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cultural processes acting on tragic historical events, places, persons and
cultural heritage from the 20th century as a part of dark tourism supply
in the multicultural and transborder region of Istria. The unique scien-
tific achievement, significance and originality of this research are the case
studies which contribute to the relaxation between dissonant and memo-
rial heritage and places inside the dark tourism spectrum.
The book Dark Shades of Istria: Memorial Practices and their Dark
Tourism Implications represents a very significant novelty in the fields of
the social and humanistic sciences as a bridge between ethnology, anthro-
pology, economics, history, sociology, human geography and the other
tourism studies. Additionally, this valuable study gives an original theo-
retical and methodological framework for the scientific study of the re-
gional aspects of dark tourism. Finally, respecting the contribution to the
national (Slovenian) and international recognition of dark tourism top-
ics, the main significance of this book is presentation of the tragic (dark)
historical events and places as the new locations of connections and un-
derstanding among people.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikola Vojnović
The book Dark Shades of Istria: Memorial Practices and Their Dark
Tourism Implications is a scientific monograph and an original work in
the English language. The book contains ten main chapters and 38 sub-
chapters, 6 graphs, 6 tables and 37 figures. The content of the work cor-
responds to the title of the work. Through the elaboration of the content
of the book, new insights into dark tourism are elaborated. The pur-
pose of the work is manifested in the contribution to the understanding
of memory and dark tourism in the specific regional environment of
Slovenia and Croatia and in establishing a representation of topics re-
lated to the Istrian history of conflicts of the 20th century, contemporary
memorial practices and dark tourism in leading regional electronic news
media. The objectives of the book are: (1) establishment of a concep-
tual framework of memory studies and dark tourism in leading regional
electronic mass media, (2) defining different clusters and characteristics
of various Istrian contemporary history-centric memorial practices and
related dark tourism, (3) identification and mapping of public history-
centric dark commemorative events, and (4) identification of different
dark commemorative event types with different historical backgrounds.
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cultural processes acting on tragic historical events, places, persons and
cultural heritage from the 20th century as a part of dark tourism supply
in the multicultural and transborder region of Istria. The unique scien-
tific achievement, significance and originality of this research are the case
studies which contribute to the relaxation between dissonant and memo-
rial heritage and places inside the dark tourism spectrum.
The book Dark Shades of Istria: Memorial Practices and their Dark
Tourism Implications represents a very significant novelty in the fields of
the social and humanistic sciences as a bridge between ethnology, anthro-
pology, economics, history, sociology, human geography and the other
tourism studies. Additionally, this valuable study gives an original theo-
retical and methodological framework for the scientific study of the re-
gional aspects of dark tourism. Finally, respecting the contribution to the
national (Slovenian) and international recognition of dark tourism top-
ics, the main significance of this book is presentation of the tragic (dark)
historical events and places as the new locations of connections and un-
derstanding among people.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nikola Vojnović
The book Dark Shades of Istria: Memorial Practices and Their Dark
Tourism Implications is a scientific monograph and an original work in
the English language. The book contains ten main chapters and 38 sub-
chapters, 6 graphs, 6 tables and 37 figures. The content of the work cor-
responds to the title of the work. Through the elaboration of the content
of the book, new insights into dark tourism are elaborated. The pur-
pose of the work is manifested in the contribution to the understanding
of memory and dark tourism in the specific regional environment of
Slovenia and Croatia and in establishing a representation of topics re-
lated to the Istrian history of conflicts of the 20th century, contemporary
memorial practices and dark tourism in leading regional electronic news
media. The objectives of the book are: (1) establishment of a concep-
tual framework of memory studies and dark tourism in leading regional
electronic mass media, (2) defining different clusters and characteristics
of various Istrian contemporary history-centric memorial practices and
related dark tourism, (3) identification and mapping of public history-
centric dark commemorative events, and (4) identification of different
dark commemorative event types with different historical backgrounds.
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