Reviving Authenticity through Traditional Crafts and Folk Art in Hungary

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ID3666908
AuthorsFruzsina Cseh (0009-0001-8595-4115, Hungarian Research Network, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume66
Issue2
Pages581-618
Publication date2023-01-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueActa Ethnographica Hungarica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1216-9803 • E-ISSN: 1588-2586
PublisherAkademiai Kiado Zrt (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1556/022.2021.00039
OpenAlexW4311862205
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Folk art and applied folk art have been constantly shaped by cultural and political actors, as well as social and economic processes and the local society affected by them. In the context of these changes, the definitions of authentic, original, and genuine were given a new interpretation, which can be examined in different contexts. The question of authenticity in material folk art arose shortly after the birth of the concept of folk art and the "discovery" of folk art, and has accompanied the history of the revival of material folk art. Nevertheless, although discourses on the subject have been ongoing for a long time in the fields of folklore, theoretical works dealing with material folk art have not paid much attention to the issue of authenticity. The study first describes the contexts through which the issue of authenticity was articulated in artifact production inspired by folk art. The changed social conditions during the 20th century have also generated, and are still generating, new legal dilemmas in the field of artifact production at both community and individual levels, such as the extent to which folk art is individual or community-owned (taking into account the narrower and wider community), and the copyright of an authentic folk artist or craftsman or a creator recognized as a folk artisan. The questions lead to the evolution of the definition of authenticity and point out, among other things, the role that the issue of authenticity plays in the process of the heritagization of folk art

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Folk culture · Folklore · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy

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