Interaction Between the Secular and the Religious
The Exhibition Latvia’s Century at the National History Museum of Latvia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6147401 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anita Stasulane (0000-0002-9971-6257, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 53-67 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HISTORICKÁ SOCIOLOGIE (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1804-0616 • E-ISSN: 2336-3525 |
| Publisher | Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14712/23363525.2019.16 |
| OpenAlex | W2993837874 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The paper focuses on the interaction between the secular and the religious in the exhibition Latvia’s Century, dedicated to the centenary of the Republic of Latvia, with its narrative being developed by the National History Museum of Latvia. When analyzing the qualitative data obtained through collecting visual information, and undertaking face-to-face in-depth expert interviews and observations, the author explains how the curators have positioned religious objects chronologically in a specific social and political context by using storytelling as the exhibition’s primary interpretative strategy. Compared to the previous period of activity (1945–1990), when the museum was an institution of Soviet ideology, the National History Museum of Latvia has currently developed a new paradigm for the evaluation and interpretation of religion and religious objects. Alongside ethnicity, politics and language, the curators have identified religion as the most important element in Latvia’s formation process. Religion is interpreted as one of Latvia’s constitutive elements in the exhibition, emphasizing that it was society’s major cohesive force in the past, influencing the development of national identity and defining the territorial borders of the Republic of Latvia
Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Ethnic group · Exhibition · Ideology · Institution · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · National identity · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · The Republic · Theology · Anthropology · European Cultural and National Identity · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Museology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |