The Cycle Tourism and Apparatus of Subjectification in Heritage Space

－A Case Study of Redruth & Chasewater Railway Trail－

Abstract

This article examines the role of disciplinary power in tourism policy and its impacts on cycle tourism in heritage spaces. It defines disciplinary power as an invisible force that regulates individual behavior and uses this as a lens through which to examine the Redruth & Chasewater Railway Trail, a cycle route in Cornwall’s mining area in the UK and part of Cornwall Council’s Mineral Tramways Heritage Project. It argues that, along with the influence of Cornwall Council, the widely recognized authority of Sustrans and the World Heritage Committee enables these authorities to contribute to a structure that regulates tourist behavior along the Redruth & Chasewater Railway Trail. In this sense, it examines how far these authorities have been naturally suited to organizing the trail around principles of disciplinary power.