Table of contents - Special Issue: Events and placemaking
Guest Editors: Marisa P. de Brito, Greg Richards
From place branding to placemaking: the role of events
Greg RichardsThe purpose of this paper is to examine developments in the use of events by places from a predominantly place branding role based on image and economic impacts towards a broader…
Events and placemaking: the case of the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico
Daniel Barrera-Fernández, Marco Hernández-EscampaThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the Festival Internacional Cervantino, which represents one of the major cultural events in Latin America. Based on theoretical…
Understanding the creation of destination images through a festival’s Twitter conversation
Lluís Garay, Soledad Morales PérezThe purpose of this paper is to explore the analysis of the potential contribution of festivals in generating a destination image through social media (particularly Twitter).
The “old” and the “new”: events and placemaking in Luang Prabang, Laos
Russell Staiff, Robyn BushellThe purpose of this paper is to explore Lai Heua Fai, Festival of Light, as a place making ritual in the world heritage town of Luang Prabang, a former royal capital of the…
Reconnecting with place through events: Collaborating with precinct managers in the placemaking agenda
Alexandra Coghlan, Bev Sparks, Wei Liu, Mike WinlawWhilst academic research can capture an existing sense of place, the act of placemaking through strategies such as events depends upon the attitudes and actions of precinct…
Creating an eventful rural place: Akaroa’s French Festival
Joanna Fountain, Michael MackayRecent theorising about the globalising countryside highlights the processes of place making, sense of place and the construction of place-based identities in rural regions, where…
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1758-2954Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Faith Ong
- Dr Louise Platt