Authenticity is one of the oldest and most debated concepts in tourism studies. The last
major review of authenticity was published in 1999 in this journal. This review aims to …

Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory
and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become …

Social media technologies let people connect by creating and sharing content. We examine
the use of Twitter by famous people to conceptualize celebrity as a practice. On Twitter …

The history of anthropology has been written from multiple viewpoints, often from
perspectives of gender, nationality, theory, or politics. Before Boas delves deeper into issues …

In Making Intangible Heritage, Valdimar Tr. Hafstein—folklorist and official delegate to
UNESCO—tells the story of UNESCO's Intangible Heritage Convention. In the ethnographic …

Language and tradition have long been relegated to the sidelines as scholars have
considered the role of politics, science, technology and economics in the making of the …

The development and ratification of the UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) has seen a significant increase in international debate …

Ethnomusicologists believe that all humans, not just those we call musicians, are musical,
and that musicality is one of the essential touchstones of the human experience. This insight …

As a dynamic concept, authenticity has ignited many debates regarding its meaning and
utility, thus resulting in several theoretical perspectives (objective, constructive, postmodern …

Newcomers to older neighborhoods are usually perceived as destructive, tearing down
everything that made the place special and attractive. But as A Neighborhood That Never …