Tourism rediscovery of neglected territories
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Amalia Kotsaki, professor at the Technical University of Crete, is chairing this session devoted to the rediscovery of neglected territories, both in the spatial and symbolic sense. Taking into account heritages hitherto little explored by tourism is creating original heritage dynamics that the presenters in this session are keen to explore. Kallipoli Rapti describes action research into the tourism of World War II historical sites in Crete, questioning the place of this recent memory in tourist itineraries. Myriam Oumheta offers a reading of the patrimonialization of industrial heritage in northern France, from indifference to recognition as a world heritage site. Sahar Ghasemshahi also examines industrial heritage in Detroit (USA), which, in its interactions with underground cultural scenes, is becoming a tourist object. Beatriz Andreotti questions the urban dynamics of a former industrial zone in Sao Paulo, between one-off interventions by artists linked to the industrial past, large-scale construction projects sweeping away heritages and interstices occupied by the inhabitants themselves.
Sub Sessions
The events of the World War II in Crete, specifically the Battle of Crete and the events of the Resistance, have a great reputation globally due to their contribution to the war’s ending. The “storytelling” that follows these events has led to the creation of a vast sum of cultural products, such as movies, poems, songs, novels, and documentaries. As a result, people from all over the world come to Cre...
In July 2021, France carried the project of a “climate and resilience law,” one of whose objectives was Zero Net Artificialization (ZAN), a sort of accounting balance of land use, in which any new construction must be accompanied by a project to renaturalize an equivalent artificialized surface. The Maubeuge–Val de Sambre agglomeration in the north of France is one of the pilot areas for this project, ...
The city of São Paulo was recognized as an important Brazilian territory to receive the first wave of industrial initiatives at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, the focus on valuing and preserving industrial remnants brings back material and immaterial elements from these areas, opening new perspectives to discussions in this field. For this paper, the issue of reappropriation ...