Smartmentality in Ljubljana

Johnson, Abbie-Gayle; Rickly, Jullian M.; McCabe, Scott

Abstract

Smart tourism has been advocated as a concept to drive co-produced, technology-based design of tourism-related experiences. Whilst it promises interactivity amongst supply networks, evidence of this outcome is limited. The aim of this paper is to understand how governmentality and power mediate stakeholder engagement and the processes through which smart tourism initiatives become embedded within destination design. To investigate this, the paper draws on Foucauldian governmentality and discourse analysis to examine the technologies of power that serve to position organisations and inhibit or facilitate stakeholder engagement within Ljubljana, Slovenia. As a result, the paper extends resource dependency and collaboration theory in smart tourism.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 31, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Nov 20, 2020
• Publication Date: 2021-01
• Deposit Date: Nov 30, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 21, 2022
• Journal: Annals of Tourism Research
• Print ISSN: 0160-7383
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 86
• Article Number: 103094
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.103094
• Keywords: Foucault, Power, Smart tourism
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5092502
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160738320302383
• Additional Information: This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Smartmentality in Ljubljana; Journal Title: Annals of Tourism Research; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.103094; Content Type: article; Copyright: Crown Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.