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

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Thematic Dossier

How to Cite

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