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New ARTICLE “Meanings and Uses of Material Cultural Heritage in the Town of Hvar”

New ARTICLE “Meanings and Uses of Material Cultural Heritage in the Town of Hvar”

The journal of Slovak Academy of Sciences Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology has published an article by Jasna Čapo – “Meanings and Uses of Material Cultural Heritage in the Town of Hvar”.

Link to the article in Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology, 2024., vol. 72, no. 3, str. 383 – 406

Summary:

The article takes issue with the distinction between tangible and intangible heritage and the duality between the symbolic and instrumental (profit-generating) value of heritage. Based on ethnographic research in a tourist destination on the Croatian coast, the article interrogates what happens when built culture and urban public spaces are still part of living culture in a locality. It demonstrates dissonant meanings and uses of heritage that arise from the intangible and socially constructed nature of material heritage for local users. Beyond the symbolic and instrumental meanings and uses of heritage, its societal, experiential meaning is underlined as it is a part of living societal culture that is consumed on a daily basis. In the end, the article reflects on the limits of local community engagement in heritage processes.

Project is funded by Slovenian Research Agency

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Project is funded by Croatian Science Foundation

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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology

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ZRC SAZU, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology

ZRC SAZU, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology

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Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research

Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research

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Faculty of Humanities University of Primorska

Faculty of Humanities University of Primorska

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Institute of Contemporary History

Institute of Contemporary History

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