Visitors, Settler Colonialism and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage - Australian Protected Areas As Transformative Landscapes

This book analyses visitor responses to the interpretation of Aboriginal cultural heritage in Australian protected areas, focusing on Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory and the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area in New South Wales.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction, 2. Visitors being, doing and knowing: The relevance of theory in a settler-colonial context, 3. Sanctioned interpretations of culture and place: Discourses of protected area interpretation, 4.Interruptions/ Revivals/ Reinscriptions: Traditional Custodian led cultural tours, 5. Authenticities, deficits, 'Aboriginalisms': Visitor constructions of Aboriginality in protected areas, 6. Affectivities: "Settler structures of feeling" in colonised landscapes, 7. "Transformations": Visitor "awakenings" or journeys in "becoming Aboriginal"?, 8. Conclusion: Heritage, tourism and incommensurable Aboriginal sovereignties

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Vanessa Whittington holds a Doctorate from the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University (WSU) and currently works as a Sessional Academic with the School of Social Sciences, WSU. Her Doctoral research was in the field of critical heritage and tourism studies. She has a Master's Degree in Museum and Heritage Studies, a Master of Arts (Hons) in Women's Studies/ Interdisciplinary Studies and a Bachelor of Arts with majors in History and Political Science. She has previously worked in senior policy and research roles for government and non-government agencies with a human services, social justice and social policy focus. She has published in the areas of Indigenous-visitor relations in protected area landscapes; heritage and contested memory in a settler-colonial context; the marginalisation of working class urban heritage and world heritage discourse and gender.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Vanessa Whittington
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032654959
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3265495-9
• Seiten: 232
• Serie: Critical Studies in Heritage, Emotion and Affect
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Einzelne Wirtschaftszweige, Branchen; Hospitality industry, Australia, Indigenous Peoples, Human Geography, Tourism industry, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries, Retail and wholesale industries, Tourism geography, Relating to First Nations peoples in Australia