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Visitor Encounters with the Great Barrier Reef - Aesthetics, Heritage, and the Senses (Paperback)
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Visitor Encounters with the Great Barrier Reef - Aesthetics, Heritage, and the Senses (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Heritage
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Visitor Encounters with the Great Barrier Reef explores how visitor
encounters have shaped the history and heritage of the Reef. Moving
beyond the visual aesthetic significance, the book highlights the
importance of multi-sensuous experiences in understanding the
region as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Drawing on archival and
ethnographic research, the book describes how visitors have
experienced the Great Barrier Reef through personal embodied
encounters and the mechanisms they have used to understand, access
and share these experiences with others. Illustrating how such
experiences contribute to a knowledge of place, Pocock also
explores the vital role of reproduction and photography in sharing
experiences with those who have never been there. The second part
of the book analyses visitor experiences and demonstrates how they
underpin three key frames through which the Reef is understood and
valued: the islands as paradise, the underwater coral gardens, and
the singular Great Barrier Reef. Acknowledging that these
constructs are increasingly removed from human experience, Pocock
demonstrates that they are nevertheless integral to recognition of
the region as a World Heritage Site. Demonstrating how experiences
of the Reef have changed over time, Visitor Encounters with the
Great Barrier Reef should be of interest to academics and students
working in the fields of heritage studies, history and tourism. It
should also be of interest to heritage practitioners working around
the globe.
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