Tourism and events in places shaped by conflict
Tourism and events are not peripheral to conflict. They are social, cultural and political infrastructures through which people sustain everyday life, negotiate memory and identity, shape public narratives, and pursue resilience, recovery or other futures in conflict-affected places.
Writing and News
Ukraine’s Stoned Climbers festival began after the full-scale invasion. Its growth raises a question: why do people create new events during war?
Denyshi rocks (2016), not the festival. Photo: Oneks22 / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped.
Remembrance Sunday feels timeless, but participation and meaning have changed. Four decades of newspaper coverage reveal recurring debates about recognition, reconciliation and protest.
Cenotaph (2016). Photo: Sgt Ross Tilly RAF/MOD. Crown copyright 2016. Open Government Licence. Cropped.
How football displays and funeral rituals give contested memories public form — and carry the politics of past conflicts into the present.
Rajko Mitić Stadium (2013), not the 2026 match. Photo: Isimic / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped.
