Re-imagining Heritage Interpretation

Staiff, Russell

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“…There is substantial literature on the visual practices of managerial heritage, drawing on critical texts of visual theory, which does not need reiteration here (see, for instance, Waterton and Waterton and Watson for cogent accounts). In brief, constructions of meaning are, as Stuart Hall noted, “ within, not above or outside representations” (, emphasis in original), and “heritage places are given high visibility and are made intelligible by visual culture they are ensnared within and of which, through the agency of human action, they are an active component” (Staiff , 84). These arguments again have their resonances here, notably the idea of imagining and knowing through looking and “heritage” as a scopic regime (Staiff , 76).…”

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“…In brief, constructions of meaning are, as Stuart Hall noted, “ within, not above or outside representations” (, emphasis in original), and “heritage places are given high visibility and are made intelligible by visual culture they are ensnared within and of which, through the agency of human action, they are an active component” (Staiff , 84). These arguments again have their resonances here, notably the idea of imagining and knowing through looking and “heritage” as a scopic regime (Staiff , 76). However, such analytical approaches tend, on balance, to focus on constructivist instrumental elements while their dominant concept and term “heritage” is problematic here.…”

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“… There is a huge literature here; see, for instance, Urry (), Brett (), Waterton (), Staiff (), Waterton and Watson (2010, 2015), and, more broadly, Hewson (), Wright (), and Lowenthal (). …”

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“…The Scottish section of IAM managed matters in largely similar ways. 2 There is a huge literature here; see, for instance, Urry (2002), Brett (1996), Waterton (2010), Staiff (2014), Waterton andWatson (2010, 2015), and, more broadly, Hewson (1987), Wright (1985), and Lowenthal (2015). 3 "Heritage" has been used extensively, exhaustively, and even reductively.…”

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This article explores the ways in which, during the interwar period, practices of state preservation of ancient monuments in Britain established a visual rhetoric of “monument as document.” This was expressed through photographic postcards and the visual presentation of monuments themselves. Informed by an entangled ethos of scientific archaeological understanding, public education, and discourses of public ownership, I argue that photographs established and projected patterns of visibility and legibility, which addressed these core values of preservation, educative interpretation, and public access, within the practices of the “techno‐state.”

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“…The extremely fast development of new technologies further accelerated these processes. Virtual demonstrations and displays and other computer-based interpretations of culture and heritage have nowadays become almost indispensable parts of exhibitions (Rentschler & Hede, 2007;Staiff, 2014).…”

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Visitors’ Preferences for Museum Interpretation: Identifying and Targeting Market Segments

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A number of heritage studies have revealed that interpretation is an essential component of the visitor experience. However, visitors differ in their interests in interpretation. Preferences for interpretation, which are often neglected in the literature, are essential for the marketing and management of heritage organisations. This paper deals with visitors' preferences for museum interpretation to determine what the preferred types of interpretation of museums exhibits are and what the differences between the segments of visitors in this regard are. The research focuses on seven Adriatic heritage museums that took part in the cross-border project on the strengthening of cultural tourism through market-oriented initiatives. The survey set out to obtain information on visitor profiles and their preferences for museum interpretation. By isolating and analysing interpretation variables and visitor variables associated with visitor interpretation preferences, a framework was developed that enable the initiatives in museum interpretation for target market segments.

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Exploring the on‐site experience of slow tourists from an embodied practice perspective

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The rise of slow tourism reflects tourists' high‐quality needs under the accelerated pace of contemporary life. However, the on‐site slow tourism experience remains underexplored despite its importance to both tourists and destinations. This study aims to explore how on‐site experiences are created and identifies the features of the on‐site experiences of slow tourism. From the perspective of embodied practice, the study finds that two patterns, slow‐moving‐and‐pausing in the context of the local landscape environment and consuming‐and‐engaging in the context of local life and culture, account for the slow‐tourist‐oriented individuals creating their autotelic tourism experiences. Intra‐personal and inter‐personal experiences are found in the two different patterns that indicate the existential experience is, in essence, the slow tourists' emotional quest. Further, this study argues that slow tourism can be seen as an extension or intensification of daily routine experience.

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Re-imagining Heritage Interpretation

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