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Listen to Phil Smith's talk at the b-side symposium in Portland, Dorset in 2015:
Summing Up On Excursions Save 20% when you buy any book direct from us. Use promotion code tpdirect at checkout for an automatic 20% discount.
Buy the paperback:Buy the eBookPublished: 2012
List Price: £12.00 Use code to save 20% 228 pages Size: 14 x 21.5 cm ISBN: 978-1-908009-86-9 Tags: counter-tourism, heritage, wrights & sites, mythogeography, mis-guide, phil smith Counter-Tourism: The Handbook CrabMan Readership
The Handbook is a book for anyone interested in getting under the skin of the heritage sites they visit. It's of particular interest to the heritage and tourism industry itself, anyone troubled by official guides to anywhere, site-specific artists and performers.
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Counter-Tourism: The Handbook
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Phil Smith (aka Crab Man) used to walk sideways. Now he stumbles, shambles and groans.
In his fantastic book Counter-Tourism:The Handbook he encourages us to see the world in a new way, to re-view the familiar through our own mischief, to play with established sites, to usurp the rules set by the heritage industry and question the geographic and historic hegemony. He enables us to recognise that history and our expectations of landscape are a construct and that we would have much more fun if we fabricated our own. Above all Phil Smith encourages us to play again, to rip up our guide books and write a new narrative over the landscape. He encourages us to slip into liminal spaces, explore boundaries, discover that the most interesting places are often the least visited. In his dérives he has uncovered ways of enjoying the world anew. Read the full review Read more:
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