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rian Memories in the Dark Tourism 8
Context: The Qualitative Analysis
After brief additional methodological explanations, selected cases of dark
commemorative events in Istria are presented/analysed as a result of pre-
vious fieldwork. The main findings are then compiled and linked to rele-
vant theories, concepts and past research, as is usual for Bonnell’s (1980,
pp. 157, 161, 164–165) ‘illustrative’ approach – see also Figure 7.1.
8.1 Additional Methodological Explanations
A large number of potential cases, which represent the dark commem-
orative events (as research units) were considered; they are analysed in
the quantitative part. Due to reasons of potential overlap between the se-
lected cases, as well as economic reasons, the list of case sites was filtered.
In order to provide a contrasting but in some way interrelated set of repre-
sentative cases of dark commemorative events (multiple-case study), case
events were selected according to the criteria presented in sub-chapter 7.3
‘Research Design and Methods.’ Thus, the guideline of Kiser and Hechter
(1998, p. 807) and Bryman (2012, pp. 278–279) that the cases for the anal-
ysis should be selected and defined on the basis of theoretical criteria was
fully taken into account. We also followed Getz’s (2008, p. 404), Frost and
Laing’s (2013, pp. 36–42), and Kennell et al.’s (2018, pp. 947–949) descrip-
tions of dark commemorative events as one kind of cultural celebrations
related to the traumatic heritage/past as well as to the typology of the
related events. With such a selection process, the typical cases listed in
Table 8.1 were chosen. Two of them correspond to Seaton’s (1996) ‘sites of
individual or mass death’ (i i, i v); according to Stone’s (2006) ‘seven dark
suppliers,’ (i) and (i v) constitute examples of ‘dark conflict sites,’ (i i) is
most closely related to a ‘dark resting place’ and (i i i) is an example of
a ‘dark exhibition.’¹ Table 8.1 shows also other details related to field re-
search: location, date and time spent undertaking research activities.
The public was informed about these events via posters or promo-
tional notifications (see Figure 8.1) and/or on websites, which further
¹ If neglecting the already mentioned claims of Purini (2010, pp. 223–224) on widespread
Italian perceptions of the post-w w i i period in the Upper Adriatic.
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Context: The Qualitative Analysis
After brief additional methodological explanations, selected cases of dark
commemorative events in Istria are presented/analysed as a result of pre-
vious fieldwork. The main findings are then compiled and linked to rele-
vant theories, concepts and past research, as is usual for Bonnell’s (1980,
pp. 157, 161, 164–165) ‘illustrative’ approach – see also Figure 7.1.
8.1 Additional Methodological Explanations
A large number of potential cases, which represent the dark commem-
orative events (as research units) were considered; they are analysed in
the quantitative part. Due to reasons of potential overlap between the se-
lected cases, as well as economic reasons, the list of case sites was filtered.
In order to provide a contrasting but in some way interrelated set of repre-
sentative cases of dark commemorative events (multiple-case study), case
events were selected according to the criteria presented in sub-chapter 7.3
‘Research Design and Methods.’ Thus, the guideline of Kiser and Hechter
(1998, p. 807) and Bryman (2012, pp. 278–279) that the cases for the anal-
ysis should be selected and defined on the basis of theoretical criteria was
fully taken into account. We also followed Getz’s (2008, p. 404), Frost and
Laing’s (2013, pp. 36–42), and Kennell et al.’s (2018, pp. 947–949) descrip-
tions of dark commemorative events as one kind of cultural celebrations
related to the traumatic heritage/past as well as to the typology of the
related events. With such a selection process, the typical cases listed in
Table 8.1 were chosen. Two of them correspond to Seaton’s (1996) ‘sites of
individual or mass death’ (i i, i v); according to Stone’s (2006) ‘seven dark
suppliers,’ (i) and (i v) constitute examples of ‘dark conflict sites,’ (i i) is
most closely related to a ‘dark resting place’ and (i i i) is an example of
a ‘dark exhibition.’¹ Table 8.1 shows also other details related to field re-
search: location, date and time spent undertaking research activities.
The public was informed about these events via posters or promo-
tional notifications (see Figure 8.1) and/or on websites, which further
¹ If neglecting the already mentioned claims of Purini (2010, pp. 223–224) on widespread
Italian perceptions of the post-w w i i period in the Upper Adriatic.
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