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Introduction : Europe, Heritage and Memory-Dissonant Encounters and Explorations (2019)

van Huis, Iris; Kaasik-Krogerus, Sigrid; Lähdesmäki, Tuuli; Ellena, Liliana (2019). Introduction : Europe, Heritage and Memory-Dissonant Encounters and Explorations. In Lähdesmäki, Tuuli; Passerini, Luisa; Kaasik-Krogerus, Sigrid; van Huis, Iris (Eds.) Dissonant Heritages and Memories in Contemporary Europe, Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-21. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11464-0_1

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All authors or editors: van Huis, Iris; Kaasik-Krogerus, Sigrid; Lähdesmäki, Tuuli; Ellena, Liliana

Parent publication: Dissonant Heritages and Memories in Contemporary Europe

Parent publication editors: Lähdesmäki, Tuuli; Passerini, Luisa; Kaasik-Krogerus, Sigrid; van Huis, Iris

ISBN: 978-3-030-11463-3

eISBN: 978-3-030-11464-0

Journal or series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict

Publication year: 2019

Pages range: 1-21

Number of pages in the book: 294

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place of Publication: Cham

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11464-0_1

Open Access: Publication published in an open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/65331

Abstract

The introduction to Dissonant Heritages and Memories in Contemporary Europe theoretically grounds the book’s various problematizations of heritage and identity struggles in Europe today, including the heritage policies of the EU and other intergovernmental organizations, struggles over ethnographic and historical exhibitions, activist practices, and dissonant memories. By discussing these struggles and their problematizations, the introduction connects the book to a wide range of ongoing debates across the humanities and social sciences. At the same time, it discusses how convergences and divergences within and between the volume’s chapters foster new insights regarding the concepts of dissonant heritage (transnational) memory, and Europe. The book thus builds on a wide array of theory from interdisciplinary fields, ranging from memory and heritage studies, social sciences, and postcolonial theory, while also adding new insights based on empirical research, specifically concerning the understanding and use of the concept of dissonance.

Keywords: cultural heritage; collective memory; European identity; cultural identity; contradictions

Free keywords: Europe

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