Who owns PCC? University owns PCC, have professional dancers
Who are working in the PCC? University students
How authentic is PCC’s cultural presentation? * Taro potato blended becomes purple, tasteless, nobody wanted to taste it * Genuine Hawaiian food
Staged Authenticity: * Shortened and abbreviated version of the cultural performance * Highlights the parts/ types of cultural performance and crafts which suit tourist taste * Women shaking hips show attractive they are, tourist will understand * Re-create the stage in a more westernized and modern environment * Re-arrange or change some parts so that it makes sense/ acceptable to tourists
Heritage Business:
Maintaining heritage is a wonderful idea but can we sell history and heritage as commodity? * Living heritage village * Culture centre, miniature world – Ex. Japanese/ Korean love miniature world, recreate mist/fog in British village, Canada world, Dutch people/ dancers * Tourist don’t have to visit countries when they visit these culture centre * Museum gallery (historical artifacts, bring in live performers to reenact) * Theme park – Ex. Disney is a American culture
Heritage + Cultural Tourism & Modernization: * Tourists want to see the past or tradition of other country * Stay impoverished – we want to see you as you were * Demonstration Effect? Are locals not allowed to long for a modern and enriched life style? * Should inhabitants in a tourist destination exhibit their daily lives to tourists? Human Zoo? * House above ground to prevent from rain, keep storage dry, from flooding, animals
Sade – A cultural object * Can’t change the way of life, no running water/ electricity because
