Browsing by Author "Tomassini, Lucia"

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    • The human gaze at animals and the missing animal gaze in tourism studies 

      Tomassini, Lucia; Bertella, Giovanna (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-26)
      This research letter critically reflects on the missing animal gaze in tourism studies and elaborates on the urgency of including it in the discussion about the relationship between human and non-human animals. Drawing on the Foucauldian gaze and on the John Urry’s tourist gaze, we reflect on the unproblematised power imbalance between human and animal gazes that is inherent in tourist ...

    • A Relational Approach to Event Sustainability: Applying Actor–Network Theory and Foucauldian Discourse Analysis to a Music Event 

      Bertella, Giovanna; Tomassini, Lucia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-28)
      The framing of event sustainability should go beyond the greening of specific events and the event sector. Based on a relational approach, we used actor–network theory and Foucauldian discourse analysis to investigate the debate on a music event sustainability. We collected and discursively analysed online newspapers and social media data regarding this event’s sustainability. The findings showed a ...

    • The space of animal justice in wildlife sanctuaries: a posthuman perspective 

      Tomassini, Lucia; Bertella, Giovanna; Grasso, Chiara; Lenzi, Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-14)
      The growing debate on the Anthropocene epoch urges a critical reflection on the relationship between human and non-human animals. This paper reflects on the space of animal justice in wildlife sanctuaries from a post-human perspective. Our perspective on wildlife sanctuaries relies on posthumanism and its potential in terms of offering both a new epistemology and a theoretical grounding for an ...