Florian Freitag
Biographic Data
| ID | 4206507 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florian Freitag |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florian |
| FAMILY NAME | Freitag |
| SIGNATURE | FREITAG F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Duisburg-Essen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3435-7270 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
Globally, one of the most significant trends in theme park development over the past decade has been the increasing focus on intellectual properties as sources of theming. While theme parks in China have also participated in this trend, cultural history in general and Chinese cultural history and heritage in particular have continued to be popular sources of theming. Chinese theme parks, whether public or private enterprises, have thus contribute…
Theme Park Imitations
Theme parks frequently draw not only on historical themes, from antiquity to the roaring twenties, but also on their own history – that is, the history of the medium of the theme park itself. This article uses the example of the Happy World ride at Happy Valley Beijing (China) to discuss theme park imitations, that is, the fact that theme parks frequently borrow individual elements (themes, technologies, visuals, layouts, names) and/or entire uni…
Immersivity
This article proposes to shift the scholarly focus from the conceptually, terminologically, and methodologically fuzzy notion of “immersion” to the concept of “immersivity,” and thus from a discussion of experiences to an analysis of the productive forces that enable such experiences (aesthetic and otherwise). Using case studies from theme parks, film, and immersive theatre to video games and immersive educational spaces, we argue that immersivit…
Critical theme parks
This essay discusses Banksy’s 2015 installation ‘Dismaland’ and identifies it as belonging to a new subgenre of theme parks: the critical theme park. Whereas immersive spaces have increasingly addressed controversial issues, theme parks are, the essay notes, still stuck in their traditional niche of commercial entertainment. Dismaland, by contrast, turns theme parks’ established politics of theming on their head to give the medium a social and cu…
Like Walking into a Movie”
Convergence Culture Reconsidered
The conference was the third in a series of transatlantic conferences initially funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). It thus formed a follow-up to the conferences on Transmedial Approaches to Space and Gender (organized by Susan Ingram and Markus Reisenleitner, York University of Toronto, in 2011) and Mediation and Mediatization (organized by Jutta Ernst, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitt Mainz/ Germersheim, in 2012
Ancient Greek Culture and Myth in the Terra Mitica Theme Park
This article analyses the form of reception of classical antiquity in the Spanish theme park Terra Mítica (Benidorm), concentrating in particular on its representation of Ancient Greece and on a ride centred on ancient mythology. This study exemplifies a methodology developed for investigating the forms of reception and cultural translation, especially of past and exotic societies, operating in theme parks
Introduction
In the past ten to fifteen years, critical understandings of regions and, concomitantly, regionalist approaches to literature and culture have undergone considerable changes. Studies such as Laurie Ricou’s The Arbutus/Madrone Files (2002) or Claudia Sadowski-Smith’s Border Fictions (2008), for instance, have focused on spaces and cultures that cross and crystallize around North American national borders, thereby questioning traditional, which is …
Like Walking into a Movie”
Ancient Greek Culture and Myth in the Terra Mitica Theme Park
This article analyses the form of reception of classical antiquity in the Spanish theme park Terra Mítica (Benidorm), concentrating in particular on its representation of Ancient Greece and on a ride centred on ancient mythology. This study exemplifies a methodology developed for investigating the forms of reception and cultural translation, especially of past and exotic societies, operating in theme parks
Ancient Greek Culture and Myth in the Terra Mitica Theme Park
This article analyses the form of reception of classical antiquity in the Spanish theme park Terra Mítica (Benidorm), concentrating in particular on its representation of Ancient Greece and on a ride centred on ancient mythology. This study exemplifies a methodology developed for investigating the forms of reception and cultural translation, especially of past and exotic societies, operating in theme parks
Introduction
In the past ten to fifteen years, critical understandings of regions and, concomitantly, regionalist approaches to literature and culture have undergone considerable changes. Studies such as Laurie Ricou’s The Arbutus/Madrone Files (2002) or Claudia Sadowski-Smith’s Border Fictions (2008), for instance, have focused on spaces and cultures that cross and crystallize around North American national borders, thereby questioning traditional, which is …
Convergence Culture Reconsidered
The conference was the third in a series of transatlantic conferences initially funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). It thus formed a follow-up to the conferences on Transmedial Approaches to Space and Gender (organized by Susan Ingram and Markus Reisenleitner, York University of Toronto, in 2011) and Mediation and Mediatization (organized by Jutta Ernst, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitt Mainz/ Germersheim, in 2012
Critical theme parks
This essay discusses Banksy’s 2015 installation ‘Dismaland’ and identifies it as belonging to a new subgenre of theme parks: the critical theme park. Whereas immersive spaces have increasingly addressed controversial issues, theme parks are, the essay notes, still stuck in their traditional niche of commercial entertainment. Dismaland, by contrast, turns theme parks’ established politics of theming on their head to give the medium a social and cu…
Like Walking into a Movie”
Immersivity
This article proposes to shift the scholarly focus from the conceptually, terminologically, and methodologically fuzzy notion of “immersion” to the concept of “immersivity,” and thus from a discussion of experiences to an analysis of the productive forces that enable such experiences (aesthetic and otherwise). Using case studies from theme parks, film, and immersive theatre to video games and immersive educational spaces, we argue that immersivit…
Introduction
Globally, one of the most significant trends in theme park development over the past decade has been the increasing focus on intellectual properties as sources of theming. While theme parks in China have also participated in this trend, cultural history in general and Chinese cultural history and heritage in particular have continued to be popular sources of theming. Chinese theme parks, whether public or private enterprises, have thus contribute…
Theme Park Imitations
Theme parks frequently draw not only on historical themes, from antiquity to the roaring twenties, but also on their own history – that is, the history of the medium of the theme park itself. This article uses the example of the Happy World ride at Happy Valley Beijing (China) to discuss theme park imitations, that is, the fact that theme parks frequently borrow individual elements (themes, technologies, visuals, layouts, names) and/or entire uni…
Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Theme park (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works)