Museums and geographies of (national) power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14712551 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ljubica Gavrilović (0000-0003-4296-4599, corresponding author), Ljiljana Gavrilovic |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 37-52 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Glasnik Etnografskog instituta (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0350-0861 • E-ISSN: 2334-8259 |
| Publisher | National Library of Serbia (PUBLISHER • RS) |
| DOI | 10.2298/gei0802037g |
| OpenAlex | W2080884092 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
The paper raises a discussion about the relation of museums and (national) politics, primarily about the concept of 'apolitcism' of museum work, the idea that is spread among many museum workers as reality. I analyze the process of appearing of big museums in Europe and Serbia, as well as the aims of their work, in order to show that museums - from the very beginning of their appearing - function as means for consolidating national borders (outer and inner), teaching about patriotism. I also analyze the influence of German romanticism, that created the illusion of 'apoliticism' of the culture in general, as well as of museums. The change of attitude towards the state-as-nation in contemporary European community means also the change of museologic activities that should take part in the constitution of Europeism/European identity as meta-nation. That change has not still come to museums in Serbia, which points to the fact that society has not changed yet in the direction of appropriating of European values
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Constitution · Europeanisation · German · Illusion · Media studies · National identity · Nationalism · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Law · Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |