Reconfiguring tradition(s) in Europe: an introduction to the special issue

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica.i.a61948

Keywords:

Tradition, Ethnology, Ritual, Heritage, Cultural change.

Abstract

“Tradition” has been a key concept and object of European ethnology from the foundation of the discipline all the way to intangible cultural heritage policies today. A focus has been given to the cultural and social circulations and permutations affecting traditional facts and has shown the plasticity of “traditions” to (ever-)changing social conditions. Understood as “uses of the past”, these mainly political and sociological understandings of what “tradition” means today need to be complemented with a view on the emotional aspects of this peculiarly human way of imagining and experiencing the world. This text introduces three notions which highlight the experiential dimension of tradition: reenchantment, ritualization, and heritage-making. We hope to forge new paths towards the exploration of all things “traditional” and their cultural dynamics.

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Author Biographies

Cyril Isnart, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

Pesquisador no Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique da Aix Marseille Université. Doutor em Antropologia pela Université de Provenc.

Alessando Testa, Charles University

Professor associado da Faculty of Social Sciences. Doutor em Antropologia pela University of Florence.

Bruno Ferraz Bartel, Programa de Pós-graduação em Antropologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em Antropologia da Universidade Federal do Piauí. Doutor em Antropologia pela Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Published

2024-04-01

How to Cite

Isnart, C., Testa, A., & Bartel, B. F. (2024). Reconfiguring tradition(s) in Europe: an introduction to the special issue. Antropolítica - Revista Contemporânea De Antropologia, 56(1). https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica.i.a61948

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Dossiê Temático