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Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites

Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites

Bintang Handayani, Maximiliano E. Korstanje
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 2473-5345|EISSN: 2473-5337|EISBN13: 9781522547327|DOI: 10.4018/IJCMHS.2018070101
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Handayani, Bintang, and Maximiliano E. Korstanje. "Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites." IJCMHS vol.2, no.2 2018: pp.1-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCMHS.2018070101

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Handayani, B. & Korstanje, M. E. (2018). Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites. International Journal of Computational Methods in Heritage Science (IJCMHS), 2(2), 1-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCMHS.2018070101

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Handayani, Bintang, and Maximiliano E. Korstanje. "Virtual Dark Tourism: The Role of Sound Branding and Augmented Reality for Death Sites," International Journal of Computational Methods in Heritage Science (IJCMHS) 2, no.2: 1-17. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCMHS.2018070101

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Abstract

This study looks at some primary points in the discourse of virtual dark tourism (VDT) formation. Derived from the spectrum of sound branding (SB), virtual reality (VR), coupled with augmented reality (AR), the case is used as a tool to support the claims of VDT. Findings suggest viewpoints for making death sites exclusive, and offer valuable clues to the design of VDT formation as an option to include death sites as market offerings of dark tourism. Guided by social constructionist research philosophy, coupled with semiology and compositional interpretation, the analysis offers valuable clues to position sites built around the narratives of death. Not only does it verify elements of unique and emotional selling propositions in the typology of death sites, but it also signifies the emerging state of the art on the nexus between VDT and SB. Specifically, dark themed songs coupled AR are used as tourism drivers for designing Trunyan Cemetery, Bali. Overall, this review shows preliminary designs for prototype death sites. Several issues and directions for future research are discussed.

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