Changing festival places

Insights from Galway

Bibliographic Data

ID3977321
AuthorsBrandy Quinn (0000-0002-0807-8465, Dublin Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Bernadette Quinn (SchoolOfHospitalityManagementAndTourism,DublinInstituteOfTechnology,Dublin,Ireland)
Year2005
Volume6
Issue2
Pages237-252
Publication date2005-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649360500074667
OpenAlexW4242846630
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited28

This paper focuses on cultural reproduction in arts festival settings. It begins by conceptualizing festival settings as places whose characters derive from a combination of both internally derived traits and a diverse series of interactions with other places. Drawing on case study research conducted in an arts festival setting in Galway in the Republic of Ireland, the discussion identifies how elements indigenous to the place connect and engage with external forces. The study found the process of interacting with other places to be complex, involving much negotiation and adaptation as locales became contexts for re-working an array of often conflicting ideals and influences. The paper concludes that while inevitable difficulties are faced as festivals negotiate the potentially standardizing forces of homogenization, it is only through continuous interaction with other places that local contexts realize their full potential

Adaptation (eye · Art · Indigenous · Negotiation · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Ecology

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