Heritagelore and an Introduction to the Thematic Issue on Culture and Heritage under Construction

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ID3074671
AuthorsLizette Gradén (0000-0002-5617-4945, Lund University Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, corresponding author), Tom O''Dell, Tom O’dell (0000-0002-3242-759X, Lund University), Tom O'Dell (Lund University), Tok Thompson (University of Southern California Anthropology)
Year2021
Volume51
Issue1
Publication date2021-07-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnologia Europaea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0425-4597 • E-ISSN: 1604-3030
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.16995/ee.4373
OpenAlexW3178042620
LanguageEN
References cited11

Taking inspiration in Barbro Klein's work, this article focuses on the production of a particular type of institutional lore that we call heritagelore. Heritagelore, as we are advancing the concept here, is composed of the discursive practices within the walls and the organizations of museums. It is the lore that shapes and at least partially structures the types of stories that directors, museum boards, curators, programing staff, and other museum personnel tell to one another about their institutions. As this article argues, the heritagelore of a museum legitimates certain curatorial perspectives, while making others more difficult to imagine

Aesthetics · Art · Media studies · Sociology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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