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Heritage, the power of the past, and the politics of (mis)recognition

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ID8975705
AuthorsL Smith (0000-0002-8852-6976, Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies The Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume52
Issue4
Pages623-642
Publication date2022-06-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jtsb.12353
OpenAlexW4283457324
LanguageEN
Citations received46
References cited47

Heritage sites and places are often mobilized to represent a group's identity and sense of place and belonging. This paper will illustrate how heritage and museum visiting, as a leisure activity, facilitates or impedes recognition and redistribution in direct and indirect ways. Drawing on extensive qualitative interviews with visitors to 45 heritage sites and museums in the USA, Australia, and England, the paper demonstrates the importance of emotions in mundane struggles over recognition and misrecognition. How emotions uphold or challenge investments in heritage narratives are examined. The paper argues that heritage and heritage‐making is a valuable focus of analysis that reveals the nuances of how people sustain or impede claims for recognition and redistribution

Aesthetics · Art · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Environmental ethics · Heritage tourism · Identity (music · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Redistribution (election · Sociology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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Citations per year11,5
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 42

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