What is Missing and who Misses It? The Hidden Heritage of Modernity at Open-Air Museums in Sweden and Poland

The idea of a permanent public exhibition of translocated pieces of pre-modern folk architecture with their equipment and surroundings emerged fully implemented for the first time on 11 October 1891, when Arthur Hazelius’ Skansen was opened to the public. In many aspects this bottom-up project, by...

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Autor principal:	Łukasz Bukowiecki
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Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2018
Materias:	nostalgia open-air museum modernity heritage Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5d8975156e884930afe1f7b5384ee3432021-11-27T13:14:46ZWhat is Missing and who Misses It? The Hidden Heritage of Modernity at Open-Air Museums in Sweden and Poland10.12797/Politeja.15.2018.52.021733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/5d8975156e884930afe1f7b5384ee3432018-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/145https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 The idea of a permanent public exhibition of translocated pieces of pre-modern folk architecture with their equipment and surroundings emerged fully implemented for the first time on 11 October 1891, when Arthur Hazelius’ Skansen was opened to the public. In many aspects this bottom-up project, by using a ‘translocative’ method of the conservation of monuments and introducing the idea of a ‘living museum’, was ahead of its time, and, hence, very attractive for its followers all over Europe. The origins of the Polish adoption of the Skansen model are associated with the activity of the socially engaged intelligentsia even before Poland regained its independence in 1918. However, a Polish skansen-boom erupted only in the 1960s and 1970s under the rule of the Polish People’s Republic. Nowadays, Sweden is becoming more and more a ‘late’ welfare state, Poland is no longer a communist country, and post-modern Europe misses its modernity perhaps even more strongly than modern Europe yearned for the ‘good old (pre-modern) days’. Nevertheless, the basic hidden modern determinants composing the Skansen itself as well as the Skansen model are still in force and matter. Łukasz BukowieckiKsiegarnia Akademicka Publishingarticlenostalgiaopen-air museummodernityheritageLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 15, Iss 1(52) (2018)
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description	The idea of a permanent public exhibition of translocated pieces of pre-modern folk architecture with their equipment and surroundings emerged fully implemented for the first time on 11 October 1891, when Arthur Hazelius’ Skansen was opened to the public. In many aspects this bottom-up project, by using a ‘translocative’ method of the conservation of monuments and introducing the idea of a ‘living museum’, was ahead of its time, and, hence, very attractive for its followers all over Europe. The origins of the Polish adoption of the Skansen model are associated with the activity of the socially engaged intelligentsia even before Poland regained its independence in 1918. However, a Polish skansen-boom erupted only in the 1960s and 1970s under the rule of the Polish People’s Republic. Nowadays, Sweden is becoming more and more a ‘late’ welfare state, Poland is no longer a communist country, and post-modern Europe misses its modernity perhaps even more strongly than modern Europe yearned for the ‘good old (pre-modern) days’. Nevertheless, the basic hidden modern determinants composing the Skansen itself as well as the Skansen model are still in force and matter.
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title	What is Missing and who Misses It? The Hidden Heritage of Modernity at Open-Air Museums in Sweden and Poland
title_short	What is Missing and who Misses It? The Hidden Heritage of Modernity at Open-Air Museums in Sweden and Poland
title_full	What is Missing and who Misses It? The Hidden Heritage of Modernity at Open-Air Museums in Sweden and Poland
title_fullStr	What is Missing and who Misses It? The Hidden Heritage of Modernity at Open-Air Museums in Sweden and Poland
title_full_unstemmed	What is Missing and who Misses It? The Hidden Heritage of Modernity at Open-Air Museums in Sweden and Poland
title_sort	what is missing and who misses it? the hidden heritage of modernity at open-air museums in sweden and poland
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What is Missing and who Misses It? The Hidden Heritage of Modernity at Open-Air Museums in Sweden and Poland

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