians and emergency medical technicians/paramedics) were recruited from 11 participating emergency departments, using convenience sampling and a web-based survey. We followed the 6-step process of reflexive thematic analysis to identify patterns in the data and develop themes that describe the results.
Of 180 respondents, 69 (38%) answered our qualitative question. Participants were typically female (78.3%), White (82.6%), and mostly registered nurses (79.7%), with an average age of 39 years and an average of 10 years’ ED experience. Participants offered complex, heartfelt responses, resulting in 3 themes: (1) exposure and risk, (2) experiencing patient and family reactions; and (3) policy enforcement challenges.
Although many respondents concluded that the policy was protective against pandemic risk, some saw it as ineffective. They believed exceptions must be made for imminent death. Participants felt that patients/visitors understood, but did not always like, restrictions. Adherence to policy left respondents conflicted, leading to inconsistent enforcement. Visitation policies for patients with infectious diseases must consider patient/visitor needs, moral distress of ED staff, and pragmatic enforcement strategies.
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