Reimagining Community Festivals and Events : Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

This book celebrates and builds on Alan Clarke (1956-2021) and Allan Jepson's 2015 book Exploring Community Festivals and Events. It showcases how far the study of community festivals and events has come in the intervening years, and in so doing it is a response to recent calls for researchers to take a more critical approach to event studies. This is an interdisciplinary book that draws together empirical research across a wide range of community event types, sizes, and within diverse communities. Chapters in this book are grouped into four themes that highlight the breadth and depth of work being done: reviving and maintaining tradition(s), a focus for belonging, challenges and tensions; and innovations in teaching and research. Another of its core strengths is its international perspective - it encompasses research from around the world including Turkey, Portugal, Greece, India, the UK, US, Austria and New Zealand. There is also a diverse range of theoretical lenses applied to the study of community events, and some innovative methodologies used to achieve research aims and objectives. This volume will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of critical event studies, cultural studies, place-making, tourism, music, sociology and geography. Several chapters also provide insights and key learnings for those lecturing and working in event management, and industry professionals.

Author: Allan Stewart Jepson, Raphaela Stadler, Trudie Walters

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: May 06, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 1032552514

ISBN-13: 9781032552514