Open AccessThe Anthropology of Cultural Heritage in Europe
Author(s) -
Alessandro Testa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
traditiones - inštitut za slovensko narodopisje, ljubljana/traditiones
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.298
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1855-6396
pISSN - 0352-0447
DOI - 10.3986/traditio2021500102
Subject(s) - anthropology , ethnography , cultural heritage , cultural anthropology , sociology , history , archaeology
This article offers an overview of the origins and development of the anthropology of cultural heritage in Europe, tracing its main genealogical lineages stemming from kindred disciplines and methods in a comparative fashion. This brief genealogy is then complemented by a set of considerations and observations about the author’s personal ethnographic explorations of various European countries and regions, again with the aim of fruitful comparison. The article discusses how the anthropology of cultural heritage in Europe emerged, where it stands now, and where it might be going.