Papers by Kate Bresner
The tourism industry is particularly reliant on the use of imagery to create a brand for a destin... more The tourism industry is particularly reliant on the use of imagery to create a brand for a destination or attraction in order to effectively market its product. In the case of Indigenous tourism, a paradox often exists between maintaining a level of recognition and familiarity that mirror the expectations of the public imagination, and conveying a representation that is locally meaningful and emblematic. Investigation into the visual representation and communication of identity through tourism is a means to illustrate three overlapping issues that are prevalent throughout the literature on Indigenous tourism. These are: control, authenticity, and hybridity. This research project addresses these issues through an extensive review of anthropological and tourism-related literature and its application to the specific case study of one Indigenous tourism business, the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre (NDCC), owned and operated by the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) in Osoyoos, British Columbia (BC), Canada. Semiotic and visual analyses are used to elucidate the messages about OIB identity communicated through the Centre’s visuals, in order to bring the example of the OIB and NDCC into conversation with the larger issues found within Indigenous tourism.
Expressing a visual, indigenous identity in tourism can be a balancing act between maintaining a ... more Expressing a visual, indigenous identity in tourism can be a balancing act between maintaining a level of recognition and familiarity that mirrors the expectations of the public imagination and conveying a representation that is locally meaningful and emblematic to hosts. This article addresses this issue through the example of the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre, owned and operated by the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) of British Columbia. Semiotic and visual analyses were used to explain the messages about OIB identity that the Centre communicates and to provide a framework to discuss three main issues in tourism discourse: control, hybridity and authenticity.
PlatForum, 2010
Indigenous tourism is characterized by the involvement of Indigenous peoples in tourism activitie... more Indigenous tourism is characterized by the involvement of Indigenous peoples in tourism activities, either through ownership or the centrality of their cultures in a tourist attraction or destination. While Indigenous-themed and Indigenous-operated destinations ...
COVER DESIGN, 2009
... KATIE BRESNER The Ainu as 'Other': Representations of the Ainu and ... more ... KATIE BRESNER The Ainu as 'Other': Representations of the Ainu and Japanese Identity Before 1905 31 ... The non-human Ainu were akin to super-natural beings like ghosts, demons and goblins, typical of ideas of the Other in Japanese-Chinese mythol-ogy (Siddle 1996: 11 ...
Rights Review Vol 8 Issue 1, Oct 2014
Everyday across the globe, ordinary people are arbitrarily detained and denied access to counsel.... more Everyday across the globe, ordinary people are arbitrarily detained and denied access to counsel. Despite the number of countries that have ratified international conventions and passed domestic laws to protect human rights, torture is often still used in certain countries, particularly during the investigation of crimes.
Anthropologica 56, May 2014
The tourism industry is particularly reliant on the use of imagery to create a brand for a destin... more The tourism industry is particularly reliant on the use of imagery to create a brand for a destination or attraction in order to effectively market its product. In the case of Indigenous tourism, a paradox often exists between maintaining a level of recognition and familiarity that mirror the expectations of the public imagination, and conveying a representation that is locally meaningful and emblematic. Investigation into the visual representation and communication of identity through tourism is a means to illustrate three overlapping issues that are prevalent throughout the literature on Indigenous tourism. These are: control, authenticity, and hybridity. This research project addresses these issues through an extensive review of anthropological and tourism-related literature and its application to the specific case study of one Indigenous tourism business, the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre (NDCC), owned and operated by the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) in Osoyoos, British Columbia (BC), Canada. Semiotic and visual analyses are used to elucidate the messages about OIB identity communicated through the Centre’s visuals, in order to bring the example of the OIB and NDCC into conversation with the larger issues found within Indigenous tourism.
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