Whose Heritage–Whose Narrative?

Disrupting Place-Based Narratives to Re(claim) Heritage Sites in Political Agendas

Whose heritage? No question could be more central when dealing with cultural heritage. For Cultural Studies pioneer Stuart Hall, it provided a point of departure to discuss how to unsettle “the heritage” as a national tale that proved increasingly incompatible with the diversity of (post)modern society. It is a question that has shaped the critical discourse on heritage for decades, becoming a—if not the—major denominator when it comes to (cultural) heritage and the representation of the past in the present. It demands considering not only who…