Recording Life Stories as a Never-Ending Process: Interviewing People by the Museum of the Hlučín Region as a Case Study on Slow Memory
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378076%3A_____%2F24%3A00603870" target="_blank" >RIV/68378076:_____/24:00603870 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sav.sk/?lang=sk&doc=journal-list&part=article_response_page&journal_article_no=36197" target="_blank" >https://www.sav.sk/?lang=sk&doc=journal-list&part=article_response_page&journal_article_no=36197</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/SN.2024.4.38" target="_blank" >10.31577/SN.2024.4.38</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Recording Life Stories as a Never-Ending Process: Interviewing People by the Museum of the Hlučín Region as a Case Study on Slow Memory
Original language description
This article examines the mnemonic work of the Museum of the Hlučín Region in Czechia using the emerging concept of slow memory. It elucidates how the institution endeavours to preserve and transmit the collective memory of the region, establishing a memory canon and disseminating it among younger generations. The mnemonic efforts of the museum are reinforced by its close engagement with the local community, where museum personnel view their role as preserving the region’s memory and cultural heritage for posterity – a process one museum employee describes as ‘rescue archeology’. This study argues that the museum acts to safeguard the memory and identity of the Hlučín community in response to potential erosion due to generational shifts and the influence of Czech society. This case study provides insights into longue durée memory and the institutionalization of memories in the face of accelerated commemoration, emphasizing the significance of the ndividual agency of mnemonic agents.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50404 - Anthropology, ethnology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA22-05263S" target="_blank" >GA22-05263S: Transformation of Silesia 1945-1948</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Slovenský národopis
ISSN
1335-1303
e-ISSN
1339-9357
Volume of the periodical
72
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
SK - SLOVAKIA
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
491-503
UT code for WoS article
001391247500006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85215602376