This afterword offers insights into the ideation of this edited book and how the editors determined a dedicated text on festivals and edutainment was necessary. It also presents a review of the collection of chapters, with particular attention to the notable conclusions that were revealed throughout in support of the book’s themes: planning edutainment, audience engagement, sustainability and EDI, and experiencing edutainment. Importantly, this chapter offers a practical review of the future of edutainment within festival experiences by drawing on post-COVID reporting and advancements in technology. In closing, this chapter offers a conceptual model, which builds upon the contributing authors’ notable conclusions, to prompt necessary future research into further exploring the relationships between festivals and edutainment.
Wyatt, Brianna Rossetti, Giulia
Oxford Brookes Business School
Year of publication: 2023Date of RADAR deposit: 2023-05-17
"This is the accepted manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Festivals and Edutainment in 2023,available online: https://www.routledge.com/Festivals-and-Edutainment/Rossetti-Wyatt-Ali-Knight/p/book/9781032304991."