Narrating Cultural Heritage
In this article, I investigate some of the elements and mechanisms involved in the process in which cultural heritage, in the form of narrated local history, emerges. My argumentation is that certain collectively known phenomena achieve such a strong agency of their own that they have the power to f...
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| description | In this article, I investigate some of the elements and mechanisms involved in the process in which cultural heritage, in the form of narrated local history, emerges. My argumentation is that certain collectively known phenomena achieve such a strong agency of their own that they have the power to force themselves into individuals’ life histories. In analogy with Albert Eskeröd’s concept dominant of tradition, I suggest that these elements from local and national history be called dominant units. The interplay between several individual narratives in a local community and the collective elements takes the form of a joint negotiating process, generating agreements and discrepancies, shared ‘truths’ and contested disagreements, the acceptance of shared local symbols and the forgetting of less captivating material. The emerging products of such processes are grand narratives in different degrees of development circulating at different levels and in different cultural arenas in a community. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-20abd8c647404f348129ec9de0a8b7cd2025-02-02T14:00:04ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics1736-65182228-09872011-03-014163736Narrating Cultural HeritageUlf Palmenfelt0Gotland UniversityIn this article, I investigate some of the elements and mechanisms involved in the process in which cultural heritage, in the form of narrated local history, emerges. My argumentation is that certain collectively known phenomena achieve such a strong agency of their own that they have the power to force themselves into individuals’ life histories. In analogy with Albert Eskeröd’s concept dominant of tradition, I suggest that these elements from local and national history be called dominant units. The interplay between several individual narratives in a local community and the collective elements takes the form of a joint negotiating process, generating agreements and discrepancies, shared ‘truths’ and contested disagreements, the acceptance of shared local symbols and the forgetting of less captivating material. The emerging products of such processes are grand narratives in different degrees of development circulating at different levels and in different cultural arenas in a community.https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/6narrated life historydominant unitsgrand narrativesdegree of collectivitylevel of participation |
| spellingShingle | Ulf Palmenfelt Narrating Cultural Heritage Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics narrated life history dominant units grand narratives degree of collectivity level of participation |
| title | Narrating Cultural Heritage |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Narrating Cultural Heritage |
| title_short | Narrating Cultural Heritage |
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| topic | narrated life history dominant units grand narratives degree of collectivity level of participation |
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