All Outputs (4)

Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral. (2024)
Journal Article
IRONSIDE, R. and SMITH, F. [2024]. Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral. Tourism geographies [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2024.2412547

Ghosts, hauntings and the spectral are intrinsically linked to sites of dark tourism. Supernatural stories commonly emerge in places connected with tragedy, death and the macabre, forming spectral geographies in which the past and present intertwine.... Read More about Destabilising the home: place making, dark tourism and the spectral..

Supernatural cities: placing urban identities, memory and cultural crises. (2024)
Journal Article
IRONSIDE, R. and EDWARDS-BOON, A. (eds.) 2024. Supernatural cities: placing urban identities, memory and cultural crises. Revenant [online], 11. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/revenant-11

This special issue builds upon a body of scholarship already developed from the Supernatural Cities project led by Karl Bell at the University of Portsmouth and his edited collection of essays, Supernatural Cities: Enchantment, Anxiety and Spectralit... Read More about Supernatural cities: placing urban identities, memory and cultural crises..

Reimagining the rural hinterland: an investigation of participatory digital placemaking in rural communities. (2024)
Journal Article
IRONSIDE, R. and REID, P. 2024. Reimagining the rural hinterland: an investigation of participatory digital placemaking in rural communities. Culture unbound [online], 16(1): place making beyond cities, pages 60-85. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.4287

Rural locations often form a hinterland – geographically and culturally - for large conurbations that dominate a particular region. They are interconnected, sometimes interdependent, but also separated by the social and spatial perceptions of a place... Read More about Reimagining the rural hinterland: an investigation of participatory digital placemaking in rural communities..

Ghost hunting events and storytelling. (2024)
Journal Article
IRONSIDE, R.J. 2024. Ghost hunting events and storytelling. Event management [online], 28(4): festivals and storytelling: creating experiences through stories, places, and spaces, pages 649-654. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3727/152599524X17077053867629

Ghost hunting events are a popular leisure activity providing visitors with an immersive dark experience, connecting them with the dark heritage and supernatural legends of a place. This research note aims to conceptualize the role of storytelling in... Read More about Ghost hunting events and storytelling..