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Thanks, Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Stone" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Swastikas and More - Dark Tourism in the Media Hi Liz... Sorry I can't help with the Balkans research.... as for the DT one-day conference next year, it shall be held at UCLan on Tuesday 27th March... further programme and booking details coming very soon.... but some further information is already on The Dark Tourism Forum's homepage at www.dark-tourism.org.uk Hope to see you there.. Cheers for now PHIL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip R. Stone University Senior Lecturer Course Leader (Tourism Management Undergraduate Programmes) Editor - The Dark Tourism Forum Dark Tourism: The act of travel to sites of death, disaster and the macabre - Learn more about the 'darker side of tourism' by visiting The Dark Tourism Forum at www.dark-tourism.org.uk Recent Publication(s) Stone, P.R (2006) "A Dark Tourism Spectrum: Towards a typology of death and macabre related tourist sites, attractions and exhibitions" Tourism: An Interdisciplinary International Journal, Vol 52(2), p:145-160. [ Available via www.dark-tourism.org.uk or go to the Journal's website at http://www.iztzg.hr/turizam/last.htm ] Stone, P.R (2005) "Consuming Dark Tourism - a call for research" eReview of Tourism Research, Vol 3(5), p.109-117. [ Available Full Text: http://ertr.tamu.edu/appliedresearch.cfm?articleid=90 ] University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Lancashire Business School Department of Tourism & Leisure Management PRESTON PR1 2HE United Kingdom Room: Greenbank 130 Tel: (+44) 01772 894 769 Fax: (+44) 01772 892 927 Email: [log in to unmask] University Website: www.uclan.ac.uk Personal Profile: www.philipstone.me.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> [log in to unmask] 13/11/2006 14:45:31 >>> Hi, I read an article recently on visits to battle sites in Kosovo being what he termed ‘moral tourism’. I am interested in exploring this argument in respect to the Balkans ands wondered if anybody has been doing any work in this geographical area or on this subject and can point me to any publications…apologies if I have missed an earlier relevant post but been of the of the DT circuit for a bit there. Also grateful for a reminder of the date of the conference at UCLAN next year…yes there is always one who deletes too soon… Liz Elizabeth Carnegie Lecturer in Arts and Heritage Leisure Management Division, Sheffield University Management School, 9 Mappin Street, Sheffield. S1 4DT. e.mail: [log in to unmask] tel: 0114-2222182 fax: 0114-2223348 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theresa K Smalec" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:41 PM Subject: Re: Swastikas and More - Dark Tourism in the Media Boy, that Cindy Crawford story is sure 'dark.' :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2006 5:24 am Subject: Re: Swastikas and More - Dark Tourism in the Media > Media coverage of this concept is anything but huge at this point > in time, > however. While Google has 20,100 hits on this phrase at this moment > (Google web search results go up and down at rates that would make > stockmarket analysts dizzy), Google News shows only two hits on > this subject. > > > Studying the Academic Side of Halloween > By GARY SHAPIRO > Staff Reporter of the Sun > November 1, 2006 > The New York Sun > <http://www.nysun.com/article/42700> > > > The Times October 21, 2006 > The world this week: Cindy Crawford visits Madrid > By Will Hide > Times Online > <http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10295-2412200,00.html> > > > Google News Archive lists, however, 52 hits for this phrase > including this > sample of the first ten. > > <http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22dark+ > tourism%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Search+Archives> > > A shorter URL for t he above link: > > > <http://tinyurl.com/yg83so> > > > Wanna embark on 'dark' tourism? > Economic Times - May 28, 2005 > NEW DELHI: For most Americans the Ground Zero is a constant > reminder of > the fateful day of terror attack on the World Trade Centre, but for > millions of ... > Related web pages > > 'Dark'tourism, the new wanderlust > Times of India - May 27, 2005 > NEW DELHI: For most Americans the Ground Zero is a constant > reminder of > the fateful day of terror attack on the World Trade Centre, but for > millions of ... > Related web pages > > Guardian Unlimited Travel | Special reports | Tomb raiders > Guardian Unlimited - Oct 26, 2005 > Forget it - dark tourism is the new way to enjoy yourself. David > Atkinsonrounds up five of the world's most popular graveyard > destinations San > Vicente ... > Related web pages > > Seminar on dark tourism.(tourism sector,improvements)(Brief Article) > $6.95 - Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland - AccessMyLibrary.com - > Aug 13, > 2004 > But there is a growing demand for what is termed "dark tourism" - > and it > is a ... The Tourism Society is holding a seminar, Dark Tourism: > Where do > you draw ... > Related web pages > > Visitors, see Brum and Di! TOURISM: Royal coffin factory a ... > Subscription - Birmingham Mail - HighBeam Research - Jan 13, 2006 > "Dark tourism is the coming thing," predicted trust chairman Coun > PeterDouglas Osborn. "The potential is immense and there is an > enormous public > appetite." ... > Related web pages > > Dark tourism clouds have silver lining > $9.95 - Nikkei Weekly - Alacra Store - May 17, 1999 > Dark tourism clouds have silver lining. Japan's domestic travel > industryis being squeezed as consumers spend less money on travel. > However, the > industry is ... > Related web pages > > Dark tourism is a sickening disgrace > Pay-Per-View - Travel Weekly - LexisNexis - Feb 24, 2006 > I read with interest Matthew Hampton&apos;s article on dark > tourism.... Selling and promoting dark tourism is rubbernecking a > disaster and > it&apos ... > Related web pages > > Dark tourism and the celebrity prisoner: front and back regions in ... > Subscription - Journal of Australian Studies - HighBeam Research - > Jun 1, > 2004 > Dark tourism and the celebrity prisoner: front and back regions in > representations of an Australian historical prison. ... > Related web pages > > Walk on the dark side > Hindu - Feb 5, 2006 > Ria, who is researching the subject, believes dark tourism is equally > popular ... The book Dark Tourism: The Attraction of Death and > Disasterco-authored by ... > Related web pages > > ITT to tackle `dark' tourism. > $9.95 - Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland - Goliath - Feb 4, 2005 > THE Institute of Travel and Tourism will address the controversial > subjectof "dark" tourism and the attraction of death and disaster > for the first > time at ... > Related web pages > > > It also should be noted that journal citations, magazine articles, and > news stories refering to dark tourism are amongst the results > found in the > Google web search. > > > Journeys into understanding | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited > ...Whatis dark tourism? We should use sites of tragedy to educate > not exploit ... > Dark tourism - the tourism of sites of tragedy - may be a recent > growtharea ... > travel.guardian.co.uk/darktourism/story/0,,1599599,00.html - 41k - > Cached- Similar pages > > > Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Death, gambling and the pink pound > ...Nichemarkets such as dark tourism - interest in graveyards, > gruesome ghost > tours and battlefields - are to be targeted in an effort to... > news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=994222004 > > > e-Review of Tourism ResearchHowever, dark tourism literature is both > eclectic and theoretically fragile. ... Thus it is suggested that the > dimensions of dark tourism consumption have ... > ertr.tamu.edu/appliedresearch.cfm?articleid=90 - 26k - Cached - > Similarpages > > > The Hindu : Magazine / Travel : Walk on the dark sideRia, who is > researching the subject, believes dark tourism is equally popular > ... The > book Dark Tourism: The Attraction of Death and Disaster co- > authored by ... > www.thehindu.com/mag/2006/02/05/stories/2006020500570800.htm - 26k > - > > > A collection of databases provided by EBSCO's database searching > servicecovering a broad range of subject disciplines provides 65 > hits for this > subject discipline including these citations. > > > A Tourist in 'Ir ha-Haregah (A Tourist in the City of Slaughter)-- > Kishinev1903. > Ben-Amos, Batsheva. > Jewish Quarterly Review, > Summer 2006 v. 96 no. 3 p. 359-384 > > > Most of these citations come, however, from the tourism and > hospitalityjournals and are probably found in the CAB and in the > Hospitality and > Tourism databases, the later of which is an exclusive database to > EBSCO.For a substantial number of institutions, the search > protocols for > searching in EBSCO have drastically improved this year as is > detailed in > this Net-Gold post. > > > DATABASES: DATABANKS AND SEARCH SERVICE PROVIDERS : > DATABASE: SEARCHING TECHNIQUES: EBSCO: > Customer Service Past and Present and Learning Better > Ways to Use EBSCO > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/11695> > > > As far as I know, the find line searching interface described in > the post > cited above is the universal interface for using EBSCO now as of > about the > time this message was posted on Saturday March 11, 2006. > > > > Sincerely, > David Dillard > Temple University > (215) 204 - 4584 > [log in to unmask] > Net-Gold > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> > <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> > General Internet & Print Resources > <http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/general.jsp> > <http://www.learningis4everyone.org/> > <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> > Digital Divide Network > <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> > Educator-Gold > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/> > > ============================================== > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, [windows-1252] Chris Hughes wrote: > > > It is interesting to observe the growing awareness of dark > tourism in the > > conventional media. For example, the current (ie. November) > issue of > > British Airways’ irredeemably glitzy in-flight magazine has a > wee in- > > flight tutorial on what dark tourism is. Last Wednesday’s New > York Sun > > newspaper gave it a mention too - as part of its coverage on the > Halloween> conference held at GCU. > > > > Meanwhile, hidden europe magazine > (http://www.hiddeneurope.co.uk) has, in > > its November issue, an interesting essay which looks at > swastikas in urban > > and rural locations around Europe. It is an interesting example > > of ‘lighter’ dark tourism, highlighting locations where > swastikas feature > > on buildings – often without being associated with any darker > political> intentions. For example at the Carlsberg Brewery in > Copenhagen or on the > > floor of Amiens cathedral. But also some useful observations on > ‘hidden’> swastikas – on a frozen lake in winter, in a German > forest and in newly > > laid cobbles on a German town square. The piece was previewed > last month > > in the magazine’s free e-news, which made mention of a swastika > on a > > building at Selwyn College in Cambridge. That short preview can > be found > > in the magazine’s e-news archive at > > http://www.hiddeneurope.co.uk/barticles.php?tPath=1. Click on issue > > 2006/27. > > CH > > >