Richard Voase
Biographic Data
| ID | 3066254 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Voase |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Voase |
| SIGNATURE | VOASE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lincoln |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0374-6505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Holidays under the hegemony of hyper-connectivity
Holidays have been imagined as occasions of escape and liminal leisure. This conceptualisation requires re-evaluation as a consequence of the widespread adoption of portable communication devices (smartphones) and the use of Web 2.0 interactive platforms (social media). Studies suggest that the gratifications of contact with the ‘other’, and the enjoyment of the licence associated with the liminal condition, are compromised by endemic contact wit…
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is an English legal document, of mediaeval origin. Its salience subsists in the origination of principles such as habeas corpus, trial by jury, and the right of the people to representation in the government. This paper considers how one of the remaining copies, held in Lincoln, UK, can best be presented for public view. The approach is essentially conceptual, underpinned by primary research in the form of an exit survey. The findings…
Why Huddersfield? Media representations of a festival of contemporary music in the ‘unlikeliest’ of places
A festival of contemporary music was established in 1978 in Huddersfield, an industrial town in northern England. The event acquired an international reputation, enjoyed to the present day. Yet the news media continued to report as 'surprising' the successful juxtaposition of avant-garde art with an industrial town. An explanation is constructed via an analytic discussion of fashionability, the avant-garde, and the nature of continuing news. This…
Visiting a Cathedral
Research was undertaken into the experiential nature of a visit to a cathedral as heritage visitor attraction. Qualitative data from focus group discussion exposed the nature of the consumption experience prior to, during, and after the visit. The experience was romantic and primarily emotional, a product of affective and reflective processes. Personal narratives are posited as a useful paradigm for conceptualising the predispositions with which …
Consuming’ Colourful Characters
Tourists have a predilection to record, photographically, encounters with visually colourful characters whose pre-modern lifestyles are represented in their countenance and sartorial style. The paper seeks to analyse the contingent effects of the relationship between power and knowledge which arise when such photographs are taken. Foucauldian theory in the form of the ‘medical gaze’ and ‘panopticism’ is exposed and applied. Analysis of a specific…
Consuming’ tourist sites/sights
Two perspectives on place-consumption are considered: a ‘business metaphor’ by which the city is viewed as a consumable ‘product’; and a cultural perspective whereby a relationship between tourist site and mythical meaning is theorised. MacCannell's theorised trajectory of discovery, by which tourists progressively seek out the ‘unmarked’ and ‘authentic’, appears to be validated by observation of supplyside visitor attractions in York. A conventi…
The role of flagship cultural projects in urban regeneration
Municipal governments in the developed world have shown, since the beginning of the 1980s, a marked inclination to invest in cultural facilities. Cultural regeneration is the commonly-used term of reference. An explanation for the phenomenon can arguably be attributed to processes of economic and social change involving the ascendency of service industries as generators of new employment, and the emergence of a service class both as employees of …
Visiting a Cathedral
Research was undertaken into the experiential nature of a visit to a cathedral as heritage visitor attraction. Qualitative data from focus group discussion exposed the nature of the consumption experience prior to, during, and after the visit. The experience was romantic and primarily emotional, a product of affective and reflective processes. Personal narratives are posited as a useful paradigm for conceptualising the predispositions with which …
Consuming’ tourist sites/sights
Two perspectives on place-consumption are considered: a ‘business metaphor’ by which the city is viewed as a consumable ‘product’; and a cultural perspective whereby a relationship between tourist site and mythical meaning is theorised. MacCannell's theorised trajectory of discovery, by which tourists progressively seek out the ‘unmarked’ and ‘authentic’, appears to be validated by observation of supplyside visitor attractions in York. A conventi…
Holidays under the hegemony of hyper-connectivity
Holidays have been imagined as occasions of escape and liminal leisure. This conceptualisation requires re-evaluation as a consequence of the widespread adoption of portable communication devices (smartphones) and the use of Web 2.0 interactive platforms (social media). Studies suggest that the gratifications of contact with the ‘other’, and the enjoyment of the licence associated with the liminal condition, are compromised by endemic contact wit…
Why Huddersfield? Media representations of a festival of contemporary music in the ‘unlikeliest’ of places
A festival of contemporary music was established in 1978 in Huddersfield, an industrial town in northern England. The event acquired an international reputation, enjoyed to the present day. Yet the news media continued to report as 'surprising' the successful juxtaposition of avant-garde art with an industrial town. An explanation is constructed via an analytic discussion of fashionability, the avant-garde, and the nature of continuing news. This…
Consuming’ Colourful Characters
Tourists have a predilection to record, photographically, encounters with visually colourful characters whose pre-modern lifestyles are represented in their countenance and sartorial style. The paper seeks to analyse the contingent effects of the relationship between power and knowledge which arise when such photographs are taken. Foucauldian theory in the form of the ‘medical gaze’ and ‘panopticism’ is exposed and applied. Analysis of a specific…
The role of flagship cultural projects in urban regeneration
Municipal governments in the developed world have shown, since the beginning of the 1980s, a marked inclination to invest in cultural facilities. Cultural regeneration is the commonly-used term of reference. An explanation for the phenomenon can arguably be attributed to processes of economic and social change involving the ascendency of service industries as generators of new employment, and the emergence of a service class both as employees of …
Consuming’ tourist sites/sights
Two perspectives on place-consumption are considered: a ‘business metaphor’ by which the city is viewed as a consumable ‘product’; and a cultural perspective whereby a relationship between tourist site and mythical meaning is theorised. MacCannell's theorised trajectory of discovery, by which tourists progressively seek out the ‘unmarked’ and ‘authentic’, appears to be validated by observation of supplyside visitor attractions in York. A conventi…
Consuming’ Colourful Characters
Tourists have a predilection to record, photographically, encounters with visually colourful characters whose pre-modern lifestyles are represented in their countenance and sartorial style. The paper seeks to analyse the contingent effects of the relationship between power and knowledge which arise when such photographs are taken. Foucauldian theory in the form of the ‘medical gaze’ and ‘panopticism’ is exposed and applied. Analysis of a specific…
Visiting a Cathedral
Research was undertaken into the experiential nature of a visit to a cathedral as heritage visitor attraction. Qualitative data from focus group discussion exposed the nature of the consumption experience prior to, during, and after the visit. The experience was romantic and primarily emotional, a product of affective and reflective processes. Personal narratives are posited as a useful paradigm for conceptualising the predispositions with which …
Why Huddersfield? Media representations of a festival of contemporary music in the ‘unlikeliest’ of places
A festival of contemporary music was established in 1978 in Huddersfield, an industrial town in northern England. The event acquired an international reputation, enjoyed to the present day. Yet the news media continued to report as 'surprising' the successful juxtaposition of avant-garde art with an industrial town. An explanation is constructed via an analytic discussion of fashionability, the avant-garde, and the nature of continuing news. This…
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is an English legal document, of mediaeval origin. Its salience subsists in the origination of principles such as habeas corpus, trial by jury, and the right of the people to representation in the government. This paper considers how one of the remaining copies, held in Lincoln, UK, can best be presented for public view. The approach is essentially conceptual, underpinned by primary research in the form of an exit survey. The findings…
Holidays under the hegemony of hyper-connectivity
Holidays have been imagined as occasions of escape and liminal leisure. This conceptualisation requires re-evaluation as a consequence of the widespread adoption of portable communication devices (smartphones) and the use of Web 2.0 interactive platforms (social media). Studies suggest that the gratifications of contact with the ‘other’, and the enjoyment of the licence associated with the liminal condition, are compromised by endemic contact wit…
Aesthetics (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works)