scholarly journals The Search for Identity: An Anthropological Interpretation of Engaged Research in Paštrovići and the Use of the Concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Identity Political Purposes

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloš Rašić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Political Identity ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
The Political ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Methodological Procedures ◽  
The Given ◽  
The Town

Paštrovići is the name of a clan and of an ethnographic area of the Montenegrin coast stretching from Čanj to Bečići and from the Adriatic Sea to Crmnica. I visited this region twice, in 2017 and 2018, as part of the Etno Lab project, directed by the Bauo Society for Cultural Development from the town of Petrovac by the Sea, with funds and other forms of assistance provided by the Municipality of Budva, the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro, and several local families. The purpose of the stay in Petrovac was engaged field research with the aim of exploring the "traditions" and cultural heritage of Paštrovići, with the intention of mapping potential elements for inscription on the list of Montenegrin intangible cultural heritage. In this paper, I start from the hypothesis that the organization of Etno Lab, the directing of research and, finally, the search for identity markers with a view to having them recognized as important and inscribed on relevant lists by the national state, are precisely a form of reflection of the socio-political identity turmoil which is primarily occurring at the political level in the nation state of Montenegro and then spilling over into social reality, where it assumes various forms. Thus, the paper is divided into four sections: a brief overview of socio-political changes in Montenegro; a discussion of the methodological procedures used in our research and their inadequacies; an anthropological interpretation of the concept and a search for elements of intangible cultural heritage in relation to the identity political uses of the given phenomena. 

Heritage, Land, Labor, and Competing Claims for Afro-Colombian Rights

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Fernanda Escallón
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Transnational Organizations ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
Multiple Meanings ◽  
Cultural Cohesion

Abstract:This article examines the different meanings that rights to land and culture hold in San Basilio de Palenque, an Afro-Colombian community whose “cultural space” was declared by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to be intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2005. I investigate how the language of rights—both communal and individual—operates simultaneously at various registers and is strategically put to work in distinct political spheres. Drawing from ethnographic field research conducted between 2009 and 2013, I argue that while communal rights are invoked to garner recognition from state and transnational organizations like UNESCO, individual rights, conceived as exclusive prerogatives, serve to mark hierarchical distinctions between community members. I examine the paradoxical coexistence of two contradictory claims: one of cultural cohesion and another of social hierarchy. I conclude by questioning how a more nuanced examination of rights discourses in Palenque might contribute to understanding the multiple meanings of rights, not simply across time or space but also in relation to their perceived strategic purpose.

scholarly journals The Political Strategy of a Migrant Candidate in Pilkades of Batu Meranti Village

POLITEA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Pathurrahman Pathurrahman ◽  
Siti Mauliana Hairini ◽  
Muhammad Rico Isra
Keyword(s):  
Political Identity ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Research Techniques ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Winning Team ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Identity Issue

<p>In academic literature, the term political identity such as primordial is nothing new, Clifford Geertz, as an American anthropologist introduced that term in the 1960s. Indonesia as a multicultural nation with diverse identities also has a political identity’s problem even at the national or local level. This study has brings the opponent's argument which found that Primordial issues are not the determinant factor of people's choice in a political election, cause identity was fluid, have interchangeable nature, and related in many aspects. This research used a qualitative method with a study cased approach located in Batu Meranti Villages, in South Kalimantan. Key informants were all of the candidates, the winning team of candidates, KPU, BPD, and the community in Batu Meranti Village. The data collection techniques are carried out by field research techniques, library research techniques, and documentation method techniques. The result was shown that people's perspectives have transformed the identity issue to be habitus of all candidates. The migrant candidate political strategy to win the political scramble was used the harmonization of generated formula to use his personality, economic capital, and most people's concern about those village. The migrant candidates have used the opportunity to show his personality as philanthropist and concern with soccer to get a good image and get support from society. In the end, the personality of a candidate has been replaced by the identity issue in a local election.  </p>

scholarly journals On the Link between the Protection of Minorities' Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Evaluation of Social Sciences and Humanities in the Republic of Serbia: Preliminary Examination of Cross-Study Results

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-390
Author(s):  
Miloš Milenković ◽  
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Marko Pišev ◽  
Jelena Ćuković ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Republic

The results of theoretical and field research into a) the state of protection of minorities' intangible cultural heritage, and b) the evaluation criteria for social sciences and humanities in the Republic of Serbia, indicate a clear and concerning correlation. Seemingly paradoxically, social sciences and humanities in the Serbian language are in an equally unfavorable, undervalued position as is the cultural heritage of minorities relative to that of the majority population's. Analysis suggests that, although they mostly do not perceive themselves in this way, Serbian social sciences and humanities scholars are a vulnerable social group in the sector of science and higher education, in the same sense in which ethnic minorities and communities are in terms of government cultural policy. The paper, based on the conclusions of an analysis of selected cross-study findings of field and theoretical research over a number of years, also proposes how the existing vulnerability factors can be eliminated and future ones prevented, particularly through cooperation between these two, often mutually opposed groups.

scholarly journals URBAN REGENERATION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF IDENTITY PRESERVATION: A CASE STUDY OF TREBINJE’S KRŠ DISTRICT

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siniša Cvijić ◽  
Jasna Guzijan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Identity Preservation ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Town

Established in the first half of the 18th century, the district of Krš in Trebinje was the first settlement to grow upoutside the town walls. It grew up spontaneously in response to the local natural environment and under amixture of Mediterranean and Oriental influences. Since the second half of the 20th century, the district has faceddilapidation, a process that has not been countered yet, despite its recognised value as a cultural asset and thequality of its ambience.In this paper the present state of the district of Krš is analysed, along with the possibility of its adequateprotection relative to the applicable spatial and town plans, town planning ordinance and international charterson the protection of cultural and natural heritage sites. Also considered is the formulation of a special strategythat would help regenerating the area under consideration as well as safeguard its intangible cultural heritage andgenius loci.

scholarly journals Specific Forms of the Safeguarding and Showcasing of Cultural Heritage as Part of Tourism in the High Tatras

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-77
Author(s):  
Zdena Krišková
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Oral Histories ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Interpretative Approach ◽  
The High Tatras ◽  
The Town ◽  
Participatory Observation

This study describes a variety of approaches to communication by museums involved in cultural heritage exchange. It focuses on the High Tatras region, which is the most important centre of tourism in Slovakia. It also looks at the specifics of how tourism developed in the region. The data was collected over a multi-year series of ethnological field research trips, and primarily conducted by means of structured interviews, oral histories and participatory observation. The paper concentrates on shifts in the area of museum communication, from the classical interpretative approach towards exhibitions that present their subject matter in a more flexible way, with a focus on emotional experience.The article aims to use some chosen case studies of small, independent museums and galleries from the town of Vysoké Tatry, in the High Tatras, to highlight the importance of sustainability, especially in terms of the growth of tourism.

scholarly journals The Polish political scene as seen from a small town market

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Malewska-Szalygin
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legislative Language ◽  
The University ◽  
The Town ◽  
Political Scene

This article presents the results of field research carried out in the spring of 2004 in the town of Nowy Targ (Podhale region, Poland), by the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Warsaw. The research was based on open-ended interviews-or rather long conversations-with the vendors in the market square, enabling us to observe the political scene from a particular point of view. They interviews brought out the perception of the authorities 'from below'. This perspective uncovered many aspects of politics that are normally hidden behind the legislative language of the Constitution or even behind the informative language of the mass media.

scholarly journals The Protection of Indonesian Indigenous Heritage in the International Conventions and Their Implication toward Indonesian Law

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Rachmawati Maruf
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Analytical Description ◽  
Property Right ◽  
Intellectual Property Right ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Indigenous Heritage

 As an archipelago,  Indonesia consists of 17.507 islands. The regions of Indonesia have some of their indigenous ethnic groups.  However, in the light of the geographical aspect, Indonesia has 128 ethnics groups which have different cultures. Meanwhile, since the end of 1990s, the topic of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and Indigenous heritage ambit of Intellectual property discussions.  Batik and Angklung  are Indonesian Indigenous heritage which have been acknowledged by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage. One of the purposes of the acknowledgment is  to avoid  any claim from another country which has the same culture. Besides batik and angklung, there are so many indigenous heritages that  have not been acknowledged as Intangible Cultural Heritage. Due to this condition, the research is made to know what the protection should be given by law to Indigenous heritage in international law perspective. There is also how the implementation of International convention to Indonesian law can protect and maintain the cultural heritage.The method used in this study is a juridical normative with the specifications of analytical description. The research was conducted by collecting primary, secondary and tertiary legal materials through library and field research, and then analyzed with qualitative method.Based on the results of this study, it is revealed that: Firstly, the legal basis of the application of the Implementation of Protection of Indonesian Indigenous heritage have been already very relevant but still insufficient in implementation. Hence, it is not impossible that   Indonesian  government can take  economic advantages of Indigenous Heritage.  Secondly, there are various forms  of Legal protection of Indigenous Heritage, these are Law of Intellectual Property Right and Legal Protection besides Intellectual Property.Keyword : Indigenous Heritage, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Intelectual Property Right Law.

scholarly journals Patrimonialization in Mexico: disputes over intangible cultural heritage

Córima ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Blanca Viridiana Aguirre Tejeda ◽  
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César Luis Gilabert Juárez ◽  
Ana María Salazar Peralta
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Economic Valuation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Commercial Use ◽  
The People ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Social Uses

The aim of the article is to analyze the tense and conflictive process of legitimizing intangible cultural heritage (ICP) in order to enhance its value, which, in Mexico, goes through a dispute between the intention of obtaining the maximum commercial use and the best way to protect it. This leads to a political arena in which the different ways of conceiving the management of the ICP and what is expected of it struggle. Frequently, a collision between the interests that move the community to participate and the powers that be motivated by profit. Therefore, the defense of the PCI has to resolve the contradictions between the logic of cultural valuation and the economic valuation. We review how this dispute has unfolded in some communities and localities in Mexico regarding asset activation. Our report illustrates the processes of patrimonialization - the process of construction of the meaning and meaning of the cultural manifestations of the people. We also show various conjugations of the political, economic and social uses of intangible cultural heritage, as well as the effects derived from litigation.

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