Ukraine: Cultural Heritage, National Identity, Statehood

Preambles are parts of constitutions, which are visibly neglected in legal theory and constitutional law. They are defined as solemn introductions to constitutions, which indicate the sovereign, historical and political context of increasing the new constitutional order, main aims and principles – the foundation of constitution. Such elements are also commonly apparent in most of post communist constitutions of European states. The article shows the integrative function of these preambles, achieved by using clauses creating and maintaining the identity of political community. The clauses with this function are identified as: statements regarding national and cultural heritage, declaration of sovereign as people or nation, and expression of common aims and fundamental principles of community. The article investigates these elements in texts of preambles to post-communist constitutions and indicates their role as tending to create the national identity.

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Ethnological motifs in the non-fiction film

10.52603/9789975333788.07 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dumitru Olarescu ◽

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Documentary Film ◽

Research Topic ◽

Native People ◽

Totalitarian Regime ◽

Non Fiction

The possibilities of the documentary film to fix ethnological and ethnographic phenomena in all their audiovisual integrity contributed to the realization of this category of films right from the beginnings of non-fiction cinema. At the «Moldova-film» studio, despite the very vigilant ideological conditions of the totalitarian regime, especially when it came to the cultural heritage of the native people, our filmmakers released a series of films, dedicated to customs, rituals and traditions – important components of our national identity. This category of films has been talked about and written in some specialized studies. The cinematographic works “Trânta/Wrestling” (director Anatol Codru) and “Jocurile copilăriei noastre/The Games of our Childhood” (directors Vlad Druc, Mircea Chistrugă) serve as research topic for us. They are dedicated to popular sports games, which, besides being captivating manifestations that have survived through centuries until the present, are imposed in the context of national identity, but, through this prism, the respective works have not been researched yet.

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New Zealand Vegetarians: At Odds with Their Nation

Society and Animals ◽

10.1163/156853008x357667 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 336-353 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Mandala White ◽

Annie Potts

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

New Zealand ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Meat Production ◽

Animal Farming ◽

Everyday Lives ◽

Nonhuman Animals ◽

New Zealanders

AbstractThis qualitative study, conducted between August and December 2006, explored the opinions and experiences of New Zealanders who challenge orthodox attitudes to the use and consumption of nonhuman animals. To date, New Zealand (NZ) has under-investigated the perspectives of those who oppose animal farming, the eating of nonhuman animals, and the exploitation of nonhuman animals. Agriculture substantially influences the economy and cultural heritage of the nation. Given that national identity in New Zealand strongly associates with farming and meat production, this paper investigates how vegetarians living in this country experience and challenge prevalent imagery and ideas about New Zealand. In particular, the paper examines the ways in which “kiwi” vegetarians are disputing the dominant image of New Zealand as “clean and green” and a land of "animal lovers" and how they are experiencing mainstream (meat-loving) kiwi culture in their everyday lives. The paper also examines some of the more positive aspects for vegetarians of living in New Zealand.

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Shaykh Bakrii Saphalo

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v31i3.286 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 93-118

Author(s):

Mohammed Hassen Ali

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Human Dignity ◽

Tight Control ◽

Eastern Ethiopia ◽

Muslim Scholar ◽

1960S And 1970S ◽

The 1960S ◽

Communication And Technology

Shaykh Bakrii Saphalo was a perceptive Oromo Muslim scholar who used traditional Oromo wisdom to make Islam intelligible to his people and part of their cultural heritage. A gifted poet who wrote in Arabic, Oromo, and Somali, he was persecuted by two successive Ethiopian regimes during the 1960s and 1970s. As an activist scholar, he sought to spread knowledge among the Oromo, who constitute about 40 percent of Ethiopia’s population. Due to the government’s tight control and distance, as well as the lack of modern communication and technology, his effort was limited mainly to the Oromo in Hararghe, eastern Ethiopia. For over six decades Shaykh Bakrii sought to uplift his people and secure respect for their language, culture, human dignity, and national identity. 1 Motivated by his desire to develop the Oromo language, which at that time was banned, he struggled to develop written literature in it. But despite all of these accomplishments, he has been largely forgotten.

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Part V Regional Approaches, Ch.35 Asia

The Oxford Handbook of International Cultural Heritage Law ◽

10.1093/law/9780198859871.003.0035 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Lee Keun-Gwan

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

East Asia ◽

Public Awareness ◽

South East Asia ◽

Underwater Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Objects ◽

Socioeconomic Transformation ◽

International Conventions ◽

Protection Of Cultural Heritage

This chapter explores the protection of cultural heritage in Asia. Rapid socioeconomic transformation in East Asia and South East Asia has posed a serious challenge to the cultural heritage of the sub-regions. The substantial damage and destruction inflicted on the cultural heritage, coupled with the growth of public awareness on its importance for national identity, prompted the governments in the region to take action, in particular through promulgation of the laws and regulations for the protection of cultural heritage. In so doing, the meaning of cultural heritage has generally expanded beyond the traditional, tangible cultural objects into intangible and underwater cultural heritage. A series of international conventions for the protection of cultural heritage, adopted under the auspices of UNESCO, has undoubtedly provided much impetus. Also, the question of return or repatriation of cultural objects to their countries of origin looms increasingly large in Asia.

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Law and the Politics of the Past: Legal Protection of Cultural Heritage in Greece

International Journal of Cultural Property ◽

10.1017/s094073911000024x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 547-568 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Daphne Voudouri

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Legal Protection ◽

Cultural Nationalism ◽

Legal Framework ◽

International Experience ◽

The Past ◽

Source Countries ◽

The Relationship ◽

Of Greece

AbstractThis article examines the main lines of Greek legislation on antiquities and on cultural heritage in general, in the course of its history, with an emphasis on the innovations and continuity of the current Law 3028 of 2002. It attempts to place the Greek case in the context of the relevant international experience and the broader debate about ownership of the past. It throws light on the relationship between the legal framework of antiquities and the formation and fostering of national identity in Greece, and on their close connection with the state, while at the same time criticizing the view that opposes a “cultural internationalist” approach to heritage to the “cultural nationalism” of Greece and other source countries.

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Ferragamo’s shoes: from silent cinema to the present1

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474451406.003.0011 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 125-135

Author(s):

Eugenia Paulicelli

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Early Life ◽

Costume Design ◽

Silent Cinema ◽

Cultural Contexts

This chapter traces the life and career of Italian shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo. Ferragamo’s life and work is a compelling story that helps us understand several cultural contexts and threads that link different worlds and industries: shoes and cinema; Italy and America; cultural heritage and national identity. Ferragamo’s career took him from an early life of hardship in Italy to a career as shoemaker to the stars in Hollywood, where he worked on a number of iconic films, and finally, back to Italy, where he transformed the Italian and global fashion industries, while continuing to influence costume design in Hollywood.

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Reassembling Heritage after the Disaster: On the Sungnyemun Debate in South Korea

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12093903 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 3903

Author(s):

Seunghan Paek ◽

Dai Whan An

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

South Korea ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Network Theory ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Actor Network Theory ◽

The South ◽

The World ◽

Public Meanings ◽

Post Disaster

This article explores the changing values of heritage in an era saturated by an excess of media coverage in various settings and also threatened by either natural or manmade disasters that constantly take place around the world. In doing so, we focus on discussing one specific case: the debate surrounding the identification of Sungnyemun as the number one national treasure in South Korea. Sungnyemun, which was first constructed in 1396 as the south gate of the walled city Seoul, is the country’s most acknowledged cultural heritage that is supposed to represent the national identity in the most authentic way, but its value was suddenly questioned through a nationwide debate after an unexpected fire. While the debate has been silenced after its ostensibly successful restoration conducted by the Cultural Heritage Administration in 2013, this article argues that the incident is a prime example illustrating how the once venerated heritage is reassembled through an entanglement of various agents and their affective engagements. Methodologically speaking, this article aims to read Sungnyemun in reference to the growing scholarship of actor-network theory (ANT) and the studies of heritage in the post-disaster era through which to explore what heritage means to us at the present time. Our synchronic approach to Sungnyemun encourages us to investigate how the once-stable monument becomes a field where material interventions and affective engagements of various agents release its public meanings in new ways.

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Fascism, National Socialism, and the 1939 New York World’s Fair

Fascism ◽

10.1163/22116257-00802008 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 179-218

Author(s):

James J. Fortuna

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

National Identity ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

National Socialism ◽

World's Fair ◽

Economic Pressure ◽

Political Will ◽

Form Function ◽

New York World's Fair ◽

The Relationship

Abstract This article considers the involvement of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It considers the form, function, and content of the Italian Pavilion designed for this fair and asserts that the prefabricated monumental structure would be best interpreted, not in isolation, but as an element of the larger architectural conversation which continued to unfold across contemporary fascist Europe. Such reconsideration of this building makes it possible to evaluate the relationship between Fascist design, the assertion of political will, and the articulation of national identity and cultural heritage within a larger, transnational context. The author also investigates the American exhibition committee’s earnest and persistent, yet ultimately unheeded, solicitation of Nazi German participation and argues that motives behind German withdrawal from this event had as much to do with the threat of popular protest as economic pressure.

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