Original scientific paper
IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION AND MUSEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE COMMUNITY CULTURE IN ISTRIA (Summary)
Lidija Nikočević
; Etnografski muzej Istre, Trg Istarskgo razvoda 1275 br.1, Pazin, Hrvatska
Abstract
The role of a regional ethnographic museum is considered, whose professionals are
aware of the fact that today, when interpreting culture in a museum, one should take into
account local voices, i.e. the view from within. However, some community
representatives have influential, yet individual and personal ways of interpreting local
culture in question, that can differ from the other community members views, and
especially from the ethnographer’s conclusion. Some other communities invent new
traditions. In the text, two such examples from Istria are described. Various approaches
are discussed on how ethnographers that interprete source communities should act and
what dillemas arise in such situations.
Keywords
culture; museums; ethnography; communities; Istria; the invention of tradition; local voices
Hrčak ID:
22903
URI
Publication date:
17.4.2008.
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