The tourist plot: Antarctica and the modernity of nature

• Published in: Annals of Tourism Research
• Main Authors: Picard, David, Zuev, Dennis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; Tourist performance; Plot; Modern culture; Nature; Antarctic; Ushuaia; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/35636; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2013.12.002

The work explores contemporary Antarctic tourism practices through the lens of the dramaturgic concept of ‘plot’. Plot refers to a socially construed narrative structure that allows social actors to frame their participation in social life through socially held scenarios, stories and cosmologies. Dr...