The Real Arctic:Truly Wild, Wonderfully Retro : Imaginaries and tourism in Svalbard

• Main Author: Mård, Frida
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi 2019
• Subjects: Imaginaries; tourism; media; Svalbard; Longyearbyen; Barentsburg; Social Anthropology; Socialantropologi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412400

This essay analyses the use of media as an instigator of tourism as it creates perceptions of Svalbard in the minds of prospective and former tourists. It explores what these created imaginations about Svalbard as a destination and experience mean for individuals who have been submitted by a curated...