“Puffin love”: Performing and creating Arctic landscapes in Iceland through souvenirs
This article looks at the creation of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, as an Arctic tourism destination with a focus on souvenir production and consumption. We regard souvenirs to be particularly interesting for investigating the creation and materialization of the Arctic, in the light of how landscape...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1468797617722353 2024-04-28T08:06:33+00:00 “Puffin love”: Performing and creating Arctic landscapes in Iceland through souvenirs Lund, Katrín Anna Kjartansdóttir, Katla Loftsdóttir, Kristín 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468797617722353 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1468797617722353 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1468797617722353 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Tourist Studies volume 18, issue 2, page 142-158 ISSN 1468-7976 1741-3206 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management journal-article 2017 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797617722353 2024-04-09T08:02:33Z This article looks at the creation of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, as an Arctic tourism destination with a focus on souvenir production and consumption. We regard souvenirs to be particularly interesting for investigating the creation and materialization of the Arctic, in the light of how landscapes, in our case the urban landscape of Reykjavík, are constantly performed and narrated through objects. A special attention is given to the Atlantic Puffin that in recent years has become the Icelandic souvenir sine qua non and a veritable symbol for souvenir consumption in Iceland. We explore the urban landscapes of downtown Reykjavík with a focus on puffins in order to introduce the city’s tensioned landscapes, especially regarding the complex material composition and meanings of the Atlantic Puffin in order to gain an understanding of its role in shaping the Arctic landscapes of Reykjavík. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Atlantic puffin Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík SAGE Publications Tourist Studies 18 2 142 158 |
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This article looks at the creation of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, as an Arctic tourism destination with a focus on souvenir production and consumption. We regard souvenirs to be particularly interesting for investigating the creation and materialization of the Arctic, in the light of how landscapes, in our case the urban landscape of Reykjavík, are constantly performed and narrated through objects. A special attention is given to the Atlantic Puffin that in recent years has become the Icelandic souvenir sine qua non and a veritable symbol for souvenir consumption in Iceland. We explore the urban landscapes of downtown Reykjavík with a focus on puffins in order to introduce the city’s tensioned landscapes, especially regarding the complex material composition and meanings of the Atlantic Puffin in order to gain an understanding of its role in shaping the Arctic landscapes of Reykjavík. |
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“Puffin love”: Performing and creating Arctic landscapes in Iceland through souvenirs |
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“puffin love”: performing and creating arctic landscapes in iceland through souvenirs |
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