Museums and geographies of (national) power
The paper raises a discussion about the relation of museums and (national) politics, primarily about the concept of 'apolitcism' of museum work, the idea that is spread among many museum workers as reality. I analyze the process of appearing of big museums in Europe and Serbia, as well as...
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Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade
2008-01-01
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| description | The paper raises a discussion about the relation of museums and (national) politics, primarily about the concept of 'apolitcism' of museum work, the idea that is spread among many museum workers as reality. I analyze the process of appearing of big museums in Europe and Serbia, as well as the aims of their work, in order to show that museums - from the very beginning of their appearing - function as means for consolidating national borders (outer and inner), teaching about patriotism. I also analyze the influence of German romanticism, that created the illusion of 'apoliticism' of the culture in general, as well as of museums. The change of attitude towards the state-as-nation in contemporary European community means also the change of museologic activities that should take part in the constitution of Europeism/European identity as meta-nation. That change has not still come to museums in Serbia, which points to the fact that society has not changed yet in the direction of appropriating of European values. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cb6224e70ab048f7bd1b2eba3d945e4f2022-12-21T23:27:13ZengInstitute of Ethnography, SASA, BelgradeGlasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU0350-08612008-01-01562375210.2298/GEI0802037GMuseums and geographies of (national) powerGavrilović LjiljanaThe paper raises a discussion about the relation of museums and (national) politics, primarily about the concept of 'apolitcism' of museum work, the idea that is spread among many museum workers as reality. I analyze the process of appearing of big museums in Europe and Serbia, as well as the aims of their work, in order to show that museums - from the very beginning of their appearing - function as means for consolidating national borders (outer and inner), teaching about patriotism. I also analyze the influence of German romanticism, that created the illusion of 'apoliticism' of the culture in general, as well as of museums. The change of attitude towards the state-as-nation in contemporary European community means also the change of museologic activities that should take part in the constitution of Europeism/European identity as meta-nation. That change has not still come to museums in Serbia, which points to the fact that society has not changed yet in the direction of appropriating of European values.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2008/0350-08610802037G.pdfmuseumpoliticsnationstatepower |
| spellingShingle | Gavrilović Ljiljana Museums and geographies of (national) power Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU museum politics nation state power |
| title | Museums and geographies of (national) power |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Museums and geographies of (national) power |
| title_short | Museums and geographies of (national) power |
| title_sort | museums and geographies of national power |
| topic | museum politics nation state power |
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