Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept

Umbach, Maiken; Humphrey, Mathew

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“…Authenticity is a dynamic concept whose meaning changes over time and may not be captured in a single definition (Brewer et al 2014;Enli 2015). Many scholars nonetheless agree that authenticity can be understood as a social construct encompassing the degree to which someone is and remains true to himself or herself (Gaden and Dumitrica 2015;Liu et al 2015;Umbach and Humphrey 2018). This allows to distinguish authenticity from related but different concepts like sincerity and integrity (Stiers et al 2019).…”

Section: Constructing Political Authenticitymentioning

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Political Authenticity: Conceptualization of a Popular Term

Luebke

2020

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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Authenticity is a prominent concept in current political discourse. Its popularity in political communication has also inspired a growing but still fragmented body of research in communication science. Since this field lacks an integrative conceptualization, this article aims to clarify political authenticity for academic discourse and as a research object for communication science. The article provides a narrative review of research on authenticity in political communication and proposes an understanding of political authenticity as a social construction which is created and negotiated in complex communication processes among politicians, the media, and the audience. I propose performed, mediated, and perceived political authenticity as three analytic perspectives to deconstruct these complex processes and to link political authenticity with media and communication literature. Finally, I derive four dimensions of political authenticity (consistency, intimacy, ordinariness, and immediacy) and corresponding indicators that will help to operationalize it as a strategy by politicians, a product from mediation processes, and as an audience perception.

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Section: Constructing Political Authenticitymentioning

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Political Authenticity: Conceptualization of a Popular Term

Luebke

2020

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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“…The research highlights how the revival of traditional products does not follow a search for cultural authenticity (Umbach and Humphrey, 2017). It suggests reading the phenomenon via an exploration of the link between the gastronomic offering and the specificity of the local agri-food market.…”

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Traditional Products and New Developments in the Restaurant Sector in East Africa. The Case Study of Nakuru County, Kenya

Zocchi

Fontefrancesco

2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Over the last 20 years, we have witnessed worldwide a renewed interest in local food products and traditional cuisine. Addressing this demand, the catering industry has played a pivotal role in reviving local food heritage and traditions. While several studies have explored the evolution of this trend in Europe, little attention has been given to this phenomenon in contemporary Africa. To partially fill this gap in the literature, we conducted an ethnographic study to investigate the role of the catering sector in recovering and promoting food and gastronomic heritage in Nakuru County, an emerging Kenyan agricultural and tourist hub. Specifically, we aimed at understanding the main drivers behind the offering and demand for traditional ingredients and recipes. Fieldwork was conducted through the analysis of 41 restaurants and hotels, and data collection was completed through semi-structured interviews with 51 professionals, including owners, food and beverage managers, and chefs. We reported 33 recipes and ingredients tied to Kenyan culinary traditions. Some differences in the role of Kenyan cuisine emerged, with the differentiation mostly linked to the customer profiles. In particular, attention toward traditional foods was more accentuated in restaurants aimed at middle- and high-income Kenyan customers and for specific products namely African leafy vegetables and indigenous chicken, locally known as kuku kienyeji. Concurrently, we discovered that the inclusion of these products on the restaurant menus implied an incipient localization of the food supply chains based on self-production or direct commercial relationships with small-scale producers. The research highlighted how the relaunch of traditional food and cuisine develops from a demand for healthy and natural products rather than a search for cultural authenticity. Based on the specificities of the local market, this fosters the creation of alternative supply strategies to cope with the poor quality of ingredients, price fluctuations, and discontinuity of the supply. In this sense, the research suggests also considering tangible factors linked to the technological and logistical conditions of the trade and safety of food to understand the drivers behind the rediscovery of local and traditional foods.

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“…In video games, historical authenticity (also known as selective authenticity) has been described as a form of artistic license in which historical representation is blended with audience expectations to create an authentic historical experience and immersive gameplay (Salvati & Bullinger, 2013). Therefore, historical authenticity is socially constructed and results from players expectations and perceptions (Fless et al, 2016; Umbach & Humphrey, 2018). Indeed, it also would be possible for a game with a high level of historical accuracy to be considered historically inauthentic by players if its historical fidelity ran counter to their expectations (Newman, 2019).…”

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Exploring Player Understandings of Historical Accuracy and Historical Authenticity in Video Games

Burgess

Jones

2021

Games and Culture

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Video games such as the successful Assassin’s Creed series allow consumers to engage with various historical contexts and to explore them in engaging and influential ways. However, it is unclear what consumers understand as the difference between the historical authenticity and historical accuracy used by developers in these games. Therefore, this research explored players of Assassin’s Creed games’ understanding of these two concepts and how they expected developers to utilize them. The study used a qualitative analysis of 959 online forum comments and an online survey with 88 respondents. While it was found that players understood historical accuracy and valued it in video games, historical authenticity prompted confusion with 43% describing it as the same as historical accuracy. The results were used to develop a new player-centric definition of historical authenticity to clarify player understandings and present useful and practical implications for developers and publishers.

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Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept

Cited by 66 publications

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Political Authenticity: Conceptualization of a Popular Term

Political Authenticity: Conceptualization of a Popular Term

Traditional Products and New Developments in the Restaurant Sector in East Africa. The Case Study of Nakuru County, Kenya

Exploring Player Understandings of Historical Accuracy and Historical Authenticity in Video Games

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