Cultural Heritage: An Introduction to Entanglements of Knowledge, Politics and Property

  • Kristin Kuutma University of Tartu

Abstract

Heritage is today actively implemented in policies globally, and yet the categorisation and instrumentalisation of the realm of cultural heritage entails rather contradictory aspects. In the discourse of culture, heritage is an abstraction, and what it signifies is subject to interpretation. This contribution gives a brief overview of the contemporary discussion of the epistemological and ontological premises of cultural heritage. It has been stated that heritage is a social construction, and a mode of cultural production that emanates from a metacultural relationship. The critical assessment and theorisation of heritage includes an enquiry into tangible and intangible heritagisation, knowledge production, heritage politics, and the question of ownership.
Published
2011-03-21
How to Cite
KUUTMA, Kristin. Cultural Heritage: An Introduction to Entanglements of Knowledge, Politics and Property. Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 2, p. 5-12, mar. 2011. ISSN 2228-0987. Available at: <http://jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/9>. Date accessed: 02 june 2023.
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Issue
Vol 3 No 2 (2009): Cultural Heritage: Entanglements of Knowledge, Creativity and Property I
Section
Articles

Keywords

heritage theorisation; critical assessment; knowledge production
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