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2. 1. Lighting candles before a headless Jesus : sacred heritage, heritagized sacredness, and the many journeys between categories

   Author : Helena Wangefelt Ström; Anna Foka; Federico Barbierato; Sabina Brevaglieri; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sacred heritage; religious heritage; heritage; heritagization; material religion; early modern Italy; early modern Rome; early modern Venice; collections; Catholic history; early modern travelers; religious conflict; post secularism; museums; museology; heritage studies; uses of heritage; religiöst kulturarv; sakralt kulturarv; kulturarv; kulturarvifiering; materiell kultur; materialitet; tidigmodern historia; tidigmoderna Italien; Rom; Venedig; samlingar; samlande; katolsk historia; postsekularism; museologi; kulturarvsstudier; museer; tidigmodernt resande; religionskonflikt; kulturarvsbruk; museology; museologi;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis, situated within Museology and Heritage Studies, is to investigate the different modes and devices of transfer between sacredness and heritage. The research question, 'What happens in the transfer between heritage and sacredness?', is investigated as production of sacred heritage in early modern Europe and specifically Sweden, Rome, and Venice (Part I), and as uses of the sacred as heritage in different times and contexts (Part II). READ MORE

4. 2. Renewal and Heritage : The Quest for Authenticity in Hasan Hanafi's Islamic Ideology

   Author : Susanne Olsson; David Westerlund; Eva Evers Rosander; Leif Stenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islamologi; authenticity; continuity; Establishment Islam; globalisation; heritage; Islamism; Occidentalism; renewal; sacred authority; asalah; ijtihad; tawhid; turath; Islamologi; Islamology; Islamologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : This study presents and analyses a contemporary interpretation of Islam by the Egyptian thinker Hasan Hanafi. His ideas are analysed in a perspective of the history of ideas where both Islamic and Western influences are taken into consideration. READ MORE

5. 3. Contested Landscapes/Contested Heritage : history and heritage in Sweden and their archaeological implications concerning the interpretation of the Norrlandian past

   Author : David Loeffler; Lars Larsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Scandinavia; Sweden; Norrland; Norrbotten; Västerbotten; Lappland; Ångermanland; Medelpad; Jämtland; Härjedalen; Hälsingland; Gästrikland; history; prehistory; archaeology; philosophy; antiquarianism; heritage; cultural management; identity; Fleck; thought-collective; thought-style; colonialism; colony; periphery; hinterland; kingdom; empire; industrialism; nationalism; romanticism; Sámi; Stone Age; Mesolithic; Neolithic; semi-subterranean; dwelling; typology; C14; shoreline displacement; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Archaeology; arkeologi;

   Abstract : This case study explores how geo-political power structures influence and/or determine the conception, acceptance and maintenance of what is considered to be valid archaeological knowledge. The nature of this contingency is exemplified through an examination of how the prehistory of Norrland, a region traditionally considered and portrayed as peripheral vis-à-vis the centre-South, was interpreted and presented by Swedish archaeologists during the 20th century. READ MORE

6. 4. Heritage in Authority-Making : Appropriating Interventions inThree Socio-Political Contexts

   Author : Feras Hammami; Göran Cars; Lars Orrskog; Kristina Grange; Laurajane Smith; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; heritage; meaning; authority; discourse; appropriation; historic environments; kulturarv; mening; auktoritet; diskurs; historisk miljö;

   Abstract : The perpetual evolution of the value of heritage in urban development is producing newsocio-spatial realities, shaped by different relationships of power at multiple scales.Heritage has always played an important role in the construction of individual andgroup identities, but is now increasingly seen as a capital for the making of cityidentity. READ MORE

7. 5. Managing Ecclesiastical Heritage - Transformation of Discourses, Roles and Policy in Sweden

   Author : Maria Nyström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; religious heritage; discourse analysis; heritage management; Sweden; ecclesiastical heritage; institutional roles; policy; churches;

   Abstract : Religious heritage is in a state of transformation. Changing religious practices and secularization affect the established Christian congregations in many countries, as membership decreases and churches close. During recent years, new approaches to use and develop churches have been explored by the heritage field and the Christian congregations. READ MORE