Creating and Dealing with Cultural Heritage in the Erzgebirge Region – A Field Report
In summer 2009 I carried out initial field research for my dissertation project in the Erzgebirge, a mountain range divided by the Czech-German border – which separates it into a Saxon and Bohemian side – and which is famous for handmade wood arts. Initially my research concerned the question if, an...
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| description | In summer 2009 I carried out initial field research for my dissertation project in the Erzgebirge, a mountain range divided by the Czech-German border – which separates it into a Saxon and Bohemian side – and which is famous for handmade wood arts. Initially my research concerned the question if, and if so how, property claims on wood arts are negotiated in international, national, and local contexts. The ongoing preparation for Montanregion Erzgebirge (the Erzgebirge Mining Region) to be nominated as a UNESCO Cultural Landscape widened my interest. Using this example of World Heritage in the making I enquire who the initiators are, what possible resistance there is, how the selection processes for entry onto the preliminary list of artefacts unfolds, and how the selected elements are interpreted. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ff1b3d5ad7f24fa3be74700fa2f6220c2025-02-02T18:43:54ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics1736-65182228-09872011-03-0132657413Creating and Dealing with Cultural Heritage in the Erzgebirge Region – A Field ReportArnika Peselmann0Georg-August-Universität GöttingenIn summer 2009 I carried out initial field research for my dissertation project in the Erzgebirge, a mountain range divided by the Czech-German border – which separates it into a Saxon and Bohemian side – and which is famous for handmade wood arts. Initially my research concerned the question if, and if so how, property claims on wood arts are negotiated in international, national, and local contexts. The ongoing preparation for Montanregion Erzgebirge (the Erzgebirge Mining Region) to be nominated as a UNESCO Cultural Landscape widened my interest. Using this example of World Heritage in the making I enquire who the initiators are, what possible resistance there is, how the selection processes for entry onto the preliminary list of artefacts unfolds, and how the selected elements are interpreted.https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/13cultural heritagefolk artproperty claimsUNESCO cultural landscapeErzgebirge |
| spellingShingle | Arnika Peselmann Creating and Dealing with Cultural Heritage in the Erzgebirge Region – A Field Report Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics cultural heritage folk art property claims UNESCO cultural landscape Erzgebirge |
| title | Creating and Dealing with Cultural Heritage in the Erzgebirge Region – A Field Report |
| title_full | Creating and Dealing with Cultural Heritage in the Erzgebirge Region – A Field Report |
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| title_short | Creating and Dealing with Cultural Heritage in the Erzgebirge Region – A Field Report |
| title_sort | creating and dealing with cultural heritage in the erzgebirge region a field report |
| topic | cultural heritage folk art property claims UNESCO cultural landscape Erzgebirge |
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