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‘We can be united, but we are different’: discourses of difference in postcolonial Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Michael Akuupa --- Dept of Anthropology and Sociology,Social scientists who have written about the dynamics of festival rituals have analysed such practices variously as celebrations of commonality, as the enhancement of social cohesion, or as expressions of nostalgia. Festivals have also been studied as spaces where information... -
World culture festivals: Their perceived effect on and value to domestic and international tourism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Ki-tai Lee --- Department of Studies in Event Tourism and International Conferences, South Korea Joon-ho Kim --- Education Institute, Golden CATs, South KoreaThis study investigated the impact of the festival experience (sensory, cognitive, and behavioural) on the perceived value and loyalty of tourists. The participants were 450 tourists (51.1% domestic; 48.9% international) who attended the 2015 South Korean World Culture festival. Of... -
Value expectation confirmation and word-of-mouth intention among international tourists of a cultural festival experience
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South KoreaWe examined expectation conformation and word-of-mouth marketing intention among international tourists (177 white; 138 black; and 98 Asian) who experienced a tourism promotion cultural festival event; taking into account their personal, artistic, and societal cultural values. We applied multiple regression... -
Competitive factors of electronic dance music festivals with Social Networking Service (SNS) citizenship behaviour of international tourists
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Joon-ho Kim --- Department of Business Administration, South Korea Ki-tai Lee --- Department of Tourism Events and International Conferences, South Korea Bong-ihn Seok --- Commercialization Planning Team, South Korea Hyun-ju Choi --- Department of Cultural & Arts Management, South Korea Seung-hye Jung --- School of Dance, South KoreaThis study examined the comparative advantages of prestige service labelling (VIP), online marketing, and image differentiation when applied as marketing strategies to build tourist loyalty as a component of citizenship behaviour. The participants were 220 African tourists attending the World... -
Retention of festival volunteers: Management practices and volunteer motivation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Diane Zievinger --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Frans Swint --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The NetherlandsMany volunteers in different festival organisations within the hospitality industry begin with great excitement, but slowly lose interest. This might be due to poor volunteer management practices that result in decreased motivation among volunteers, and with the consequences of them... -
Re-imagining Dzaleka: The Tumaini Festival and Refugee Visibility
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Catherine Makhumula --- Department of Drama, South AfricaIn this article, I explore the Tumaini Festival at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi as an important site for the re-imagination of place and the refugee. I argue that through the institution of the festival, refugee artists challenge the perception... -
“From war to peace”: Military festival visitors’ quality-of-life
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Dewald Venter --- Department of Hospitality, Tourism and PR Management, Human Sciences, South Africa Stefan Kruger --- WorkWell Research Unit, South AfricaThe Voortrekker Monument Military festival is one of several military festivals held in South Africa. This study sought to determine the travel motives and life domain effects on the quality-of-life of visitors. Data were gathered from 330 visitors on their... -
The art of retaining volunteers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Henrik S. Pahus --- , DenmarkThis article is part of an ongoing research project into motivation and retention of volunteers at festivals and events. The overall project is conducted in collaboration with “Muskelsvindfonden”, which is a Danish foundation that runs several large festivals in the... -
Negotiating Cultural Transformation in the Performance Practice of Narratives in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Nancy Abigael Masasabi --- , KenyaCulture is never static but continues to change. The narrative is one of the prosaic performances in cultures with an oral tradition. Such prosaic performances are culture bearers and signifiers. Change in societal setup has affected the contexts within which...