Custodians of heritage and faith: Orthodox Christianity in a Russian state museum
International audience This article presents a case study of the 'imperial temple' of the former tsars' palace in Gatchina, a state museum located nearby Saint Petersburg. It illustrates how top-level state policies have allowed professional focus on the religious materiality of the i...
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ftecolephe:oai:HAL:halshs-04228120v1 2024-05-19T07:46:15+00:00 Custodians of heritage and faith: Orthodox Christianity in a Russian state museum Gardiens du patrimoine et de la foi : le christianisme orthodoxe dans un musée d’État russe Tocheva, Detelina Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités (GSRL) École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2022-10-01 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04228120 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04228120/document https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04228120/file/Tocheva_Civilisations.pdf en eng HAL CCSD Université Libre de Bruxelles halshs-04228120 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04228120 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04228120/document https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04228120/file/Tocheva_Civilisations.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2032-0442 Civilisations - revue internationale d'Antropologie et de sciences humaines https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04228120 Civilisations - revue internationale d'Antropologie et de sciences humaines, 2022, Museums and religious heritage: Post-colonial and post-socialist perspectives, 71, pp.115-136 http://journals.openedition.org/civilisations/7160 religion museum curators Russian Orthodox Church Northwest Russia musée conservateurs Eglise orthodoxe russe Russie du Nord-Ouest [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology [SHS.MUSEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Cultural heritage and museology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2022 ftecolephe 2024-04-25T01:04:58Z International audience This article presents a case study of the 'imperial temple' of the former tsars' palace in Gatchina, a state museum located nearby Saint Petersburg. It illustrates how top-level state policies have allowed professional focus on the religious materiality of the imperial past to become linked to the introduction of Orthodox Christian practice. This combination has also resulted from the actors' specific life trajectories and ethical positions, from social relationships and group identities originated in the late-and post-Soviet periods, and from long-term local intra-Orthodox struggles over power and piety. The case study shines a spotlight on the emergence of a post-secular religious heritage complex in Russia. This complex is shaped simultaneously by a secular, formerly atheist, preservationist ethos and by a religious commitment. Cette étude du cas du « temple impérial » de l’ancien château des tsars à Gatchina, un musée public situé près de Saint-Pétersbourg, illustre la manière dont des politiques menées au plus haut niveau de l’Etat ont permis de lier le soin professionnel pour la matérialité religieuse du passé impérial à l’introduction d’une pratique chrétienne orthodoxe. Cette combinaison a aussi résulté des trajectoires de vie spécifiques et des positions éthiques des acteurs, de relations sociales et d’identités collectives issues de la période soviétique tardive et de l’ère postsoviétique, ainsi que de longues luttes intra-orthodoxes locales mettant en jeu pouvoir et piété. L’étude éclaire l’émergence d’un complexe religieux-patrimonial post-séculier en Russie. Ce complexe est modelé simultanément par un éthos séculier, précédemment athéiste, de conservation du patrimoine et par un engagement religieux. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Russia Russie du Nord-Ouest EPHE (Ecole pratique des hautes études, Paris): HAL |
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International audience This article presents a case study of the 'imperial temple' of the former tsars' palace in Gatchina, a state museum located nearby Saint Petersburg. It illustrates how top-level state policies have allowed professional focus on the religious materiality of the imperial past to become linked to the introduction of Orthodox Christian practice. This combination has also resulted from the actors' specific life trajectories and ethical positions, from social relationships and group identities originated in the late-and post-Soviet periods, and from long-term local intra-Orthodox struggles over power and piety. The case study shines a spotlight on the emergence of a post-secular religious heritage complex in Russia. This complex is shaped simultaneously by a secular, formerly atheist, preservationist ethos and by a religious commitment. Cette étude du cas du « temple impérial » de l’ancien château des tsars à Gatchina, un musée public situé près de Saint-Pétersbourg, illustre la manière dont des politiques menées au plus haut niveau de l’Etat ont permis de lier le soin professionnel pour la matérialité religieuse du passé impérial à l’introduction d’une pratique chrétienne orthodoxe. Cette combinaison a aussi résulté des trajectoires de vie spécifiques et des positions éthiques des acteurs, de relations sociales et d’identités collectives issues de la période soviétique tardive et de l’ère postsoviétique, ainsi que de longues luttes intra-orthodoxes locales mettant en jeu pouvoir et piété. L’étude éclaire l’émergence d’un complexe religieux-patrimonial post-séculier en Russie. Ce complexe est modelé simultanément par un éthos séculier, précédemment athéiste, de conservation du patrimoine et par un engagement religieux. |
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ISSN: 2032-0442 Civilisations - revue internationale d'Antropologie et de sciences humaines https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04228120 Civilisations - revue internationale d'Antropologie et de sciences humaines, 2022, Museums and religious heritage: Post-colonial and post-socialist perspectives, 71, pp.115-136 http://journals.openedition.org/civilisations/7160 |
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