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The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage

This study explores various notions of authenticity in tourism experience and seeks to establish if these notions are compatible with the concept of authenticity in conservation of the built environment. Three wine farms in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape, a proposed serial World Heritage Site...

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Main Author: Joubert, Elize
Other Authors: Townsend, Stephen S
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics 2016
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description This study explores various notions of authenticity in tourism experience and seeks to establish if these notions are compatible with the concept of authenticity in conservation of the built environment. Three wine farms in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape, a proposed serial World Heritage Site, have been studied. The study suggests that object-related or material authenticity is being replaced with alternative notions of authenticity in tourism and that the toured object, for the purpose of winelands tourism in the Western Cape during this period, no longer needs to be authentic.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/21538 The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage Joubert, Elize Townsend, Stephen S Conservation of the Built Environment authenticity wine tourism cultural heritage This study explores various notions of authenticity in tourism experience and seeks to establish if these notions are compatible with the concept of authenticity in conservation of the built environment. Three wine farms in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape, a proposed serial World Heritage Site, have been studied. The study suggests that object-related or material authenticity is being replaced with alternative notions of authenticity in tourism and that the toured object, for the purpose of winelands tourism in the Western Cape during this period, no longer needs to be authentic. 2016-08-25T10:24:05Z 2016-08-25T10:24:05Z 2015 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21538 eng application/pdf School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Conservation of the Built Environment
authenticity
wine tourism
cultural heritage
Joubert, Elize
The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage
thesis_degree_str Master's
title The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage
title_full The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage
title_fullStr The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage
title_full_unstemmed The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage
title_short The relativity of authenticity: Notions of authenticity in the Cape Winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage
title_sort relativity of authenticity notions of authenticity in the cape winelands cultural landscape and the impact of wine tourism on cultural heritage
topic Conservation of the Built Environment
authenticity
wine tourism
cultural heritage
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21538
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