TOURISM AS MEMORY-MAKING: RUSSIAN TOURISM IN THE SHADOW OF EMPIRE
Abstract
Tourism is often treated as a marginal social practice, associated primarily with leisure, consumption, and entertainment. In Tourism as Memory-Making: Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire, Alena Pfoser convincingly challenges this assumption by demonstrating that tourism constitutes a powerful social arena in which historical meanings are produced, negotiated, and stabilized. Rather than approaching memory as an institutional or state-driven project, the Pfoser foregrounds everyday touristic encounters as sites where imperial and Soviet pasts are rendered meaningful through narration, spatial movement, and interaction.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Memory
Trauma
and Commemoration
Soviet and Russian History
History
Identity
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Eurasian Research Journal
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 109–111
- Publication date
- 2 February 2026