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Memory and the everyday geopolitics of tourism

Reworking post-imperial relations in Russian tourism to the ‘near abroad’

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ID11235948
AuthorsAlena Pfoser (0000-0002-8933-014X, Loughborough University, corresponding author), Gulnara Yusupova (0000-0002-5972-6864, Loughborough University), Guzel Yusupova
Year2022
Volume95
Pages103437
Publication date2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of Tourism Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0160-7383 • E-ISSN: 1873-7722
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.annals.2022.103437
OpenAlexW4283076914
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited61

This article examines the geopolitical implications of memory production in Russian tourism to post-Soviet cities. Based on fifty qualitative interviews conducted in Tallinn, Kyiv and Almaty in 2019, it reveals how, by remembering the shared Tsarist and Soviet past, tourists rework relations to places that used to be part of their own state. Tourist memories are ambiguous, showing imperial nostalgia for a former homeland as well as recognising the significance of national independence. Bringing together perspectives from memory studies and tourism geopolitics, this article illuminates how memory is implicated in the construction of geopolitical relations and shows the significance of everyday encounters that tend to remain below the radar of researchers

Collective memory · Economy · Epistemology · Geopolitics · Homeland · Independence (probability theory · Memory work · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Tourism · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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