Future of Dark Tourism

Philip R. Stone is Director of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR), University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, UK. He is the Editor of the International Journal of Dark Tourism Studies.Daniel W.M. Wright is a Fellow of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR), University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), Preston, UK. His research interests are dark tourism, thanatology, futurology, technology, heritage and cultural studies and tourism management.

• ContributorsPhilip R. Stone and Daniel W.M. Wright: Preface: Dark Tourism Futures: Thoughts, Ideas, ScenariosChapter 1. Philip R. Stone: Vertopia: The Future of Dark Tourism Places and Our Digital DeadChapter 2. Rachael Ironside and Craig Leith: Virtual Afterlife: Dark Tourism in the HereafterChapter 3. Santa Zascerinska: From 'Bucket List' to 'Afterlist': (Dark) Tourism for the Afterlife Chapter 4. Daniel W.M. Wright: 'Beyond Human': Dark Tourism, Robots and FuturologyChapter 5. Özge Kılıçarslan, Mehmet Yavuz Çetinkaya and Kamil Yağci: The Future of Technology and Dark Tourism Experiences Chapter 6. Diāna Popova, Elizabete Grinblate and Raivis Sīmansons: Bridging Virtual Reality and Dark Heritage Chapter 7. Richard Fawcus: 'Virtual Monument Wars': The Digital Future of Difficult HeritageChapter 8. Marián Alesón-Carbonell: Language as a Mediator: Commodifying Future Dark TourismChapter 9. Saffron Dale, Crispin Dale and Neil Robinson: 'McDeath' – A Future of Dark Travel and End of Life Palliative CareChapter 10. Alix Varnajot: Enlightening Dark Tourism Horizons in a Post-Apocalyptic Arctic: A Geopoetic ApproachChapter 11. Maximiliano E. Korstanje: 'Shrines and Rites of Passage': Toward a Future of Dark Tourism ChroniclesChapter 12. Elspeth Frew and Clare Lade: Survivor Voices and Disaster Education: Future Commemoration and Remembrance at Dark Tourism Sites Chapter 13. Abit Hoxha and Kenneth Andresen: Future of Dark Tourism in Kosovo: From Divisions to Digital PossibilitiesChapter 14. Ann-Kathrin McLean: Millennials, Transitional Memory and the Future of Holocaust Remembrance Chapter 15. Aija van der Steina, Maija Rozite, Inese Runce and Kaspars Strods: Between Revival of Memory and Dark Tourism: The Future of Holocaust-Related Sites in LatviaChapter 16. Marta Soligo: 'Mirrors of Society': Cemetery Tourism Futures Chapter 17. Janine Marriott: 'Not the Right Sort of Visitors': Future Challenges of Cemetery TourismChapter 18. Allan Brodie: 'Into the horrors of the gloomy jail': Towards a Future of UK Prison Tourism and Penal Architecture Chapter 19. Brianna Wyatt: 'Finding a Light in Dark Places': Lighter Dark Tourism FuturesChapter 20. Luisa Golz and Tony Johnston: Future of Dark Tourism Festivals: Technology and the Tourist ExperienceChapter 21. Robert S. Bristow, Alina Gross and Ian Jenkins: Future Dystopian Attractions: Benign Masochism in Dark TourismChapter 22. Michael Brennan: Future Directions in Death Studies and Dark TourismPhilip R. Stone: Afterword: Back to the Dark Tourism FutureReferencesIndex

From visions of a future where tourists will witness battles between humans and robots, to scenarios where the living and the dead will become interconnected in virtual environments, this volume cogently and explicitly pushes conceptualizations of dark tourism into previously unexplored realms and possible realities. Jam-packed with over twenty solid chapters, this book is an absolute must have for anyone interested in dark tourism.