This chapter discusses the concept of 'accidental pilgrimage' and how it may become more intentional. To do this, it explores the correspondence between the outer and inner journey through the lens of three pairs of related concepts often used in discussions of pilgrimage, namely tourist/pilgrim,...

This chapter discusses the role pilgrimages play in promoting understanding and unity between the two founding peoples of Aotearoa (New Zealand): Māori (Indigenous) and Pākehā (European). It also discusses how the pilgrimage experiences of New Zealanders continue to bring them into contact with...

This book offers multiple voices and viewpoints on pilgrimage, covering both spiritual and non-spiritual voyages and in particular the theme of reconciliation in all of its many dimensions. The book has 15 chapters presented in three parts with the following headings: (i) peace, human rights and...

This chapter discusses the Yag'ubi Festival, held from 1997 to 2007 in Queensland, Australia. It tells a story of the celebration of diversity and the transformational impacts of the event, but also of its rapid decline and eventual termination.

This book addresses the social and cultural side of events and explores the role they have in fostering change and community development. It examines the transformatory function of events in the context of development studies - as phenomena that can promote and facilitate human development,...

This chapter examines theoretical understandings of the social and human case for events and the belief that they can work as the 'social glue' of communities by aiding capacity building and cementing a sense of place identity (whether a nation, a city or a neighbourhood). By presenting a case...

This chapter examines the diversity of leisure and tourism and the implications of that diversity for policy and planning. While leisure and tourism have been considered in general terms, so have people. The differing needs and demands of various social groups within the community are therefore...