Abstracts
Abstract
Discussions about the issues of heritage and ownership of culture have become especially heated in the current political climate in Ukraine. In the process of re-writing the Soviet historical narrative and re-claiming their national and cultural identity, it is very important for Ukrainians to mark their geographical and cultural borders. Heritagization plays an extremely important role in this process. In this paper, I use the example of Petrykivka painting as a case study to illustrate the current tendencies and problems with claiming heritage. Deploying the tools of critical heritage studies, I want to explore two themes: 1) how the process of heritagization has been a political act, used both by the Soviets and in independent Ukraine, but with different agendas; and 2) the long-standing effects of such heritagization and involvement of international cultural organizations in it.
Résumé
Les discussions sur les questions de patrimoine et de propriété culturelle sont devenues particulièrement animées dans le climat politique actuel en Ukraine. Dans le processus de réécriture du récit historique soviétique et de revendication de leur identité nationale et culturelle, il est très important pour les Ukrainiens de marquer leurs frontières géographiques et culturelles. La patrimonialisation joue un rôle extrêmement important dans ce processus. Dans cet article, j’utilise l’exemple de la peinture de Petrykivka comme étude de cas pour illustrer les tendances et les problèmes actuels liés à la revendication du patrimoine. En déployant les outils des études critiques du patrimoine, je souhaite explorer deux thèmes : 1) comment le processus de patrimonialisation a été un acte politique, utilisé à la fois par les Soviétiques et dans l’Ukraine indépendante, mais avec des agendas différents ; et 2) les effets à long terme d’une telle patrimonialisation et de l’implication des organisations culturelles internationales dans celle-ci.
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