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Performing Tourism: Performing Tourism: 3 Takes3 Takes

Chaim NoyChaim Noy

WorkshopWorkshop CTS iii, ZadarCTS iii, Zadar

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Performance and Discourse in Performance and Discourse in Tourism: The Narratives Visitor Books Tourism: The Narratives Visitor Books TellTell

Epistemologies and their practices: Epistemologies and their practices:

A performance approach to A performance approach to ethnography in tourism ethnography in tourism

Trans(gressive)-disciplinary Trans(gressive)-disciplinary attractions: Remakings attractions: Remakings

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Take 1Take 1

Performance and Discourse in Performance and Discourse in Tourism: Tourism:

The Narratives Visitor Books TellThe Narratives Visitor Books Tell

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Performance approachesPerformance approachesOrigin in dramatic, theatrical or Origin in dramatic, theatrical or

dramaturgical appreciations of the dramaturgical appreciations of the social sphere social sphere (Goffman, Turner, and many (Goffman, Turner, and many others)others) poststructural poststructural ceaselessly “on”ceaselessly “on” aestheticaesthetic

A few works in tourism A few works in tourism include Adler (1989) include Adler (1989) Edensor (1998)Edensor (1998)Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1998)Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1998)

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Tourism stagesTourism stages

The essential “assembled” The essential “assembled” (Latour)(Latour) socialsocial nature of tourism practices nature of tourism practices and encountersand encounters

The heightened visual architecture of The heightened visual architecture of tourist sites, attractions, views (gaze)tourist sites, attractions, views (gaze)

Exchange of capitals Exchange of capitals

tourism accomplishestourism accomplishesSymbolic/socialMaterial

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Potential meritsPotential merits

Exploration of actual practices and Exploration of actual practices and norms thereofnorms thereof

Critical research that builds on Critical research that builds on reflexivityreflexivityturning the gazeturning the gazewhose (in)visibilitieswhose (in)visibilities

Sensitivity to material settings, Sensitivity to material settings, technologies of representation, mc, technologies of representation, mc, mobility, etc.mobility, etc.

Extension of the stage of tourism to Extension of the stage of tourism to everydayness (“off-tourism” tourism)everydayness (“off-tourism” tourism)

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Tourists’ Texts project: Tourists’ Texts project: Pages as StagesPages as Stages

Visitor bookVisitor bookdiscourse, materiality, ideology, discourse, materiality, ideology,

(im)mobility(im)mobilityWar commemorating complex War commemorating complex (1975)(1975)

built on historic battlegroundbuilt on historic battlegroundWest JerusalemWest Jerusalem25,000-50,000 vis. per year (groups)25,000-50,000 vis. per year (groups)Intel. tourists, local tourists and sightseers Intel. tourists, local tourists and sightseers Exclusively JewishExclusively Jewish

Zionist-Militaristic NationalismZionist-Militaristic Nationalism

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9.8.05 The visit taught us of the difficult battlesand of the high and dear cost we paid in blood so that today we would be able to stroll and live in Jerusalem quietly and freely.It was very moving.

[The] Shaked Family.

Illustration: Doing heritageIllustration: Doing heritage

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pages as Ideological stages pages as Jewish stagespages as Nationalist stagespages as Memorial stagespages as Chauvinist stagespages as (picto-)Graphic stagespages as (cinemato-)Graphic stagespages as Excluding stagespages as Collective stagespages as Sacred stagespages as Subversive stages

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Further questionsFurther questions

Can a book be agentic? Under what Can a book be agentic? Under what conditions? conditions? AActorctor N Networketwork T Theoryheory (Latour) (Latour)is it a “visitor book”?is it a “visitor book”?

Identifying network, semiotic, Identifying network, semiotic, (im)mobile performances(im)mobile performancespoints of entrance/exit, points of points of entrance/exit, points of

exchange, etc.exchange, etc.political employment and manipulationpolitical employment and manipulation

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Epistemologies and their practices: Epistemologies and their practices: A performance approach to A performance approach to

ethnography in tourismethnography in tourism

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A performance approach to A performance approach to ethnography in tourismethnography in tourism

Can my ethnographic stint at the site Can my ethnographic stint at the site be rendered anew in terms of be rendered anew in terms of performance?performance?

How would this deconstructive move How would this deconstructive move illuminate academic discourse? illuminate academic discourse? ……authenticationauthentication……collecting practices collecting practices ……publication/dissemination publication/dissemination

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(Whose) authenticating (Whose) authenticating practices(?)practices(?)

Reflexivity: Two-timesReflexivity: Two-timesDaseinDasein: : Re-situating researcher in Re-situating researcher in

the “field”the “field”Dasein Dasein of ethnographyof ethnography

Modes of Modes of Being Being transpire via transpire via particular sets of technical and particular sets of technical and aesthetic practicesaesthetic practices

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Tracing ethnographic Tracing ethnographic presencepresence

1.1. Presence of research equipment Presence of research equipment (cameras, tripod, technical equipment)(cameras, tripod, technical equipment)

Visitors approach the equipment, gaze Visitors approach the equipment, gaze directly into the’ lends, discuss it directly into the’ lends, discuss it meaning with fellow visitorsmeaning with fellow visitors

the video tape captures instances where I the video tape captures instances where I approached visitors, asking them to avoid approached visitors, asking them to avoid manipulating the equipmentmanipulating the equipment

Within the spaces of the museum Within the spaces of the museum research equipment is interpreted research equipment is interpreted (contested?) as “display”(contested?) as “display”

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2.2. My embodied presence draws My embodied presence draws visitors' attention and reactions; visitors' attention and reactions; visitors negotiate my role:visitors negotiate my role:

A visitor: "Wow! I thought it's a A visitor: "Wow! I thought it's a sculpture!"sculpture!"

3.3. My embodied presence is captured My embodied presence is captured by (my own) capturing devicesby (my own) capturing devices

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Collecting practices Collecting practices

““The idea of the museum has become The idea of the museum has become fundamental to collecting practices fundamental to collecting practices beyond beyond the museum [which] produce knowledge the museum [which] produce knowledge about objects but also configure particular about objects but also configure particular ways of knowing and perceiving” ways of knowing and perceiving” S. MacdonaldS. Macdonald

Collecting practices in museums and in (all) Collecting practices in museums and in (all) social science researchsocial science research ideologies, resources, authorities ideologies, resources, authorities collecting, storing, classifyingcollecting, storing, classifying

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DocumentingDocumenting²²: Pages in the Window©: Pages in the Window©

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Publication: Publication: Ideologies of representationIdeologies of representation

Practices of disseminating and Practices of disseminating and representing academic knowledgerepresenting academic knowledgeObjectivist and positivist genres of Objectivist and positivist genres of

writing (Young) versuswriting (Young) versusAutoethnographic, poetic, dramatic, Autoethnographic, poetic, dramatic,

evocative, humorous, etc. evocative, humorous, etc.

Present focus on visual objectsPresent focus on visual objects

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Trans(gressive)-disciplinary Trans(gressive)-disciplinary attractionsattractions

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Performative social sciences Performative social sciences (PSS)(PSS)

Transforming the social sciences from Transforming the social sciences from “scientific paradigms to ethical-aesthetic “scientific paradigms to ethical-aesthetic paradigms” paradigms” (Guattari)(Guattari)

PSS is “action that incessantly insinuates, PSS is “action that incessantly insinuates, interrupts, interrogates, antagonizes, and interrupts, interrogates, antagonizes, and decenters powerful master discourses” decenters powerful master discourses” (Conquergood)(Conquergood)

Doing art of science Doing art of science performance ethnography performance ethnography Ethnographic films, video installations, etc.Ethnographic films, video installations, etc. ethnodrama ethnodrama

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Textual Attraction Textual Attraction February 08, Be’er ShevaFebruary 08, Be’er Sheva

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Performative prospectsPerformative prospects

Expanding creativity (from) within Expanding creativity (from) within communities of researchers communities of researchers

Cross-disciplinary collaborations and Cross-disciplinary collaborations and fertilizationfertilizationCan we suggest a dance-for-an-article; a Can we suggest a dance-for-an-article; a

drawing-for-an-article?drawing-for-an-article?Accessing new audiencesAccessing new audiencesWitnessing the reception of the Witnessing the reception of the

“work of art/science”“work of art/science”

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