Shift into the average or how to combine images of paradise with a war zone: Sri Lanka case

Year, pages: 2012, 499 - 512

Images of ‘paradise’ are average representations of e.g. different sights, beaches, etc. What happens, when a paradise has to incorporate ‘unpleasant’ subjects into its imaginery? Shifting into the average consists of establishing and reproducing conventional hightlights in relation to their shadows. In this vein, also anthropological production is average, its ‘paradise’ being chains of citations, and her shadow mass media practices. However, by continuing to cultivate its etnographic presence, the discipline is moving on. The author explores shifst into, and moves out of the average representations on the case of toursit Sri Lanka.

Kravanja, B. 2012. Shift into the average or how to combine images of paradise with a war zone: Sri Lanka case. In Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology, vol. 60, no.5, pp. 499-512. 1339-9357.

Kravanja, B. (2012). Shift into the average or how to combine images of paradise with a war zone: Sri Lanka case. Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology, 60(5), 499-512. 1339-9357.