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Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event (2025)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M., & Wight, C. (in press). Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event. In B. Wyatt, H. Stewart, J. Kennell, & P. R. Stone (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Dark Events. Routledge

This paper navigates the complex interplay between cultural tradition and controversy through an in-depth exploration of Penitensya, a Filipino Lenten ritual known for its violent self-mortification practices. By employing indigenous research methods... Read More about Navigating Culture, Religion and Controversy: The Penitensya Rituals in the Philippines as a Dark Event.

Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions (2025)
Journal Article
Wight, C., Podoshen, J., Wyatt, B., & Lennon, J. (in press). Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions. Tourism Recreation Research,

This study invited dark tourism practitioners to comment on the salient academic discourses concerning dark tourism and propose new ways forward for research. Through a genre analysis of dark tourism literature and semi-structured interviews with an... Read More about Rethinking Dark Tourism: Practitioner Perspectives, and Future Research Directions.

Object authenticity applied to imaginaries of racialized national culture: English-language-school sojourners in Australia (2025)
Journal Article
Stanley, P., & Wight, C. (online). Object authenticity applied to imaginaries of racialized national culture: English-language-school sojourners in Australia. Language and Intercultural Communication, https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2025.2464577

This study examines the experiences of international sojourners attending English-language schools in Australia, exploring how these students' imaginaries shape their expectations and perceptions of authenticity. Using qualitative interviews with stu... Read More about Object authenticity applied to imaginaries of racialized national culture: English-language-school sojourners in Australia.

Dark tourism: Sectoral Engagement and Ontological Repositioning (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Podoshen, J., Wight, C., & Lennon, J. (2024, November). Dark tourism: Sectoral Engagement and Ontological Repositioning. Presented at The Annual Society for Marketing Advances Conference: The Age of AI, Tampa, Florida, US

We invited stakeholders involved in dark tourism to comment on, and respond to academic constructs of dark tourism, which resides within the body of literature on this topic. Specifically, we undertook a genre analysis of dark tourism literature, and... Read More about Dark tourism: Sectoral Engagement and Ontological Repositioning.

Holocaust Heritage Digilantism: Community Reactions to Holocaust Selfies on Instagram (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2024, June). Holocaust Heritage Digilantism: Community Reactions to Holocaust Selfies on Instagram. Presented at Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies, Liverpool, UK

Discursive, netographic and visual methods have been applied in the past to critique self-images, providing insight into the behaviours of tourists. However, such studies have ignored reactions to self-image posts on social media, and particularly t... Read More about Holocaust Heritage Digilantism: Community Reactions to Holocaust Selfies on Instagram.

Theorizing ‘cultural authenticity’ in Australian youth tourism: English language schools, the Anglophone West, and holding a koala (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stanley, P., & Wight, C. (2024, May). Theorizing ‘cultural authenticity’ in Australian youth tourism: English language schools, the Anglophone West, and holding a koala. Presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA

This study considers cultural adaptation through tourism, focusing on language-travelers: hybrid education-tourism consumers whose voices remain relatively silent in tourism studies. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were undertaken with studen... Read More about Theorizing ‘cultural authenticity’ in Australian youth tourism: English language schools, the Anglophone West, and holding a koala.

The problem with shaming people for Auschwitz selfies (2024)
Digital Artefact
Wight, C., & Stanley, P. (2024). The problem with shaming people for Auschwitz selfies. [Online newspaper]

Selfies have become the modern day equivalent of postcards, a way to share our travel experiences with family and friends on social media. It’s one thing to strike a goofy pose and snap a photo for Instagram on a beach or town square, but what if you... Read More about The problem with shaming people for Auschwitz selfies.

Interrogating Racialized “Cultural Authenticity” Discourses Among Language-Learner Tourists in Australia (2023)
Journal Article
Stanley, P., & Wight, A. C. (2024). Interrogating Racialized “Cultural Authenticity” Discourses Among Language-Learner Tourists in Australia. Journal of Travel Research, 63(6), 1511-1526. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875231194272

This study considers cultural adaptation through tourism, focusing on language-travelers: hybrid education-tourism consumers whose voices remain relatively silent in tourism studies. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were undertaken with studen... Read More about Interrogating Racialized “Cultural Authenticity” Discourses Among Language-Learner Tourists in Australia.

Holocaust heritage digilantism on Instagram (2022)
Journal Article
Wight, C., & Stanley, P. (2024). Holocaust heritage digilantism on Instagram. Tourism Recreation Research, 49(6), 1316-1330. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2022.2153994

Discursive, netnographic and visual methods have been applied in the past to critique self-images, providing insight into the behaviours of tourists. However, such studies have ignored reactions to self-image posts on social media, and particularly t... Read More about Holocaust heritage digilantism on Instagram.

Keynote: Holocaust Heritage Digilantism on Instagram (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2022, May). Keynote: Holocaust Heritage Digilantism on Instagram. Presented at Dark Tourism: Memory, Pilgrimage and the Digital Realm, Edinburgh

Discursive, netnographic and visual methods have been applied in the past to critique self-images, providing insight into the behaviours of tourists. However, such studies have ignored reactions to self-image posts on social media, and particularly t... Read More about Keynote: Holocaust Heritage Digilantism on Instagram.

“Hayan na ang mga Hampas-dugo! (the Penitents are coming!)”: Penitensya as Religious-Dark Tourism (2021)
Journal Article
Wight, C., & Victoria, M. (2022). “Hayan na ang mga Hampas-dugo! (the Penitents are coming!)”: Penitensya as Religious-Dark Tourism. Tourist Studies, 22(1), 89-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687976211067261

This paper applies indigenous research methods to understand the motives of visitors attending Penitensya (a Lenten Filipino ritual involving violent ritualistic performances) which we introduce as a novel form of religious-dark tourism. The paper al... Read More about “Hayan na ang mga Hampas-dugo! (the Penitents are coming!)”: Penitensya as Religious-Dark Tourism.

Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research (2021)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2021). Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research. In R. Sharpley (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience (9-23). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219866-3

This chapter introduces the concept of postmodernity as it relates to the tourism industry, and to tourism research. The aim is to offer students and academics interested in postmodern thinking for research and other purposes a synthesis of key theme... Read More about Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research.

Visitor Perceptions of European Holocaust Heritage: A Social Media Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2020). Visitor Perceptions of European Holocaust Heritage: A Social Media Analysis. Tourism Management, 81, Article 104142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104142

This study presents a netnographic discourse analysis of social media content generated around three high profile European Holocaust heritage sites: Ann Frank’s House in Amsterdam, The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, and the Jewish... Read More about Visitor Perceptions of European Holocaust Heritage: A Social Media Analysis.

Putting the ‘Work’ into Fieldwork (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2019, April). Putting the ‘Work’ into Fieldwork. Presented at WEI International Conference on Education and the Humanities, Vienna, Austria

Making an Impact: Student Learning Journeys in Tourism and Hospitality Programmes (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wight, C. (2019, April). Making an Impact: Student Learning Journeys in Tourism and Hospitality Programmes. Paper presented at The 2019 Vienna International Academic Conference, Vienna, Austria

Stakeholders involved in shaping the future of tourism and hospitality business management degrees have faced a dilemma over recent years. On the one hand, graduates who are taken on by the industry require practical skills that the industry wants, b... Read More about Making an Impact: Student Learning Journeys in Tourism and Hospitality Programmes.

Putting Foucault to work in tourism research (2018)
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2019). Putting Foucault to work in tourism research. International Journal of Tourism Research, 21(1), 122-133. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2246

This paper reflects on Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge as a methodological approach in tourism research. It offers lessons from recent research focused on critiquing heritage sites and museums as examples of destination discourse. The aim is to t... Read More about Putting Foucault to work in tourism research.

Directions, disconnect and critique: round table discussion (2017)
Journal Article
Lennon, J. J., Seaton, T. V., & Wight, C. (2017). Directions, disconnect and critique: round table discussion. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 9(2), 228-239. https://doi.org/10.1108/whatt-12-2016-0074

Purpose
This paper aims to review developments in dark tourism research over a 20-year period from its inception in 1996. This paper also considers the reasons why people visit dark tourism sites and the different perspectives of site operators, tou... Read More about Directions, disconnect and critique: round table discussion.

The role of situated learning in shaping talent (2017)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2017). The role of situated learning in shaping talent. In S. Horner (Ed.), Talent Management in Hospitality and Tourism. Goodfellow Publishers. https://doi.org/10.23912/978-1-910158-66-1-3315

Work based learning (WBL) is an increasingly popular mode of situated learning that is based on an emerging paradigm that considers learning through experience to be the foundation for tacit knowledge. This chapter reports on the findings of explorat... Read More about The role of situated learning in shaping talent.