Framing the sublime as affect in post-disaster tourism

Martini, Annaclaudia; Sharma, Nayan

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2022.103473

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“…However, regarding experiences of the ugly and aforementioned "borderline" experiences, the tourism literature is extremely scarce. Martini and Sharma (2022) shed some light onto this issue. Focusing on a post-earthquake city in Tohoku, Japan, they find that disaster scenes are experienced as sublimity, which can have a transformative effect for tourists.…”

Section: Aesthetics In Tourismmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Although the value of studying the unconscious in the tourism experience has been acknowledged in the literature adopting the Lacanian psychoanalytic approach (e.g. Knudsen, Rickly, & Vidon, 2016) as well as aesthetics as an affect (Martini & Sharma, 2022), the phenomenological perspective on aesthetics adopted in this study assumes aesthetic experiences appear in human consciousness.…”

Section: Phenomenology Of Aesthetic Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the initial appearance of these places being deemed unattractive, tourists find unexpected beauty and value in their unique characteristics, leading to a sense of aesthetic pleasure. For example, dilapidated places could contribute to positive tourist experiences (Alcaraz-Leon, 2022; Martini & Sharma, 2022), suggesting that environments lacking conventional aesthetic features are not necessarily experienced as unpleasant. By conceptualizing and exploring these unpleasant and borderline aesthetic experiences in tourism, tourism researcher can delve into a previously neglected side of the tourist experience.…”

Section: Phenomenology Of Aesthetic Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Viewing boundaries among various types of aesthetic experiences as fluid and dynamic, as opposed to clearly demarcated, can stimulate a reevaluation of traditional aesthetic categories, leading to shifts in a destination's aesthetic value proposition. Although recently there has been an attempt to explore the sublimity of dark tourism environments (Martini & Sharma, 2022), the existing body of knowledge tends to lean towards studying positive aesthetic experiences. Introducing aesthetically borderline experiences is hoped to help scholars expand their ontological worldview on various types of aesthetic experiences in tourism and to overcome the positive bias currently dominant in tourism research.…”

Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Beyond beauty: Ugly and borderline tourism aesthetic experiences

Nasiri,

Kirillova,

Wassler

2023

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Tourism and aesthetic experiences are intertwined. This study explores the essence of negative and borderline aesthetic experiences in the context of tourism. To achieve this, Husserl's descriptive phenomenology and detailed descriptions of aesthetic experiences from 28 first-time tourists in Hong Kong are employed. Findings identify and define two types of borderline aesthetic experiences, namely the "beaugly" and the "ugbeaful," as well as the experience of ugliness itself. Borderline experiences involve intricate interplays of pleasure and displeasure, challenging the traditional notion of aesthetics. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate that ugliness does not necessarily equate to a wholly negative experience. This study thus contributes to the expansion of knowledge regarding aesthetic experiences in tourism and offers valuable insights for destination experience design.

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Section: Aesthetics In Tourismmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Phenomenology Of Aesthetic Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Phenomenology Of Aesthetic Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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