EUROHERIT – Legitimation of European cultural heritage and the dynamics of identity politics in the EU

Description

The EUROHERIT project conducted ethnographic field research in 10 countries at 11 sites awarded with the European Heritage Label (EHL) by the European Commission. The field research took place in autumn 2017 and at the beginning of 2018. The field research sites were: Alcide De Gasperi House Museum, Italy; Archaeological Park Carnuntum, Austria; Camp Westerbork, The Netherlands; European District of Strasbourg, France; Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Hungary; Great Guild Hall, Estonia; Hambach Castle, Germany; Historic Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland; Mundaneum, Belgium; Robert Schuman’s House, France; and Sagres Promontory, Portugal. Moreover, the project interviewed European Commission policy officers dealing with cultural heritage and a representative of the European panel (selecting the sites for the European Heritage Label) in Brussels, Belgium. Quantity of the data: The data gathering encompassed a) interviews with key EU heritage officials and a representative of the European panel (n = 7), practitioners working at the selected EHL sites (n = 37), and visitors to these sites (n = 271); b) photos taken by these visitors at the EHL sites (n = 646); c) a survey of national coordinators of the EHL (n = 6 documents) in the selected countries; and d) informal discussions with guides and various stakeholders of the sites, such as the staff of tourist information centers nearby the field research sites. In addition, the data includes multifaceted observation of these sites (e.g. their exhibition narratives) collected as videos, photographs, audio recordings, and notes in field journals and site memos as well as diverse (multimodal) textual material, such as websites, promotional and educational materials, and policy documents. The data also include 16 EHL applications. Formats of the data: - interviews (audio files) and transcriptions (doc.) - EHL materials (pedagogical materials, brochures, books, etc.) - images (photos taken by the researchers and interviewees) (jpeg.) - videos See the appendixes attached: - Information of participants - Descriptions of fieldwork sites - Interview questions - Consent forms English
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Year of publication

2020

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Authors

Musiikin, taiteen ja kulttuurin tutkimuksen laitos

Turunen, Johanna Orcid -palvelun logo - Creator

Lähdesmäki, Tuuli Orcid -palvelun logo - Creator, Rights holder

Mäkinen, Katja Orcid -palvelun logo - Creator

Kaasik-Krogerus, Sigrid Orcid -palvelun logo - Creator

Koistinen, Aino-Kaisa Orcid -palvelun logo - Creator

Ceginskas, Viktorija Orcid -palvelun logo - Creator

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Fields of science

Political science; Other social sciences; History and archaeology; Other humanities

Language

German, English, Estonian, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese

Open access

Restricted access

License

Other (Not Open)

Keywords

Eurooppa, European Union, Euroopan unioni, ethnography, etnografia, cultural heritage, kulttuuriperintö, Europe, EU-politiikka, cultural policy, EU politics, Euroopan komissio, Euroopan kulttuuriperintötunnus, eurooppalainen kulttuuriperintö, European Commission, European cultural heritage, European Heritage Label, heritage, heritage management, heritage policy, kulttuuriperintöhallinto, kulttuuriperintöpolitiikka, kulttuuripolitiikka, perintö

Subject headings

European Union countries, interviews

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