"Walk the line": An ethnographic study of the ritual of crossing the Arctic Circle—Case Rovaniemi. (December 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Walk the line": An ethnographic study of the ritual of crossing the Arctic Circle—Case Rovaniemi. (December 2019)
- Main Title:
- "Walk the line": An ethnographic study of the ritual of crossing the Arctic Circle—Case Rovaniemi
- Authors:
- Varnajot, Alix
- Abstract:
- The Arctic Circle is the most commonly used border to delimit the Arctic region, and has been used in this way to such an extent that across the circumpolar North, municipalities and local communities have built various types of signs, shops and tourist centers for its celebration. This is especially the case in Rovaniemi, Finland, with the creation of the Santa Claus Village, "right" on the Arctic Circle, leading to several thousands of tourists crossing the magical line every year. This article focuses on tourists' practices around Arctic Circle landmarks in Rovaniemi. This study acknowledges the hegemony of the selfie era that is indubitably linked to what is referred to in this article as "border-crossing postures", pertaining to the ritual of performing specific practices, actions and postures that suggest the crossing of a borderline. However, it is argued that in the case of the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, these specific postures come from the physical aspect of the landmarks, rather than the tourists recognizing the Arctic Circle as a border.
- Is Part Of:
- Tourist studies. Volume 19:Number 4(2019)
- Journal:
- Tourist studies
- Issue:
- Volume 19:Number 4(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 19, Issue 4 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 19
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0019-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 434
- Page End:
- 452
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12
- Subjects:
- arctic border -- arctic circle -- border-crossing postures -- performance -- tourism
Tourism -- Periodicals
Tourisme -- Périodiques
Tourisme
Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)
Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)
338.4791 - Journal URLs:
- http://tou.sagepub.com ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1468797619836546 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1468-7976
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
- View Content:
- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library DSC - BLDSS-3PM
British Library HMNTS - ELD Digital store - Ingest File:
- 11219.xml