Abstract: The literary field is a cultural form, an individualized system of practices, characterized by its attributes and the structure that it assumes. Inside the form, the actors formulate discourses about their practices, from which emerge both a set of rules that regulate practices and a structure. Structure, norm, and practitioners compete to give shape to the form. From the different understandings of w...
In Portugal, the project CREATOUR - Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas - has been working with a range of cultural/creative organizations (pilots) that are implementing new creative tourism experiences in the Portuguese territory. To improve their offers, CREATOUR carried out, between April 2017 and May 2019, a series of Idea Laboratories as a means to support content devel...
O campo literário é uma forma cultural, um sistema de práticas individualizado, caracterizável pelos seus atributos e pela estrutura que assume. Nele, os actores formulam discursos sobre as suas práticas, daí emergindo tanto um conjunto de normas que regulam as práticas como uma estrutura. Estrutura, normas e acção dos praticantes concorrem para dar a forma à forma. A partir dos diferentes entendimentos do que ...
A great diversity of definitions of creative tourists exist, ranging from those who refer to visitors of dance, art, or handicraft workshops, to those who include people who take up temporary artistic residences to practice their creative expression and develop their art forms. In recent decades, we have observed the emergence of a new generation of travellers. These tourists are increasingly seeking co-creatio...
O Turismo Criativo, através do recurso às características específicas dos territórios (recursos naturais, normas culturais, especificidades geográficas) e do estímulo ao papel ativo das suas comunidades, pode vir a ser um caminho seguro para o desenvolvimento local. Trabalhando diretamente com 40 entidades que, de norte a sul do país, desenvolvem experiências de turismo criativo em territórios rurais e de baixa...
Although cultural tourists increasingly seek to experience cultural events actively and to directly engage in creative activities, empirical knowledge about the creative tourist remains limited. This study aims to characterize the motivations and profile of creative tourists. The data was collected through a survey of participants in creative tourism activities in Portugal developed by 40 pilot institutions of ...
This Tourism and Management Studies Special Issue on Creative Tourism was born within the scope of a quite original project: CREATOUR – Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas. This project is the first action-research project in Portugal, whose objectives are to study and stimulate creative tourism initiatives in small places and rural areas. CREATOUR is an incubator and/or dem...
How can individuals express their perceptions of local places through valued objects and links to their area? Can objects create narratives about places’ identity and collect significant cultural information that connect people to local spaces? Can cultural mapping thus be a useful tool in the design of creative tourist offers? To address these questions, the CREATOUR project organised a series of idea laborato...
This Tourism and Management Studies Special Issue on Creative Tourism is born under the scope of a very original project: the CREATOUR - Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas. The CREATOUR project is the first action-research project in Portugal whose objectives are to study and to stimulate the creative tourism initiatives in small places and rural areas. CREATOUR is an incub...