"Seeking to shift the discussion of the concept of authenticity in tourism scholarship from the dominant concern with tourist experiences to the more sociological problem of the processes of authentication of tourist attractions, we conceptualize two analytically distinct, but practically often intersecting, modes of authentication of attractions, “cool” and “hot”. Through a range of examples, we demonstrate the implications of the two modes for the dynamics of the constitution of tourist attractions, examine their interaction, and illustrate how "cool" and "hot" authentication can be conducive to different types of personal experiences of authenticity. We furthermore explore the crucial question of who is authorized to authenticate tourist attractions, and thereby uncover issues of power and contestation in the politics of authentication. Keywords: authentication; authenticity; performativity; power; tourist attractions"

... pilgrimage; performance; habitus; Bible; Jewish–Christian relations; tour guide; Holy Land. ... Theprofessional authority of the guide is increased by his or her position as “reluctant ... By examiningguiding performances of orientation to biblical sites, I demonstrate how Zionist and ...

Introduction to the edited volume, Culture, Heritage and Representations.

Introduction One of the highlights of Israel trips I led in springs past was the "final banquet" at the Cardo Culinaria restaurant. This establishment, located in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, provided a "Roman dining adventure." Guests were dressed in togas upon their ...

The role of anthropology as an academic discipline that seeds tourism imaginaries across the globe is more extensive than generally acknowledged. In this article, I draw on ethnographic and archival research in Indonesia and Tanzania to examine critically the recycling of long-refuted ethnological ideas and scientific ideologies in contemporary tourism interpretation. A fine-grained analysis of local tour guide narratives and practices in two popular destinations, Yogyakarta and Arusha, illustrates empirically how outdated scholarly models, including anthropological ones, are strategically used to represent and reproduce places and peoples as authentically different and relatively static, seemingly untouched by extra-local influences.