Heritage Tourism Performances, Cultural Identity, and Recovery from Natural and Man-Made Disasters

• 발행기관: 세계문화관광학회
• 저자명: Jon Griffin Donlon Ph.D Hitoshi Nishino Ph.D
• 간행물 정보: 『Conference Proceedings』11th International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference 2010, 149~156쪽, 전체 8쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 관광학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.11.30

영문 초록

There is no question that heritage performances such as the Carnival of New Orleans, the bull pushing festival in Niigata, Japan, and spectacles of camel fighting staged in Turkey help knit together local community and create dynamic destination “magnets.” In 2004, the region around Niigata, Japan was powerfully struck by a devastating earthquake. In 2005, New Orleans was inundated by the effects of Katrina. Then, in 2010, Louisiana was impacted by the great man-made disaster of the British Petroleum drilling rupture. In each case, cultural performance played an important role in the reemergence of the pre-existing human communities. For hundreds of years, until the introduction of machines, communities in the region around Niigata, Japan, raised and bred enormously powerful bulls as their engines of agricultural labor. Traditionally, the great stamina and strength of these draft animals has been celebrated at bull-fighting festivals (events which are entirely non-violent): the “winner”gains prestige and is identified as the best bull. Manifesting a long European history but set in the USA, Carnival on the Gulf Coast, especially at New Orleans, has created unique food, festive, and music ways for the region. This paper briefly reprises earlier research on the two affected regions, explaining the role of the relevant heritage performances and establishing a little of each community’s cultural past. It outlines the previous natural disasters explaining how the BP event has affected Louisiana. Finally, it notes how developing accessibility to a heritage tourism economy may help these settings survive (while presenting and conserving heritage material).

목차

Abstract

Heritage Tourism Performances, Cultural Identity, and Recovery from Natural and Man-Made Disasters

When Disaster Strikes

Social Capital: Emergence of the Concept

Sources Consulted

키워드

Bull Fighting New Orleans Heritage Tourism Japan Mardi Gras Tradition