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This book includes papers presented at the 6th Arte-Polis
International Conference. The theme of the conference was
"Imagining Experiences: Creative Tourism and the Making of Place",
and the book brings together studies based on lessons-learned,
research and critical reviews related to creative tourism and
reflections on placemaking. Covering a broad range of topics,
including cultural and experiential perceptions of landscape,
sustainable design, urban and rural planning, traditional and
vernacular environment, public realm, thematic tourism, as well as
heritage preservation and management, it discusses how issues of
tourism shape our understanding of and discourse on architecture
and landscapes. The book serves as an invitation to more
participatory and polyphonic dialogues in the field of
architecture, art and planning.
This contributed volume presents the experiences, challenges,
trends, and advances in Service Science from Japan's perspective.
As the global economy becomes more connected and competitive, many
economies depend the service sector on for growth and prosperity. A
multi-disciplinary approach to Service Science can potentially
transform service industries through research, education, and
practice. Offering a forum for best practices in Service Science
within Japan, the volume benefits its audience by sharing
viewpoints from a wide range of geographical regions and economies.
The book is organized as follows: * Foundations of Service Science
and the service industry sector * Public/Private sector
partnerships, policies, trade in services, future prospects *
Contributions from science, social science, management,
engineering, design as well as industry sector perspectives *
Road-maps, methodology, business development, strategies and
innovative models, application of information technology,
performance measures, and service system design * Education and
workforce development * Case studies from practice, research and
educational community * Future Directions in Japan This book
includes three Forewords written by key leaders in Service
Science:* Takayuki Aso (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science & Technology in Japan) * Yasuhiro Maeda (Director,
Service Affairs Policy Division METI) * Norihisa Doi (Professor
Emeritus, Keio University and Service Science, Solutions and
Foundation Integrated Research (S3FIRE) Program Officer,
JST/RISTEX)
This book explores and challenges the concept and experience of
liminality as applied to critical perspectives in the study of
events. It will be of interest to researchers in event studies,
social and discursive psychology, cultural and political sociology,
and social movement studies. In addition, it will provide
interested general readers with new ways of thinking and reflecting
on events. Contributing authors undertake a discussion of the
borders, boundaries, and areas of contestation between the
established social anthropological concept of liminality and the
emerging field of critical event studies. By drawing these two
perspectives closer together, the collection considers tensions and
resonances between them, and uses those connections to enhance our
understanding of both cultural and sporting events and offer fresh
insight into events of activism, protest, and dissent.
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'This isn’t a grisly book; it is sharp, angry, punchily
philosophical and often funny. It basically invents a new type of
lifestyle aspiration: deathstyle.' The Times 'Callender’s
joyous, thought-provoking book is an account of how his own early
encounters with bereavement led to him becoming a new kind of
undertaker.'Â Daily Mail 'Part memoir, part rant against the
traditional funeral business, part manifesto, part just musing on
death and facing it with compassion and courage. It’s lovely and
thoughtful and may make you rethink a few things.'Â The
Guardian ‘This book is a great work of craft and beauty.’
Salena Godden ‘This compelling personal story of a pioneering
punk undertaker is a moving revelation.’ Love Reading
‘Inspiring and unforgettable.’ John Higgs, author of William
Blake vs the World Death has shown me...the unbreakable core of
love and courage that lies at the heart of what it means to be
human. Ru Callender wanted to become a pioneering undertaker in
order to offer people a more honest experience than the stilted
formality of traditional ‘Victorian’ funerals. Driven by raw
emotion and the unresolved grief of losing his own parents, Ru
brought an outsider, ‘DIY’ ethos to the business of death,
combined with the kinship and inspiration he found in rave culture,
social outlaws and political nonconformists. Ru has carried coffins
across windswept beaches, sat in pubs with caskets on beer-stained
tables, helped children fire flaming arrows into their father’s
funeral pyre, turned modern occult rituals into performance art
and, with the band members of the KLF, is building the People’s
Pyramid of bony bricks in Liverpool – all in the name of
creating truly authentic experiences that celebrate those who are
no longer here and those who remain. Radical, poignant,
unflinchingly real and laugh-aloud funny, What Remains? will
change the way you think about life, death and the human
experience.
The book offers a detailed introduction to contemporary Chinese
culture industry development. It starts with an analysis of the
historical aspects and the contextual background rooted in the
Reform & Opening-up policy. The second part discusses the
development from the perspective of reality and introduces the
different production modes for the country's most influential
culture industries, since these are a unique feature of culture
industry development in China. Lastly, the book clearly shows the
strengths and weaknesses of culture industry development in China
by comparing it with that of other countries against the backdrop
of globalization.
The book showcases research on digital entertainment solutions in
different sectors. In recent years, digital media have evolved to
include bandwidth-rich, smart, and connected platforms accessed via
computers, tablets, smart phones, social media, and video game
consoles. The high connectivity and vast processing capacity of
these platforms have allowed for platform-agnostic, streaming,
always-on, entertainment-on-demand consumption of digital content
in a way distinct from traditional models of entertainment
consumption. Moving beyond the unilateral delivery of content, with
fixed positions of the entertainers and the entertained, digital
entertainment is now dynamically generated by users and providers,
blurring the boundary between producers and consumers of
entertainment. With the increasing accessibility of multimodal
media that surround audiences with sensory-rich information,
digital entertainment is becoming more immersive.
This book deals with the energy footprints of biorefineries and the
hotel and buildings sector. It presents footprint case studies,
which include background information, methodological frameworks,
assessment checklists, calculation tools and techniques,
applications, challenges and limitations. It also discusses the
application of each indicator/framework in various industrial
sectors and the associated challenges, along with outlooks for the
future. Consumption and conservation of energy are key elements in
any industry's sustainability strategy.
This book examines how to optimize design management processes in
order to produce innovation within organizations. It first looks at
how to harvest a culture of design and then examines topics
specific to product and service design. Individual chapters provide
anecdotes drawn from leading design-oriented firms, and best
practices based on cutting-edge, scientific research. This book's
unique blend of theory and application will offer students,
scholars, and managers valuable insight on how organizations can
revolutionize their design processes and leverage their approach to
create groundbreaking products and services.
This volume of Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics presents
selected theoretical and empirical papers from the 25th Eurasia
Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, held in Berlin,
Germany, in May 2018. Covering diverse areas of business and
management from different geographic regions, the book focuses on
current topics such as consumer engagement, consumer loyalty,
travel blogging, and AirBnB's marketing communication strategy, as
well as healthcare project evaluation and Industry 4.0. It also
includes related studies that analyze accounting and finance
aspects like bank reliability and the bankruptcy risks of equity
crowdfunding start-ups.
This book presents the latest research and novel case studies on
crime and corruption in the tourism and hospitality industry. It
approaches tourism as both a globalised business impacting the
livelihood of millions of people, and a highly challenging field of
action for national legislators and law enforcement agencies. The
global nature and ubiquity of tourism, as well as the core elements
of the holiday experience - such as interactions with unknown
environments and places, a care-free mind-set, novelty-seeking
behaviour and anonymity - render it highly susceptible to
victimisation, crime and corruption. Accordingly, the book
addresses a comprehensive set of emerging issues, including:
conflict and fraud during holidays; criminal and negligence
offences at tourists' expense; exploitation and mistreatment of
service workers; deterioration of heritage, cultural and natural
resources; and securitisation of tourism.
With the continuous growth of the service sector, the ability to
develop and implement information systems is important in order to
measure progress. Implementation and Integration of Information
Systems in the Service Sector is a collection of research which
discusses the application of information systems as well as the
established ideas and advancements in the service sector. This book
aims to utilise new theories, technologies, models, and methods in
order to discover effective functions in this area.
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This book is devoted to the customization design of product/service
system (PSS), making use of a systematic design process and a
number of methods, especially Industrial Customer Activity Cycle
Analysis, Service Quality Function Deployment, Service Function and
Attribute Analysis, Modified Service Blueprint, Multi-Objective
Optimization and Multi-Criteria Recommendation Method. The book is
especially valuable in manipulating the problems of PSS
requirements analysis, design conflict, design reuse and
proactively response to customer. The methods in the book
facilitate modular design of customized solutions and enhance PSS
design efficiency. Presenting case studies, this book helps
researchers and practitioners to understand the customization
process and methods in the early development of PSS.
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