Politicising St. Martin and Constructing Heritage: A Case Study of a Small Town in Croatia
| Autor: | Juraj Belaj, Filomena Sirovica, Petra Kelemen, Marijana Belaj |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Cultural Studies
Cultural identity media_common.quotation_subject Media studies construction Croatia Dugo Selo heritage politicisation selection St. Martin Biology and political orientation Local community Politics Symbol Anthropology Law media_common.cataloged_instance Sociology Ideology European union Communism media_common |
| Zdroj: | Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore. 60:73-92 |
| ISSN: | 1406-0949 1406-0957 |
| DOI: | 10.7592/fejf2015.60.heritage |
| Popis: | The article focuses on the processes of constructing and interpreting heritage and their use in legitimising ideological aims and creating a desired cultural identity of the town. Based on ethnographic records and accounts, news- paper and Internet sources, as well as recent archaeological investigations, the authors trace the positions attributed to St. Martin in the public (re)signifying of Dugo Selo, a small town in Croatia. They present St. Martin's gradual evolution from a saint on the margin of Communism through a local symbol associated with a broader national framework, towards a symbol of the pro-European orientation of the local community in the period when Croatia was politically approaching the European Union. western Croatia, we trace the dynamics of the construction and interpretation of heritage aimed at creating a desired local identity. We observe these processes through three main sequences of the town's recent history, marked by political turbulence and changes in political orientation: through the period of the rule of Communist ideology, the period of gaining Croatia's independence, and the period marked by Croatia's preparations to join the European Union. The paper is based on the available ethnographic archival records covering the 20th century, newspaper records from the mid-20th century to the present, Internet resources, recent archaeological investigations, observations of contemporary public celebrations of St. Martin's Day, as well as interviews. In considering the positions attributed to St. Martin in the public (re)signifying of Dugo Selo, we are interested in the politics and selectivity of heritage. We consider the constructedness and processuality of the heritage and its embeddedness in |
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