Living With Ghosts?
Heritage is commonly understood as denoting sites, objects and traditions that are selected and protected for their uniqueness, monumentality, beauty and/or historical and cultural significance. Heritage, thus, is almost by definition something unquestionably valuable and good, and of outmost import...
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crequinoxpubl:10.1558/jca.21646 2024-06-02T08:13:52+00:00 Living With Ghosts? Soviet Heritage in the Russian North Olsen, Bjornar 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jca.21646 https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/download/21646/25864 unknown Equinox Publishing Journal of Contemporary Archaeology volume 9, issue 1, page 7-22 ISSN 2051-3437 2051-3429 journal-article 2022 crequinoxpubl https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.21646 2024-05-07T13:51:51Z Heritage is commonly understood as denoting sites, objects and traditions that are selected and protected for their uniqueness, monumentality, beauty and/or historical and cultural significance. Heritage, thus, is almost by definition something unquestionably valuable and good, and of outmost importance for our wellbeing and identity. This paper takes a different position and asks what happens if we question heritage’s status as a selected reserve of desired things and traditions. Based on fieldwork conducted in contemporary settlements in the Russian North, it explores how the role and significance we ascribe heritage may come out radically altered upon facing the unruly legacies of the Soviet past. Article in Journal/Newspaper Russian North Equinox Publishing Journal of Contemporary Archaeology 9 1 7 22 |
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Heritage is commonly understood as denoting sites, objects and traditions that are selected and protected for their uniqueness, monumentality, beauty and/or historical and cultural significance. Heritage, thus, is almost by definition something unquestionably valuable and good, and of outmost importance for our wellbeing and identity. This paper takes a different position and asks what happens if we question heritage’s status as a selected reserve of desired things and traditions. Based on fieldwork conducted in contemporary settlements in the Russian North, it explores how the role and significance we ascribe heritage may come out radically altered upon facing the unruly legacies of the Soviet past. |
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