Adapting Rubbish Theory for heritage tourism
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2016
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ANZSRC::140216 Tourism Economics, ANZSRC::150605 Tourism Resource Appraisal, ANZSRC::2103 Historical Studies, ANZSRC::2102 Curatorial and Related Studies, ANZSRC::210202 Heritage and Cultural Conservation, ANZSRC::120102 Architectural Heritage and Conservation, ANZSRC::3508 Tourism, ANZSRC::4401 Anthropology, ANZSRC::4406 Human geography
Abstract
Michael Thompson’s Rubbish Theory explains how the values of objects change and that to understand how we value objects we need to understand ‘rubbish’, that is, objects which hold no value. He explained that most objects lose value after they are created and eventually become rubbish. However, there are some objects that maintain their value, which he calls 'durables’. His theory explains how some objects move from rubbish to having durable value. When this theory is adapted to illustrate the multiple values attributed to objects at heritage sites, it is possible to explain how heritage tourism can result in conflict at a destination and how durable objects can lose their value, which is not possible according to Thompson.
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