Dark Tourism Exam 1

dark tourism

-historical sites associated w/ death suffering & tragedy

-intersection w/ heritage tourism

Dark Tourism Spectrum looks at what?

How dark a tourist site is, & for whom

Tragedy tourism

sites of death and suffering connected to a tragedy

-preventable; result of errors, fatal flaws, choices, etc.

>encourages people to try to position blame; creates polarization of good & bad individuals of the past

-sites of systemic failure; prisons, NA removal (Trail of Tears), Japanese internment camps

Disaster tourism

site of death & suffering that was unavoidable-there’s no one to blame

Great Chicago Fire of 1871

-Oct. 8 @ 9pm

-unknown start of fire-not Mrs. O’Leary!

-at least 300 dead, many homeless

-exacerbating conditions; drought in months leading up to it, wind off lake fueling & spreading fire, failure in fire alarm system, predominately wooden structures-homes, buildings, road, sidewalks, etc.

-railroad company advertises the rubble as a tourist destination

Daniel Low

-silversmith who creates first type of “merch”

-”the witch spoon”

“eleemosynary” institutions

-modern inventions-idea that gov’t should pay for them for social reform

>criminals previously executed, tortured, or sent to poorhouses

-come as result of Enlightenment period

Auburn system

-type of institution focused on reflection-absolute silence

-forced labor

Pennsylvania system

-prisoners kept separate in addition to not being allowed to speak

-forced labor

-Alex Du Tocqueville-French tourist researching American prison systems; appalled at PA system

Alex Du Tocqueville

French tourist researching American prison systems; appalled at PA system