Sense and Essence

Sense and EssenceContrary to popular perceptions, cultural heritage is not given, but constantly in the making: a construction subject to dynamic processes of (re)inventing culture within particular social formations and bound to particular forms of mediation. Yet the appeal of cultural heritage often rests on its denial of being a fabrication, its promise to provide an essential ground to social cultural identities. Taking this paradoxical feature as a point of

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the wells of meaning that nourish the human spirit are polluted or drying up

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