All Outputs (3)

Living history : magic kingdoms or a quixotic quest for authenticity? (1996)
Journal Article
Crang, M. (1996). Living history : magic kingdoms or a quixotic quest for authenticity?. Annals of Tourism Research, 23(2), 415-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/0160-7383%2895%2900070-4

This paper attempts to look at the practices of interpretation involved in heritage tourism. Instead of focusing on artefacts as images of the past, it investigates the interpretive and communicative work needed to make sense of built heritage. The e... Read More about Living history : magic kingdoms or a quixotic quest for authenticity?.

Watching the City: video, surveillance and resistance (1996)
Journal Article
Crang, M. (1996). Watching the City: video, surveillance and resistance. Environment and Planning A, 28(12), 2099-2104. https://doi.org/10.1068/a282099

Envisioning Urban Histories: Bristol as palimpsest, postcards, and snapshots (1996)
Journal Article
Crang, M. (1996). Envisioning Urban Histories: Bristol as palimpsest, postcards, and snapshots. Environment and Planning A, 28(3), 429-452. https://doi.org/10.1068/a280429

This paper is an attempt to juxtapose a variety of ways in which a city's history can be portrayed by working through various forms through which the history of Bristol has been envisioned. First, I hope to use the concept of the palimpsest from hist... Read More about Envisioning Urban Histories: Bristol as palimpsest, postcards, and snapshots.