The Construction And Usage Of The Past In The Strategies Of Urban Development – Totma As A “Town Of Sailors”

Alexei Kraikovski (akraikovskiy@hse.ru), Margarita Dadykina (mdadykina@hse.ru) and Mikhail Vsemirnov (mavsemirnov@edu.hse.ru)
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Alexei Kraikovski: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Margarita Dadykina: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Mikhail Vsemirnov: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: The different levels of the tourism service system are not just another intermediary between the heritage and the visitor, but an important aspect which influences the construction of heritage and past discourses. Noel Salazar suggested considering natural and cultural-historical heritage sites as the basis for constructing "imaginary realities". We explored the formation of a visual tourist space through the example of a small old Russian town, Totma. In the tourist space of Totma we identified several alternating or complementary tourist narratives, based on an appeal to different themes from the past, from the representation of the city as a salting center and monastery center to the construction of the image of Totma as a "city of sailors". The study showed how, and under what influence, the different local tourist narratives about Totma are now intertwined in modern representations of the city.

Keywords: Historical heritage tourism; usable past; "touristic imaginaries"; touristic narratives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2020
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Published in WP BRP Series: Humanities / HUM, March 2020, pages-23

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