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The interface between everyday life, tourism and tradition : Western Ireland

Boesen, Julia Oliane
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Abstract
The Interface between Everyday Life, Tourism and

Traditions

Doolin is a small village (pop. approx. 600) on the west coast of Ireland, known as

�The Traditional Music Capital of Ireland�. Three local brothers put Doolin on the

musical world map in the 1950s, through their skilful playing of traditional tunes.

Thousands of tourists arrive in Doolin each year, to listen to the music or to

participate in the sessions. Music enthusiasts gather Doolin, site of a hectic music

festival, from late February to late September. Musicians, tourists and guest workers

settle in the village.

My thesis focuses on the visited place. The first chapter gives a brief presentation of

Doolin, setting the village in a greater Irish context, taking into consideration the EU

membership and the development of tourism at the expense of other aspects. The

second chapter looks at the perception and experience of place and landscape. The

first part concentrates on the residents� relation to their surroundings. The second part

looks at the image or myth that surrounds Doolin. The third chapter treats the

residents: native Dooliners and newcomers. The latter are involved in a negotiation of

belonging. Some of the natives take to othering to cope with the flow of tourists and

newcomers. The fourth chapter elaborates on the everyday relation to music in the

context of both residents and tourists, and how the musical expression changes from

low to high season. The fifth chapter looks at the pilgrimage travel to Doolin, because

of the music, but also connected to heritage tourism.

Doolin exists today because of the musical tourism. The music scene in the village

has been strengthened as a result of the incoming musicians. The residents have been

brought closer together faced with the influx of visitors, at the same time they have

attained a high degree of openness and inclusiveness to newcomers, since so many

settle in the village. The small scale of Doolin means than visitors, newcomers and

natives are inevitably faced with each other all the time, and they adjust to one

another learn to exist side by side in some sort of harmony, in spite of their respective

differences.

Julia Oliane Boesen
 
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