Visitor encounters with the Great Barrier Reef: aesthetics, heritage and the senses
Authored book
Book Title | Visitor encounters with the Great Barrier Reef: aesthetics, heritage and the senses |
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Book Category | Authored book |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
Authors | |
Author | Pocock, Celmara |
Volume | 16 |
Number of Pages | 184 |
Series | Routledge Studies in Heritage |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of Publication | Milton Park, United kingdom |
ISBN | 9781138049918 |
9781315169316 | |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.routledge.com/Visitor-Encounters-with-the-Great-Barrier-Reef-Aesthetics-Heritage-and/Pocock/p/book/9781138049918 |
Abstract | Visitor Encounters with the Great Barrier Reef explores how visitor encounters have shaped the history and heritage of the reef. Moving beyond the visual aesthetic significance, the book highlights the importance of multi-sensuous experiences in understanding the region as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, the book describes how visitors have experienced the Great Barrier Reef through personal embodied encounters and the mechanisms they have used to understand, access and share these experiences with others. Illustrating how such experiences contribute to a knowledge of place, Pocock also explores the vital role of reproduction and photography in sharing experiences with those who have never been there. The second part of the book analyses visitor experiences and demonstrates how they underpin three key frames through which the Reef is understood and valued: the islands as paradise, the underwater coral gardens, and the singular Great Barrier Reef. Acknowledging that these constructs are increasingly removed from human Demonstrating how experiences of the Reef have changed over time, Visitor Encounters with the Great Barrier Reef should be of interest to academics |
Keywords | World Heritage, senses, aesthetic value, place, hyper-real, tourism, heritage, UNESCO, Great Barrier Reef, visitors, history, photography, conservation |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440107. Social and cultural anthropology |
430302. Australian history | |
430205. Heritage and cultural conservation | |
410499. Environmental management not elsewhere classified | |
430299. Heritage, archive and museum studies not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Heritage and Culture |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q55w0/visitor-encounters-with-the-great-barrier-reef-aesthetics-heritage-and-the-senses
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