Espaces marginaux et fronts pionniers du tourisme urbain : approcher les ruines urbaines au prisme de la notion d’(extra)ordinaire
This article is concerned with emerging tourism valorisations of modern urban ruins with a focus on Berlin (Germany) and Detroit (United States). Leaning on a discussion of the notions of ‘ordinary’ and ‘extraordinary’, the paper analyses the processes of spatial (re)construction on which tourism ap...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association AGF
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/bagf/4241 |
| Summary: | This article is concerned with emerging tourism valorisations of modern urban ruins with a focus on Berlin (Germany) and Detroit (United States). Leaning on a discussion of the notions of ‘ordinary’ and ‘extraordinary’, the paper analyses the processes of spatial (re)construction on which tourism appropriation of these marginal urban spaces is based. Ruin tourism questions the evolution of imaginaries and practices attached to modern urban ruins. Defined as frontiers for an increasingly ‘off the beaten tracks’ urban tourism, these spaces outline a range of issues related to the appropriation of the city space that reach far beyond the field of tourism. |
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| ISSN: | 0004-5322 2275-5195 |