Refuge or Resourse: Home and Nostalgia in Postsocialist Estonia
The focus of this article is on nostalgia as it appears in the representations of home decoration in postsocialist Estonia. This theme is explored, describing a dialogue and conflict between different versions relating to the past. The empirical material comprises qualitatively analysed in-depth interviews and articles in home decoration journals from 1997–2008. Examining some dimensions […]
MoreEthnography and Representation: On the Border of the Public and the Private (2004)
Speaking about topical issues in contemporary museology, one often uses the expression “a crisis of representation”. The crisis of representation is actually a broader historical phenomenon encompassing all ideas associated with disciplining and consecrating acts. It seems that this crisis has especially afficted the major ethnological and national history museums that have been part of […]
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