Naslov
The influence of digital technologies on the experience and reconceptualization of adventure among outdoor enthusiasts in Croatia

Autori
Đurin, Sanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
9th International Outdoor Education Research Conference (IOERC), 18 – 22. 07. 2022, Ambleside Campus, University of Cumbria, Ambleside, Engleska.

Mjesto i datum
Sveučilište Cumbria, Ambleside, Engleska, 18.07.2022. - 22.07.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
adventure, digital technologies, Croatia

Sažetak
This presentation seeks to explore the connection between digital technologies and the experience and reconceptualization of adventure in some outdoor activities in Croatia. For the last 10-15 years in Croatia we are witnessing a growing number of outdoor and adventure practitioners and immense popularization of adventure experience within tourism sector in the form of active holydays, adrenaline experiences or adventure races etc. In the (post-)Covid-19 era the number practitioners of these activities further grows. Such activities increasingly involve the use of digital media and technologies, whereas digital technologies are inviting us to think „how we are humans“ (Hayles 1999 ; ) in a different way, generating new experiential configurations in our lives (Pink et al. 2016). Tourism and outdoor industry as well as the digital technologies (smart watches, mobile phones, applications measuring the physiological functions during the activities as HR, VO₂ Max, etc.) change us and our adventure experiences. Further, since “adventure” is discursively, (experientially and materially) produced, then, nowadays, digital media and technologies must surely be considered one of the key factors in its construction (Beames et al. 2019). In other words, digital technologies change the meaning of adventure itself. Based on the ethnographic research conducted among outdoor enthusiasts, adventure tourist guides and adventure sports practitioners (rock climbers, trail-runners, off-piste skiers) in Croatia, this paper aims to present some of the ways in which the widespread use of digital media and technologies, from social networks to smart watches, affects perceptions, conceptions and practices of adventure in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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