mersiowsky - 8-16-2022 at 09:42 PM
Lětopis Abstract 2022 1: Hagemann, Jenny: On the Wendish Cry of Distress and the Sorbian Strongholds. The Harnessing and Appropriation of
Cultural Heritage in the Protest Movements in Wendland and Lusatia.
The socio-cultural process of cultural heritage is always linked to power dynamics and participation, according to the findings of contemporary
heritage studies. Because cultural heritage represents an extremely influential discourse, in which our perception and reception of the past is
negotiated, particular importance is attributed to the negotiation of collective ‘identities’. It can and is used to achieve political participation.
This article examines how cultural heritage is used as a means of bringing about civil protest and which historical, and contemporary circumstances,
influence this harnessing of the heritage. Using selected examples from anti-nuclear protests in the Wendland and those against the destruction of
villages because of open-cast mining for lignite in Lusatia, comparisons are made as to how much strategic value is put on the Slavic history of both
regions.