Festival Venue that makes sense: A study of Skansen arena in Stockholm

Abbasian, Saeid,1961-Södertörns högskola,Turismvetenskap,Sodertorn Univ, Sweden (författare)

Festival Venue that makes sense : A study of Skansen arena in Stockholm

The purpose of this study is to investigate how the open-air museum ofSkansen in Stockholm as venue for celebration of Persian Fire Festival is assessed by thefestival’s visitors. The study is based on a delimited part of a larger online survey with280 completed questionnaires including both close-ended and open-ended questions,and a qualitative thematic analysis method has been used in this paper. The resultsshow a high level of appreciation of the Skansen venue that gives the visitors positiveemotions, meanings, place attachment, place identity and a sense of place. Contributingfactors have been the high status of the venue that has given the visitors pride anddignity; security and safety of the venue; size of the venue; and the natural beauty of thevenue. The most important disadvantage factor has been the lack of accessibilitycombined with lack of sufficient public transport. The results have implications for theSwedish society, for the policy makers in Stockholm city and for both the host and theorganiser of the festival and gives rise to new debates on immigrants’ socio-culturalintegration into Swedish society. This paper gives a contribution to existing literature onfestival venue and its impact on the visitor’s overall assessment of the festival.

Benyamine, IsakStockholms universitet,Institutionen för de humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktik,Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Education, Stockholm University,Stockholm Univ, Sweden(Swepub:su)isaben (författare)
Lundberg, AnnaLinköpings universitet,Tema Genus,Filosofiska fakulteten(Swepub:liu)annlu62 (författare)
Södertörns högskolaTurismvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Abbasian, Saeid, ...; Benyamine, Isak; Lundberg, Anna

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP: SAMHÄLLSVETENSKA ...; och Statsvetenskap; och Statsvetenskap

Av lärosätet: Södertörns högskola; Stockholms universitet; Linköpings universitet

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