Videography and student engagement: The potentials of battlefield tourism
The purpose of this article is to present the findings from a collaborative study conducted by a research team consisting of university students and a course instructor visiting battlefields and memorials located in Western Europe. The goal of the course was to provide students with an experiential...
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author | Raynald Harvey Lemelin Sarah Shruiff Calla Sampson Corey Anderson Shannon Anderson John Danahy Zachary Kolasa Kaithryn Vantil Matthew Plows Samuel Smith Wesley MacDougall |
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description | The purpose of this article is to present the findings from a collaborative study conducted by a research team consisting of university students and a course instructor visiting battlefields and memorials located in Western Europe. The goal of the course was to provide students with an experiential opportunity to learn about the First and Second World Wars, acquire insights into the management of battlefields, memorials and museums, participate in video interviews, and administer surveys on-site. Emphasizing the field component of the course, this paper discusses how visual ethnography can be used to provide a greater understanding of visitor motivations and enhanced tourism learning experiences. Also discussed are the strengths and weaknesses of conducting field research for a university undergraduate level course and the potential contributions that such approaches bring to learning and memory. |
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spelling | doaj.art-0748d173ac7e419c84c1f7066f2a02aa2022-12-22T03:24:21ZengUniversity of NewcastleHistorical Encounters: A Journal of Historical Consciousness, Historical Cultures, and History Education2203-75432203-75432016-05-01311730Videography and student engagement: The potentials of battlefield tourismRaynald Harvey Lemelin0Sarah Shruiff1Calla Sampson2Corey Anderson3Shannon Anderson4John Danahy5Zachary Kolasa6Kaithryn Vantil7Matthew Plows8Samuel Smith9Wesley MacDougall10Lakehead University Lakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityLakehead UniversityThe purpose of this article is to present the findings from a collaborative study conducted by a research team consisting of university students and a course instructor visiting battlefields and memorials located in Western Europe. The goal of the course was to provide students with an experiential opportunity to learn about the First and Second World Wars, acquire insights into the management of battlefields, memorials and museums, participate in video interviews, and administer surveys on-site. Emphasizing the field component of the course, this paper discusses how visual ethnography can be used to provide a greater understanding of visitor motivations and enhanced tourism learning experiences. Also discussed are the strengths and weaknesses of conducting field research for a university undergraduate level course and the potential contributions that such approaches bring to learning and memory.http://hej.hermes-history.net/index.php/HEJ/article/view/54/41Battlefield TourismWWIMemoryTourismVisual StudiesVimy MemorialHistorical Consciousness |
spellingShingle | Raynald Harvey Lemelin Sarah Shruiff Calla Sampson Corey Anderson Shannon Anderson John Danahy Zachary Kolasa Kaithryn Vantil Matthew Plows Samuel Smith Wesley MacDougall Videography and student engagement: The potentials of battlefield tourism Historical Encounters: A Journal of Historical Consciousness, Historical Cultures, and History Education Battlefield Tourism WWI Memory Tourism Visual Studies Vimy Memorial Historical Consciousness |
title | Videography and student engagement: The potentials of battlefield tourism |
title_full | Videography and student engagement: The potentials of battlefield tourism |
title_fullStr | Videography and student engagement: The potentials of battlefield tourism |
title_full_unstemmed | Videography and student engagement: The potentials of battlefield tourism |
title_short | Videography and student engagement: The potentials of battlefield tourism |
title_sort | videography and student engagement the potentials of battlefield tourism |
topic | Battlefield Tourism WWI Memory Tourism Visual Studies Vimy Memorial Historical Consciousness |
url | http://hej.hermes-history.net/index.php/HEJ/article/view/54/41 |
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