Everyday aesthetics on staycation as a pathway to restoration
Besson, A. (2017). Everyday aesthetics on staycation as a pathway to restoration. International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 4(2), 34-52. http://www.ijhcs.com/index.php/ijhcs/article/view/3085
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This multidisciplinary study enforces a suggested link between everyday aesthetic
experiences and restoration. The studied phenomenon is staycation, a short-term holiday
spent at home or at one’s home region, to identify how people use a (culturally) familiar
environment for everyday aesthetic enjoyment and how that influences restoration. This focus
minimises the potential effect of long-distance travel, novelty and escapism to restoration.
Staycation has not been studied before from the perspective of everyday aesthetics and
restoration. I explore staycation through a lens of qualitative media analysis; history and
empirical research of holiday-making; and theories in everyday aesthetics.
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