| Events & News - 01.07.2008 09:18 |
Hofer conference: The conference programme |
Andreas Hofer - a hero of tourism? On 5 and 6 September, the Touriseum, the South Tyrolean tourism museum, is holding a conference on this question. You can find the conference programme here. For organisational reasons, conference participants are requested to notify their attendance in advance. Applications are now being taken at the Touriseum and participation in the conference is free. Contributions will be in German, while it is planned to provide summaries in Italian and English in the record of conference proceedings. |
Friday, 5 September – “Images”
09.00 – 09.45 Konrad Köstlin - Opening of the proceedings
09.45 – 10.45 Siegfried de Rachewiltz - Andreas Hofer and Castle Tyrol in visitors’ books and travellers’ accounts
10.45 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00 Martin Steidl - Andreas Hofer - A historical image for young people and South Tyrol
12.00 - 13.00 Elmar Gobbi - A hero crystallises into an image
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch in the castle’s garden restaurant
14.30 - 15.30 Barbara Piatti - Travels with Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell
15.30 - 16.30 Siegfried Steinlechner - The Hofer myth - A never ending story?
16.30 - 16.45 Coffee break
16.45 - 17.45 Roland Halbritter - Mander, es isch Zeit*… for mail art
*Men, the time has come
Saturday, 6 September - “Contexts”
09.00 - 10.00 Claudia Schlager - The exploitation and popularisation of the Hofer myth in the First World War
10.00 - 11.00 Wolfgang Jochberger - 1809 and “battlefield tourism”
11.00 - 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 - 13.15 Harald Pechlaner/Frieda Raich/Monika Mader - A case study of the Passeier valley, homeland of the freedom fighter
Harald Pechlaner/Frieda Raich - Andreas Hofer in hotel names: impact and effects
13.15 - 14.15 Lunch in the castle’s garden restaurant
14.15 - 15.15 Brigitte Strauss/Thomas Ohnewein - Andreas Hofer as perceived by holidaymakers in South Tyrol in 2008
15.15 - 16.15 Barbara Stocker - From freedom fighter to advertising figure
16.15 - 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 - 17.30 Reinhard Johler - Does tourism need heroes?
from 17.30 Konrad Köstlin - Summary and conclusion
(Autore: ohn)
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