The social production of ‘attractive authenticity’ at the World Heritage Site of Røros, Norway
The social production of ‘attractive authenticity’ at the World Heritage Site of Røros, Norway
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挪威勒罗斯世界遗产地“有吸引力的真实性”的社会生产
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2011
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Knut Fageraas
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T. Guttormsen;Knut Fageraas
This paper examines how authenticity and its use as a way of conceptualising the past participates in processes of heritage production, which are here defined as both the social construction of heritage sites and the uses of heritage sites as resources to achieve social goals. We argue that the social production of place and the social values generated by place are linked by a common approach based on the use of ‘place attraction’ as a unifying social concept. The World Heritage Site of Røros has as an attractive place become a resource for the production of cultural capital among various stakeholders, taking the form of a large body of ‘heritage knowledges’. However, a symbolic capital production of ‘attractive authenticity’ has today generated an idealised past and a purified iconic image of Røros as World Heritage. The discourse of ‘attractive authenticity’ reveals a conflict of interests where symbolic capital unfolds and makes power relations evident. This exposes a discussion about cultural heritage management practices at World Heritage Sites.