The Semiotic Paradigm for Deconstructing Event Design and Meaning
Journal Article
Viol, M., Todd, L., & Anastasiadou, C. (2023)
The Semiotic Paradigm for Deconstructing Event Design and Meaning. Event Management, 27(7), 1063-1079. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599523X16847420514728
Festivals and events convey a range of historical, political, social and cultural signs and meanings, however, there remains limited methodological guidance for understanding ...
The role of iconic-historic commemorative events in event tourism: Insights from the 20th and 25th anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Journal Article
Viol, M., Todd, L., Theodoraki, E., & Anastasiadou, C. (2018)
The role of iconic-historic commemorative events in event tourism: Insights from the 20th and 25th anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tourism Management, 69, 246-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2018.06.018
The role of commemorative events for event tourism has received marginal attention. Existing research primarily considers commemorative events for their social and political s...
Semiotics of Edinburgh as the festival city: exploring visual representations of management and local community stakeholders
Presentation / Conference
Todd, L. (2020, September)
Semiotics of Edinburgh as the festival city: exploring visual representations of management and local community stakeholders. Paper presented at Festivals and the City: The Festivalisation of Public Space, RGS-IBG Symposium sponsored by the Geographies of Leisure & Tourism Research Group, Online
I will explore how two distinct strategic management and local community stakeholder groups engage with a festival city through their visual portrayals of festival spaces. Inf...
Deconstructing commemorative narratives: the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Journal Article
Viol, M., Anastasiadou, C., Todd, L., & Theodoraki, E. (2024)
Deconstructing commemorative narratives: the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Leisure Studies, 43(1), 153-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2215468
Historically, researchers have studied commemorative events primarily for their political role in the (re)construction of contested national collective memories and identities...
Semiotics of Edinburgh as the festival city: exploring management and community stakeholders’ visual representations of festival spaces
Presentation / Conference
Todd, L. (2020, September)
Semiotics of Edinburgh as the festival city: exploring management and community stakeholders’ visual representations of festival spaces. Paper presented at Festivals and the City: The Festivalisation of Public Space, RGS-IBG Symposium, London
I will explore how two distinct strategic management and local community stakeholder groups engage with a festival city through their visual portrayals of festival spaces. Inf...