Open AccessJudicialization of Culture
Author(s) -
Tuomas Mattila
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ethnologia fennica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.103
0eISSN - 2489-4982
pISSN - 0355-1776
DOI - 10.23991/ef.v47i1.89769
Subject(s) - dialogical self , legal culture , process (computing) , position (finance) , power (physics) , cultural heritage , political science , sociology , environmental ethics , law and economics , law , epistemology , business , computer science , philosophy , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , operating system
Traditional cultures and intangible cultural heritage are undergoing a process of judicialization. Various social and cultural phenomena, such as traditions and tangible or intangible expressions, are increasingly viewed as also having a judicial nature and being redefined in legal discourses. However, a legal definition always implies a position of power, one which may ultimately influence the very substance that the law aims to protect and safeguard. Therefore, judicialization should always be a dialogical process involving legal and cultural expertise, but various cultural stakeholders as well.