Authenticity lost? The significance of cultural villages in the conservation of heritage in South Africa

Boonzaaier, C.C.; Wels, Harry

doi:10.1080/1743873x.2017.1284851

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“…Recent tourism literature reports the role of tourism in contributing to cultural preservation (Boonzaaier & Wels, 2017;Leong, Takada, & Yamaguchi, 2016). This helps to demonstrate that culture is not fixed but adapts according to circumstances (Shepherd, 2002).…”

Section: Authenticity and The Tourism Experiencementioning

confidence: 98%

“…In addition to this, authenticity is to be assessed in terms of the production cycle of tourism experience: the relationship between tourism developers and tourists at the destination. This suggests that, besides the tourists, the worldviews of the host community, who create and deliver tourism experiences, play an important role in shaping the authenticity of tourist experiences (Boonzaaier & Wels, 2017;Di Domenico & Lynch, 2007;Tiberghien et al, 2017;Tucker & Lynch, 2005;Zhu, 2012). In this stance, authenticity is not simply a matter of perception but also construction; in other words, authentication is a process (Cohen & Cohen, 2012;Xie, 2011).…”

Section: Authenticity and The Tourism Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Food Tourism and the Use of Authenticity in Thailand

Lunchaprasith¹,

Macleod²

2018

Tourism Culture & Communication

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This article explores the concept of authenticity as it relates to its use by hosts at tourist destinations, the relationship between food and tourism, especially food produced and sold by market traders, and the various uses of authenticity by traders and tourists. It specifically aims to further our understanding of the use of authenticity in Thailand by stakeholders in a synergistic process, thereby filling a gap in research. Mixed research methods were used (interviews, questionnaires, and observation of the markets) with fieldwork totaling 6 months in Central Thailand. Eight different markets were chosen providing qualitative material leading to a sample of emic material on attitudes and approaches to authenticity, its construction, and utilization. It was found that authenticity, as it relates to traditional food markets, has been constructed by stakeholders. Authenticity may differ through the products, according to the personal experiences and motivations of the agents involved. Additionally, the tourists' experiences and expectations impact on the final product in an evolving process. It is recommended that traditional food may be further promoted in traditional markets by stimulating visitors' engagement in food culture. The article argues that authenticity, in its sociocultural constructivist context, is a relativistic phenomenon, which may be seen as existing in a continuum where there are degrees of authenticity.

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Section: Authenticity and The Tourism Experiencementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Authenticity and The Tourism Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

Food Tourism and the Use of Authenticity in Thailand

Lunchaprasith¹,

Macleod²

2018

Tourism Culture & Communication

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“…Moreover, scholarly attention has been directed towards dissecting the functions and spatial distribution of rural settlements [21]. Recently, a burgeoning interest among scholars globally has been observed in the examination of traditional villages, primarily focusing on the preservation of rural heritage [22][23][24], governance structures [25,26], cultural landscape [13,[27][28][29], tourism [30][31][32], cultural significance [3,33,34], and morphology [35][36][37][38]. Apart from the aforementioned studies, which often focus on micro-and typical cases, some scholars have leveraged geography's macroscopic and integrative nature to explore spatial distribution and influencing factors.…”

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Spatial Differentiation and Influencing Factors of Traditional Villages in Fujian, China: A Watershed Perspective

Hu,

Lin,

Fan

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Watersheds provide a spatial framework for tightly coupling human activities and the natural environment. Investigating the spatial distribution patterns of traditional villages within watersheds is crucial for comprehending their origins and advancing conservation and development efforts. This study employs methods such as the nearest neighbor index, kernel density estimation, spatial auto-correlation analysis, stepwise regression, and geographically weighted regression to explore the watershed characteristics and influential factors governing the spatial differentiation of traditional villages in Fujian Province. The findings indicate that traditional villages in Fujian exhibit an overall clustered distribution within the watershed space, with a tendency to cluster along basin boundaries, primarily concentrated in three hot spot regions. In the remaining small watersheds, the distribution is more balanced. Traditional villages are predominantly located near low-order streams, displaying a distribution pattern along tributaries, while in the Huotongxi river basin, they are more evenly distributed near second-, third-, and fourth-order streams. Relief, annual average temperature, annual average precipitation, arable land, per capita GDP, distance to county-level or higher-grade cities, and the concentration of cultural heritage preservation units are the primary factors affecting the spatial differentiation of traditional villages within watersheds, exhibiting significant spatial heterogeneity. Finally, this study proposes recommendations for the cluster protection and development of traditional villages in watersheds, addressing spatial, cultural, landscape, industrial, and governance aspects.

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“…These cultural villages are purposely built as tourist cultural attractions often presented and packaged as replicas of vernacular architecture complete with the simulacrum of traditional practices and cultures (van Veuren, 2003). Furthermore, the cultural villages have been examined through the lenses of tourist experiences (Marschall, 2003;Mokoena, 2020), the representation of culture and the construction of identities (Ndlovu, 2018), and the debates on authenticity (Boonzaaier & Wels, 2017). This is because the definition of heritage itself has been extended over the years, from tangible to intangible, as a sociocultural process (Smith, 2006), and as a selective process in which we use the past in the present (Ashworth, 2011;Graham, 2002;Lowenthal, 1998).…”

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confidence: 99%

The evolution of museum culture in Botswana towards multi-layered architectural heritage conservation

2022

ARSNET

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The role of museums in Botswana has evolved from collecting ethnographic objects and exhibition development to architectural heritage conservation. This paper explores the evolution of museum development through case studies of the National Museum in Gaborone and a regional museum, the Phuthadikobo Museum in Mochudi. The study examines exhibition practices in these museums by discussing the limitations of traditional methods of exhibition and arguing in favour of a multi-layered exhibition method. Both the National Museum and Phuthadikobo Museum have now transformed into cultural institutions which now undertake architectural heritage conservation projects. These projects include the National Museum project which recreates three huts representative of the vernacular architecture of different tribes which we argue is a heritage-making project. The Phuthadikobo Museum proposes for an open-air museum that conserves the existing buildings in situ and addresses the intersection of heritage conservation, a sense of history, intangible heritage, and lived traditions. Situated within the debates on museum development and heritage conservation, the paper considers how museum development in Botswana could address the challenges of museum exhibitions and the questions on heritage authenticity.

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Authenticity lost? The significance of cultural villages in the conservation of heritage in South Africa

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

Food Tourism and the Use of Authenticity in Thailand

Food Tourism and the Use of Authenticity in Thailand

Spatial Differentiation and Influencing Factors of Traditional Villages in Fujian, China: A Watershed Perspective

The evolution of museum culture in Botswana towards multi-layered architectural heritage conservation

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