Heritage, the power of the past, and the politics of (mis)recognition

Heritage sites and places are often mobilized to represent a group's identity and sense of place and belonging. This paper will illustrate how heritage and museum visiting, as a leisure activity, facilitates or impedes recognition and redistribution in direct and indirect ways. Drawing on exten...

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Published inJournal for the theory of social behaviour Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 623 - 642
Main Author Smith, Laurajane
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2022
Subjects
Acknowledgment
affect
Belonging
Cultural heritage
emotion
Emotions
Group identity
heritage
Leisure
misrecognition
Museums
recognition
Recreation
Redistribution
Sense of place
Visitors
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Summary:Heritage sites and places are often mobilized to represent a group's identity and sense of place and belonging. This paper will illustrate how heritage and museum visiting, as a leisure activity, facilitates or impedes recognition and redistribution in direct and indirect ways. Drawing on extensive qualitative interviews with visitors to 45 heritage sites and museums in the USA, Australia, and England, the paper demonstrates the importance of emotions in mundane struggles over recognition and misrecognition. How emotions uphold or challenge investments in heritage narratives are examined. The paper argues that heritage and heritage‐making is a valuable focus of analysis that reveals the nuances of how people sustain or impede claims for recognition and redistribution.
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ISSN:0021-8308
1468-5914
DOI:10.1111/jtsb.12353