As the founding director of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR), it would be fair to say that today's guest has a penchant for the macabre.
Dr Philip Stone was introduced to 'dark tourism' twenty years ago, long before travel vloggers and Netflix documentaries got hold of the term. Since then, he has established himself as a figurehead in bringing this dark world to light.
Aside from contemporary topics like the COVID-19 pandemic, Philip and I discuss the origins and ethics of dark tourism, how the iDTR developed into an internationally recognised centre for dark tourism research, and what drives people to visit spaces defined by death, disaster and destruction.
(Recorded March 2021)
Ep 28: Sunken Lands: A Journey Through Flooded Kingdoms and Lost Worlds ft. Gareth E Rees
Ep 27: Out Of Sight And In Your Face: Street Art & Graffiti ft. Chris Pensa
Ep 26: Making Sense With All the Senses: Tangible Territory, Artistic Research & Dining in the Dark ft. Dr Tereza Stehlíková
Ep 25: Mudlarking & London Clay ft. Tom Chivers
Ep 24: The Uncanny: Freud, Ghost Stories & Christmas ft. Richard V. Hirst
Ep 23: Photography and a sense of place: Autochrome
Ep 22: Music with a sense of place: Rocketman ft. Lizzy Laurance
Ep 21: Exploring Post War & Contemporary Architecture ft. John Grindrod
Ep 20: Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape ft. Cal Flyn
Ep 19: Zines with a sense of place ft. Kieran Cutting, Christian Kitson, Richard Daniels & Simon Moreton
Ep 17: Liminality from an Archaeological perspective ft. Rebecca Lambert
Ep 16: Unofficial Britain: Everyday Myth, Magic, & Folklore ft. Gareth E. Rees
Ep 15: Our stinking city: the importance of smell when understanding place ft. Dr. Alex Rhys-Taylor
Ep 14: Hauntology: Nostalgia, disquiet & lost futures ft. Bob Fischer
Ep 13: Medieval Graffiti ft. Matthew Champion
Ep 12: Liminal Narratives: stories of the betwixt and between ft. Ian Rodwell
Ep 11: Bringing to life the stories of Australia's regional towns ft. Hamish Sewell
Ep 10: The power of Vortexes: How earth's energies can effect our sense of place ft. Dan Shaw
Ep 9: Britain’s Forgotten Footpaths: The fight to save our historic rights of way ft. Jack Cornish
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