Sightseeing Buses: Cruising,Timing and the Montage of Attractions

Abstract

This article focuses on spatial performances, modes of vision and touring practices enabled by sightseeing bus‐tours. Thereby, three aspects of the process by which these buses transform urban space into destination space are discussed. First, bus‐tours delineate, as they move, a unique geography of routes and stops, which is based on structured improvisation. Second, guiding practices of tour guides are crucial for assembling together a destination and their success depends on timing. Third, tourist experiences enabled by sightseeing bus‐tours involve a ‘cruise‐ship‐like’ style of movement and a mode of vision reminiscent of the ‘montage of coming attractions’ characteristic of film‐trailers. The article concludes by stressing the multiple spatial displacements involved in bus‐tour production of destination space.     

康乾南巡及其对运河区域的影响

康熙、乾隆在位期间 ,分别沿运河六巡江南 ,其主要目的是加强清政府对运河以及江南地区的统治。由于二人所处的时代政治经济条件的不同 ,历史上所起的作用也不同 ,前者南巡 ,促进了东南地区社会的发展和稳定 ;后者南巡 ,则加重了封建政风的败坏 ,激化了阶级矛盾 ,清朝从此由盛转衰     

Where Publics May Touch

ABSTRACT

In response to the unique sensory modes of blind and partially sighted communities, tactile and multisensory tours and exhibition components of museum collections are gradually becoming more common in North America and Europe. Such initiatives are often intended to give equal forms of access for diverse participating publics. This article provides an auto-ethnographic report on the tactile tours offered by The National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) program “Stimulating the Senses,” and gives context for sensorial models at play in Western museums today. Museum strategies that encourage intersensorial awareness and access are also discussed. Attention is given to the performative properties of these tours, and the variety of encounter they encourage between publics. This article also includes accounts of the program by its supervisor and coordinator, as well as from a participant. Key questions this article explores are: do such tours in fact give equal access; what motivates the development of such programs in Canadian institutions; and what outcomes are realized through these programs?     

中国古代游观说略──古代“游观·人生·文学”论之一

通过论述中国古代游观活动的基本状况，概括出帝王之游，游说、游学、求仕之游，民俗节日之游，宦游，商旅、军旅之游，漫游等几个主要的大类，以见古代游观活动的大致情形。     

Enhancing the entertainment experience of blind and low‐vision theatregoers through touch tours

In this paper we demonstrate how universal design theory and the research available on museum‐based touch tours can be used to develop a touch tour for blind and low‐vision theatregoers. We discuss these theoretical and practical approaches with reference to data collected and experience gained from the creation and execution of a touch tour for Hart House Theatre’s production of Hamlet at the University of Toronto. Finally, we offer up the possibility of using universal design theory to create a touch tour that would be attractive to all theatregoers.     

汉魏六朝诗赋文本的“人神同游”及其它

源于道家之哲学思维,兴于《楚辞》之文学创始,汉魏六朝诗赋文本的“人神同游”,一方面在文学形态上涵括散体大赋、骚体赋、乐府古辞、文人乐府、游仙诗等,另一方面在不同文化背景下呈展出程度不等、方式不同的传承和创变。不仅如此,“人神同游”隐含着某种固定的表达模式,其“游”中寓“忧”,它往往通过文学幻想和时代演绎,表达出主体对客观世界和有限自我的超越。     

假日经济热点透视

"假日旅游"引发了"假日经济"的兴起。本文着重分析了"假日经济"形成的原因、发展现状和存在问题,并提出了缓解"假日经济"矛盾的措施和建议,以促进我国旅游业的可持续发展。     

中国共产党党内监督制度建设的历史回顾与思考

中国共产党建党90多年来,党内监督制度建设经历了初步探索、曲折发展、逐步健全与完善等三个阶段。进一步健全与完善党内监督制度,一方面要强化党员监督的主体地位,建立科学的党内监督领导体制,加强党内权力制约机制建设;另一方面要建立和完善公开监督机制,突出抓好党的领导机关和领导干部权力监督这个重点和核心,把党内监督与党外监督结合起来。     

关于我国农村旅游商品开发的思考

“2006中国乡村游”的序幕已拉开。我国旅游业的快速发展,推动着旅游细分市场的形成,农村旅游已成为我国旅游市场开发中巨大的且极具潜力的市场。购物,作为旅游活动的六大要素之一,旅游商品销售增长乏力,已成为制约我国旅游发展的瓶颈,这个瓶颈,同时羁绊着农村旅游的拓展。开发农村旅游商品,不仅在推动我国农村旅游发展,而且将在解决农民增收、改变农村状况、实现农业深度发展方面发挥更大的作用。     

畸于人:一种自视与文化姿态--早期身世与交游对范成大隐者情怀形成的影响

范成大(1126—1293)十七八岁时连遭亲丧,骤然间由一个企慕豪纵、追求快意享乐生活的官家子弟沦落为孤儿。他返回故里,度过了十余年的居寺读书生活,并由此转变为一个兼具传统文人双重文化性格的士人。早孤这一身世之变与其较为广泛的交游对他思想的转变及其士人文化性格中隐者情怀形成产生了重要的影响。