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2016, No. (9), Cultural Heritage
Laurajane Smith
The ‘patrimonial mirror’: narcissistic illusion or multiple reflections?
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Keywords: heritage, patrimony, authorized heritage discourse, memory, performance
Abstract: This paper argues that ‘heritage’ is not a ‘thing’, place or an intangible event, but rather it is a performance or cultural process concerned with negotiating, creating and recreating cultural memories, values and meanings. This process is obscured by the authorized heritage discourse (or AHD). The paper critically analyses the AHD and draws on three case studies from England to illustrate some of the cultural work the heritage performance undertakes.
About Author:
LAURAJANE SMITH - Professor in the School of Archaelogy and Anthropology of the Australian National University in Canberra. E-mail: laurajane.smith[at]anu.edu.au.
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