Notice révisée le 10/04/2018
Dr. Daniel Durbin discusses the cultural impact and political dimension of the 2018 Super Bowl.
]]>Welcoming the shooting of international big-budget productions has become a worldwide competitive market, and the landing of Dunkirk on the beaches of this northern French coast city was the result of long and secret negotiations. It contributed to the immersive and authentic experience wished for by Christopher Nolan that audiences could watch on IMAX screens. The present interview sheds light on how all this came to be and its touristic aftermath for the ci...
]]>On the one hand, this ability of certain nations to entice, particularly through their culture or their landscapes, foreign visitors to their countries is part of the attractive “indicators” and “cultural magnets” that are potential sources of soft power, which Joseph S. Nye thus defined: “[Soft Power] is the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or pay...
]]>Films and TV series also generate their own dedicated tourism activities, whether it be on their official sites or through private companies’ ...
]]>The Game of Thrones® tapestry then went on display between September and December 2019 in Bayeux, France, the location of the famous 11th-century tapestry that narrates the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066. Considering that the Bayeux tapestry was “the grandmother of [the] Game of Thrones® tapest...
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