Exploring Community Festivals and Events

Jepson, Allan; Clarke, Alan

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“…Traditionally, they came about in order to cultivate local traditions and to celebrate momentous occasions such as the harvest or religious seasons. Intrinsically, origins may be strictly rural, no matter that many festivals have, over time, developed in scope, numbers and formats (Andersson, Getz, & Mykletun, 2013;Gibson, Connell, Waitt, & Walmsley, 2011;Jepson & Clarke, 2014).…”

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Entrepreneurial implications, prospects and dilemmas in rural festivals

Hjalager

Kwiatkowski²

2018

Journal of Rural Studies

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Rural festivals emerge in numbers, scale and variety. They contribute to the attractiveness and viability of rural places for residents as well as visitors. Typically, festivals are deeply embedded in local ecosystems of sports, cultural, business and other types of associations, while they deliver elements of coherence, commitment and meaning, and sometimes economic benefits as well. This study aims to showcase the business entrepreneurship aspect of festivals in Danish rural areas, and it is based on primary data from 315 festivals. The special emphasis is put on the nature, prevalence and importance of business activities at such festivals, and on the opportunities for entrepreneurs to utilize festivals as a means of business development in relation to sales, marketing, product testing, and customers' feedback. The results show that, on the one hand, only very few of the surveyed festivals are entirely commercial, and the commercial objectives are, due to ideological and relational reasons, generally low-ranked by organizers. On the other hand there is strong evidence that local businesses actually participate in rural festivals' ecosystem, and that there are numerous mutual interactions between local business, festivals and residents that altogether create an excellent means for entrepreneurial drive. It is delicate undertaking to strengthen partnerships with entrepreneurs without compromising the community ingredients. Several potential courses of action are proposed.

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Entrepreneurial implications, prospects and dilemmas in rural festivals

Hjalager

Kwiatkowski²

2018

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…Events such as blood drives, community festivals, pancake breakfasts at the local fire hall, fundraisers for cultural causes, block parties or neighborhood crime watches, for example, go straight to the heart of civic capacity. (Sampson 2012, 182) Initially dismissed as "efforts to enhance public life with hog roasts, community barbecues and festivals" (Mathews 2001, 138), the social relevance of small-scale civic events is increasingly recognized (Connell and Page 2012;Jepson and Clarke 2015), particularly in terms of their impact on multiple actors and on "processes of urban development and change at the local level" (Smith 2012). Small-scale civic events are certainly "less visible than the globalized mega-event but nevertheless important at a local scale" (Connell and Page 2012, 11), with increasing recognition of their role in promoting process of social, cultural, urban and economic renewal (Strange 1996, 137).…”

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“…However, these studies do not reveal if-and under which conditions-small civic events can produce innovation and field-wide effects (Jepson and Clarke 2015). This paper addresses these points by drawing on empirical evidence from the study of 52 civic events set up in Milan between 2006 and 2010 by 10 nonprofit organizations that shared the same "local field" (Glynn 2008).…”

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Civic Events in a Dynamic Local Field. The Role of Participation for Social Innovation

Citroni

2015

Industry and Innovation

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Despite the spread of a variety of small-scale civic events, little is known about their potential for promoting innovation and field-wide implications. This paper addresses these points drawing on a study of 52 civic events in Milan between 2006 and 2010, which were set up by 10 nonprofit organizations within a shared local field. In order to assess if and how the observed events relate to a number of transformations that the local field underwent during the research period, an analytical typology of events' development is proposed. The results suggest that patterns of events' development are not neutral with respect to the production of field-relevant implications and that the triggering of social innovation processes by events requires pro-active public participation in their development processes.

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“…On the other hand, accounts of psychological positive health at festivals highlight feelings of happiness (Packer & Ballantyne, 2011). Positive social health is experienced in terms of the benefits of human interaction at festivals, enabling like-minded people to develop a sense of belonging and community (Jepson & Clarke, 2015).…”

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Festival visiting, voluntary risk and positive health

Wood

2019

Annals of Tourism Research

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Many disciplines including geography, tourism and event management, anthropology, sociology, psychology, public health and medicine have a contribution to make to the study of festivals. Despite a growing body of tourism and event literature outlining the many motivations for and subjective benefits of attending festivals, the reporting of positive health outcomes remains underdeveloped. Researching festival visitors who take risks for pleasure (voluntary risk-taking or 'edgework'), would make an important and illuminating contribution to the literature and could offer alternative and broader perspectives on what we define as 'health'. Interdisciplinary research collaborations using universally accepted definitions, methodologies and measures offer great potential to further our understanding of positive health and voluntary risk-taking from the perspective of the festival visitor. Festivals are a part of contemporary life, with different festivals appealing to different tastes and age groups; the outdoor music festival exemplifies this global phenomenon by celebrating eclectic lifestyles and attitudes. Many disciplines including geography, tourism and event management, anthropology, sociology, psychology, public health and medicine have a contribution to make to the study of festivals. Yet, despite a growing body of tourism and event literature outlining the many motivations for and subjective benefits of attending festivals, the reporting of positive health outcomes remains underdeveloped: indeed, the travel medicine and public health literature favour researching negative health issues associated with attending events and mass gatherings. This being the case, research into the taking of risks for pleasure (voluntary risk-taking or 'edgework') and associated feelings of positive health (often linked to an increased sense of freedom) experienced by festival visitors, would make an important and illuminating contribution to the literature and could offer alternative and broader perspectives on what we define as 'health'. The traditional medical view defines health in terms of illness, symptoms, and disease (Smith, 2008). In contrast, sociological research into lay (non-expert) health beliefs spanning a thirty-year period, positions health and illness within the social and cultural context of everyday life (Cornwell, 1984). Lay concepts of health affect a population's perception of risk, health, and illness behaviour, and are consequently adjuncts to the traditional theoretical medical definitions (Helman, 1991, Lawton, 2003). Helman (1991) also suggests that lay concepts of health are in tune with the seminal, and still relevant, World Health Organisation definition of health, outlined as encompassing mental, physical, and social dimensions (WHO, 1946): this definition delineates the holistic, interactive and dynamic features of health. A UK survey of 9000 people investigated lay views of what being healthy meant to them; the results were divided in terms of negative concepts, where health was defined in terms of...

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Exploring Community Festivals and Events

Cited by 20 publications

References 12 publications

Entrepreneurial implications, prospects and dilemmas in rural festivals

Entrepreneurial implications, prospects and dilemmas in rural festivals

Civic Events in a Dynamic Local Field. The Role of Participation for Social Innovation

Festival visiting, voluntary risk and positive health

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