Negotiating privileged networks and exclusive mobilities: the case for a Deaf festival in Scotland’s festival city
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., & Todd, L. (2022)
Negotiating privileged networks and exclusive mobilities: the case for a Deaf festival in Scotland’s festival city. Annals of Leisure Research, 25(1), 5-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2020.1809478
We explore the case for a Deaf festival in Edinburgh, the self-proclaimed 'world leading Festival City'. The formal recognition of British Sign Language in the BSL (Scotland) ...
The transgressive festival imagination and the idealisation of reversal
Journal Article
Jamieson, K., & Todd, L. (2021)
The transgressive festival imagination and the idealisation of reversal. Leisure Studies, 40(1), 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2019.1693090
To consider the festival's potential as an activist tactic may seem naïve and disconnected from the colonising practices of event tourism. However, today's immersive and curat...