Literary Tourism and the Branding of Places: An Expanding Market in Sweden
Sjöholm, Carina LU
(2010)
Creativity from a global perspective: An international conference on the creative industries, 2010
- Abstract
- I will present a study, concerning crime writer Henning Mankell, and his stories about chief inspector Kurt Wallander at the Ystad police department in southern Sweden. In a cooperation between the local Tourist Office and the film production company producing films based on the Mankell/Wallander stories, a concept has been developed where tourists are invited to follow a ”murder walk” in Ystad. During the walk they can experience the Wallander adventures, and there are also are possibilities to identify with the author – who lives in the neighborhood – and follow the creative process of the stories.
My study is ethnographic, dealing with tourism of experience, where the landscape is consumed by the tourist, often in a playful... (More) - I will present a study, concerning crime writer Henning Mankell, and his stories about chief inspector Kurt Wallander at the Ystad police department in southern Sweden. In a cooperation between the local Tourist Office and the film production company producing films based on the Mankell/Wallander stories, a concept has been developed where tourists are invited to follow a ”murder walk” in Ystad. During the walk they can experience the Wallander adventures, and there are also are possibilities to identify with the author – who lives in the neighborhood – and follow the creative process of the stories.
My study is ethnographic, dealing with tourism of experience, where the landscape is consumed by the tourist, often in a playful form, bringing out the corporeal qualities of the place. In this perspective emotion and emotionality are resources to be affirmed in a context of place marketing and a renegotiation of regional identity. (Less)
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- Sjöholm, Carina
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- Creativity from a global perspective: An international conference on the creative industries, 2010
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- conference dates
- 2010-10-18 - 2010-10-20
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- English
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My study is ethnographic, dealing with tourism of experience, where the landscape is consumed by the tourist, often in a playful form, bringing out the corporeal qualities of the place. In this perspective emotion and emotionality are resources to be affirmed in a context of place marketing and a renegotiation of regional identity.}},
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language = {{eng}},
title = {{Literary Tourism and the Branding of Places: An Expanding Market in Sweden}},
year = {{2010}},
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