Interpretation in National Parks: Some Critical Questions

Staiff, Russell; Bushell, Robyn; Kennedy, Peter

doi:10.1080/09669580208667156

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“…This barrier has been previously identified (Abascal et al, 2015;JDSP, 2009;Nielsen et al, 2008;Ruhanen et al, 2015b). Some studies have pointed out the importance of visitor awareness (information) about local Indigenous groups and their relation to the area (Carr, 2004;Staiff, Bushell, & Kennedy, 2002). In this case study, there were two types of lack of awareness.…”

Section: Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 84%

Domestic demand for Indigenous tourism in Australia: understanding intention to participate

Abascal

Fluker

Jiang

2016

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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In Australia, low domestic visitor participation rates in Indigenous tourism have negative effects on its sustainable development. This lax demand remains under-examined in published research. This study uses an attribution-based theory, the folk-conceptual theory of behaviour explanation, to investigate how domestic visitors describe their intentional behaviour to participate, or not, in two Indigenous tourism activities (rockart sites and a cultural centre) situated within Victoria's Grampians National Park. Studies in tourism research using attribution theory remain limited; this appears to be the first using folk-conceptual theory. It adopts a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews and the photoelicitation method with 50 domestic visitors. Results indicate that visitors are more inclined to link "beliefs" than "desires" regarding their intention to participate in nature-based Indigenous tourism activities with connections with history, culture, and learning. However, despite Indigenous tourism being linked to a nature-based environment in the study area, "valuings", "enabling factors", and "causal history of reasons" affect participation levels. While these findings relate to previous research on motivations and barriers, participants' explanatory choices enable deeper insights into visitors' judgements that could then inform strategies to facilitate long-term sustainable Indigenous tourism growth. Understanding demand is central to Indigenous communities attaining benefits from sustainable tourism.

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Section: Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 84%

Domestic demand for Indigenous tourism in Australia: understanding intention to participate

Abascal

Fluker

Jiang

2016

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…However, this is not to say that themes should be strictly scientifically defined, but that by consulting the design approach to science content one can create themes that tap into the aesthetical resources of science. Although this aesthetic side of creating and presenting science content is crucial in creating effective nature experience, it is still considered separate from the science content itself or even subordinate to it [45]. This presents a deep misunderstanding of the nature of science and an enormous lost opportunity for producing high-quality science content.…”

Section: Science Content Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Delivering the message: a theoretical study on designing science content for nature-based experiences

Kim¹

2014

JCOM

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The urgent state of our global environment calls for collective action, which depends in large part on effective science communication for better understanding and awareness. Activities and institutions that provide opportunities to learn about nature all ultimately rely on scientific findings about nature. Although science produces the knowledge and information about nature, for the content to be accessible and meaningful to the general public, it needs to be processed by what I call science content design. This process is similar to the concepts of interpretation in tourism, or aesthetic understanding in alternative science education. This study is a theoretical exploration on the definition and nature of science content design, what constitutes its process, and how the content can be designed. Focusing on the fields of macro-biology, I also discuss the types of biological content generally used in nature-based experiences, and examine model cases of biological content design.

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“…Capturing the complexity of cultural landscapes presents a number of challenges for interpretation including: 1) communicating the multiple, potentially conflicting meanings in the landscape (Staiff et al 2002); 2) capturing the 'living' dimension of cultural landscapes (Blyth et al 2001;Beck and Somerville 2002); 3) dealing with changing authorship and narrative in cultural landscapes through time; and 4) sensitively and appropriately integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into interpretation programmes (Pfister 2000;Zeppel2001;Faggetter 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

Cultural Landscape Interpretation: The Case of the Sorry Rock Story at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Foxlee¹

2007

Tourism Recreation Research

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At Ulu_ru-Kata Tju!_a National Park complex negotiations take place in presenting and interpreting the cultural landscape for tourists. The joint management philosophy of the Park means that interpretive outcomes are the result of regular dialogue between A!!angu, the traditional owners of the Park, and Park management. This paper focuses on research associated with the management and presentation of an emerging story in the Ulu_ru landscape, known as the 'sorry rocks'. Each year several hundred people return rocks and sand removed from the Park. Many of these returns are accompanied by letters of apology. For A!!angu and Park staff, the sorry rocks have become a management issue and an interpretive challenge. The sorry rock story is an example of an interpretive context that crosses multiple cultures and interpretation mediums. There are many pieces to the puzzle and as more is learnt about the sorry rock phenomenon the more complex the issues become. Through the experience of this research, the paper seeks to explore more broadly the issues surrounding interpretation practice in cultural landscapes and cross-cultural settings.

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Interpretation in National Parks: Some Critical Questions

Cited by 33 publications

References 16 publications

Domestic demand for Indigenous tourism in Australia: understanding intention to participate

Domestic demand for Indigenous tourism in Australia: understanding intention to participate

Delivering the message: a theoretical study on designing science content for nature-based experiences

Cultural Landscape Interpretation: The Case of the Sorry Rock Story at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

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