Craig Wight
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View article: Social interaction and dark tourism in prison museums
Social interaction and dark tourism in prison museums Open
View article: Rethinking dark tourism: practitioner perspectives, and future research directions
Rethinking dark tourism: practitioner perspectives, and future research directions Open
View article: Object authenticity applied to imaginaries of racialized national culture: English-language-school sojourners in Australia
Object authenticity applied to imaginaries of racialized national culture: English-language-school sojourners in Australia Open
View article: Interrogating Racialized “Cultural Authenticity” Discourses Among Language-Learner Tourists in Australia
Interrogating Racialized “Cultural Authenticity” Discourses Among Language-Learner Tourists in Australia Open
This study considers cultural adaptation through tourism, focusing on language-travelers: hybrid education-tourism consumers whose voices remain relatively silent in tourism studies. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were undertaken …
View article: Holocaust heritage digilantism on <i>Instagram</i>
Holocaust heritage digilantism on <i>Instagram</i> Open
Discursive, netnographic and visual methods have been applied in the past to critique self-images, providing insight into the behaviours of tourists. However, such studies have ignored reactions to self-image posts on social media, and par…
View article: ‘<i>Hayan na ang mga Hampas-dugo!</i> (the Penitents are coming!)’: Penitensya as religious-dark tourism
‘<i>Hayan na ang mga Hampas-dugo!</i> (the Penitents are coming!)’: Penitensya as religious-dark tourism Open
This paper applies indigenous research methods to understand the motives of visitors attending Penitensya (a Lenten Filipino ritual involving violent ritualistic performances) which we introduce as a novel form of religious-dark tourism. T…
View article: Visitor perceptions of European Holocaust Heritage: A social media analysis
Visitor perceptions of European Holocaust Heritage: A social media analysis Open
View article: Putting Foucault to work in tourism research
Putting Foucault to work in tourism research Open
This paper reflects on Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge as a methodological approach in tourism research. It offers lessons from recent research focused on critiquing heritage sites and museums as examples of destination discourse. The …
View article: Directions, disconnect and critique: round table discussion
Directions, disconnect and critique: round table discussion Open
Purpose This paper aims to review developments in dark tourism research over a 20-year period from its inception in 1996. This paper also considers the reasons why people visit dark tourism sites and the different perspectives of site oper…
View article: Lithuanian genocide heritage as discursive formation
Lithuanian genocide heritage as discursive formation Open