Destruction of Heritage, Community and Anthropomorphism

Damien Chaney and Pascal Brassier ()
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Damien Chaney: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
Pascal Brassier: CleRMa - Clermont Recherche Management - ESC Clermont-Ferrand - École Supérieure de Commerce (ESC) - Clermont-Ferrand - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne

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Abstract: The article investigates the community effects of the destruction of heritage. Drawing on the literature on anthropomorphism, we define heritage anthropomorphism as the tendency of attributing a heritage site not only human-like physical features, qualities and behaviors, but also superhuman characteristics. Through a social network and thematic analysis on the Notre-Dame cathedral fire which is perceived as the death of a human, we show that its destruction gave rise to an active virtual community of mourners, bringing together tourists, locals, officials and managers like a funeral procession. The findings also reveal different forms of grief in the conversations which include shock and denial, anger and sadness, questioning life, memory sharing and recovery.

Keywords: Heritage; Anthropomorphism; Destruction; Community; Social; network; analysis; Mourning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-09-26
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Published in Annals of Tourism Research, 2024, 109, pp.103839. ⟨10.1016/j.annals.2024.103839⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2024.103839

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