Dark Tourism and Pilgrimage

Daniel H Olsen (Edited By) Dr Daniel H. Olsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA. His research interests revolve around religious and spiritual tourism, heritage tourism, and the management of sacred sites, with secondary research interests in tourism in peripheral areas and tourism and disabilities. He is co-editor of Religion, Tourism, and Spiritual Journeys (Routledge, 2006) and Religious Pilgrimage Routes and Trails (CABI, 2018), and has published over 40 journal articles and book chapters.Maximiliano E Korstanje (Edited By) is editor in chief of International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism (UP Argentina) and International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IGI-GlobalUS). Besides being Senior Researcher in the Department of Economics at University of Palermo, Argentina, he is a global affiliate of the Tourism Crisis Management Institute (University of Florida, US), the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (University of Leeds), The Forge (University of Lancaster and University of Leeds UK) and The International Society for Philosophers, hosted in Sheffield UK. With more than 700 published papers and 25 books, Korstanje was awarded as Outstanding Reviewer 2012, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK; Outstanding Reviewer 2013, Journal of Place Management and Development, Institute of Place, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and Reviewer Certificate of Acknowledgement 2014, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM), University of Central Florida, US. Now he co-edits almost 10 specialized journals in such themes as human rights, mobility, tourism and terrorism. Korstanje is subject to biographical records for Marquis Who's Who in the World since 2009. He has been nominated for 5 honorary doctorates for his contribution in the study of the effects of terrorism in tourism. In 2015 he was awarded Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, UK and the University of La Habana, Cuba. In 2017 he was elected as Foreign Faculty Member of AMIT, Mexican Academy in the study of Tourism, which is the most prominent institution dedicated to tourism research in Mexico. Now he works as an editorial advisory board member of Cambridge Scholar Publishing UK and IGI Global US.Kevin Griffin (Series Edited By) Dr.Kevin Griffin Bed, MA, PhD. Having studied teaching then tourism organisation and historic settlement I worked in a number of Geography Departments in the Dublin / Kildare area. Since 2001 I have worked at the DIT where I am actively involved in teaching and researching a broad range of tourism topics with particular specialism in both heritage and sustainable tourism. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Editor in Chief, International Journal of Tour Guiding Research Editor in Chief, International Journal of Islands Research Series Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book Series Research Interests My main areas of academic interest include: * Tourism and Sustainability / Environmental Issues * Heritage Tourism * Religious Tourism / Pilgrimage * Social Tourism * Teaching Methodologies and Tourism * Local History / HeritageRazaq Raj (Series Edited By) Dr Razaq Raj is Principal Lecturer in the Leeds Business School. His research interests include community events, outdoor events, economic impacts, religious tourism, cultural festivals and sustainable tourism, cultural diversity in events management and international tourism. Dr Razaq Raj is the author of the textbooks Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective, Event Management: An integrated and practical approach and Event Management and Sustainability. Dr Razaq Raj is also a board member of international journals and academic associations. Editor of International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Editor of International Journal of Islands Research Editor of International Journal of Islamic Tourism Series Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book Series

• Chapter 1: Negotiating Dark Tourism and Pilgrimage Chapter 2: The “Dark” Is Still Dark? The Evolution of Dark Tourism to Pilgrimage Destinations Chapter 3: Interpreting the Sacred in Dark Tourism Chapter 4: The Convergence of Dark Tourism and Pilgrimage Tourism: The Case of Phnom Sampeau, Cambodia Chapter 5: Pilgrimages to Terror: The Role of Heritage in Dark Sites Chapter 6: Dark Heritage as a Basis for Dark Tourism Development in Slovenia Chapter 7: Im(possible) Dark Tourism in Bulgaria Chapter 8: From Burial Spaces to Pilgrimage Sites: Changing Role of European Cemeteries Chapter 9: The Sublime Darker Heritage Tourism Aspects at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta Chapter 10: Martyrdom and Dark Tourism in Carthage, Illinois Chapter 11: Lost in the Sea of Trees: Japan’s Aokigahara, Suicide, and Dark Tourism Chapter 12: Recreating the Dead: Darkest Tourism and Pilgrimage in Mormon Handcart Pioneer Trek Re-Enactments Chapter 13: Visiting Post Disaster Ruins: A Journey to Meaningful Experiences Chapter 14: Museums as In Populo Dark Tourism Sites: A case study of visitor Experience Chapter 15: The 10-Year Anniversary of the Civil Rights Pilgrimage: An Experiential Exploration into History, Diversity, Equality, and Equity Chapter 16: “Though I Walk Through the Valley”: Teaching Richard Wright through Experiential Learning Chapter 17: Dark Tourism or Pilgrimage in the Museum? Considering the Case of Emmett Till’s Casket Chapter 18: Finding Roots: Pop Culture Pilgrimage and the Affective Geographies of Kunta Kinteh Island Chapter 19: A Mass Grave and a Massacre: Encounters with Remembrances of Death at the Wounded Knee, South Dakota Chapter 20: Borough of the Dead: The Weight of Hip Hop’s History and Tourism’s Dark Pilgrimage to The Bronx Chapter 21: Dark Visits Chapter 22: Designing Experiences at Holocaust Memorial Sites

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