‘A Web of Community’: Uncovering African American Historic Sites in Deerfield, MA

Sesma, Elena

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“…Timothy and Boyd (2015) distinguish between 'organic' and 'purposive' routes, the former referring to those established for pilgrimages, migration, trade or railways, and the latter being those that are intentionally constructed -often linking together sites thematically -for contemporary use. These purposive routes are diverse in focus, with scholarly literature examining heritage trails based on, for example, famous historical figures (see Fagence, 2017), remembrance of war (see Miles, 2017), or marginalised groups (see Sesma, 2015). Although the literature tends to focus on heritage trails as forms of cultural tourism geared towards outsiders (see MacLeod, 2017;Timothy & Boyd, 2015;Al-hagla, 2010;Hayes & MacLeod, 2007), they may also specifically target the local communities in which they are situated, or envisage their users as tourists and residents alike (see Barber, 2018).…”

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Urban heritage walks in a rapidly changing city: tensions between preservation and development on the Gold Coast, Australia

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2019

Journal of Heritage Tourism

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This article examines the emergence of urban heritage walks on the Gold Coast, Australia. As a popular beachside mass tourism destination, the Gold Coast has a longstanding reputation for rapid development and for lacking historical and cultural depth. In this context, heritage walks present an opportunity to reorient the city's identity and to stage a sense of heritage in the urban environment.Focusing on a case study of the Gold Coast's Southport Heritage Walk (SHW), this article aims to analyse the discursive, material and political dimensions of urban heritage walks, and how practices of heritage unfold in places marked by rapidly changing urban landscapes and resident populations. Drawing on observational fieldwork, as well as interviews with key individuals involved in designing the walks, the article discusses the dominant narratives of history and urban identity enshrined in the SHW, and how these discourses are encountered and interpreted within the context of the contemporary materialities of lived space. Although the SHW aims to highlight the city as a place with a rich history and heritage, the walk's missing interpretive markers and scarce remnants of built heritage instead emphasise the city's ongoing tensions between development and preservation.

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