Macedonia, UNESCO, and Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Challenging Fate of Teškoto

Silverman, Carol

doi:10.2979/jfolkrese.52.2-3.233

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“…Na listama, kako nacionalnim, tako i na svetskim nalaze se i različiti elementi "koji su 'živi' na problematičan način", pa shodno tome ne sumnjam da bismo i paštrovsku svadbu mogli da zaštitimo, makar kao element NKN-a Crne Gore (Gavrilović 2011, 166). Kako to pojedini autori kažu, postoje istraživači koji su "otvoreniji" za primenu Konvencije (Silverman 2015), na taj način što prenebregavajući pojedinačna pravila upisuju fenomene kojima nije mesto na NKN listama. Međutim, takav način zaštite elemenata koji su živi na problematičan način povlači za sobom različite disciplinarne i lične etičke dileme, dok ujedno ima veze i s istraživačkim duhom onog koji se bavi određenim fenomenom -u skladu s iskustvom, obrazovanjem i svešću istraživača, zavisi i kako će pristupiti određenim pitanjima i problemima.…”

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“…U celoj trci za upis elemenata na liste NKN-a previđa se i činjenica da određeni fenomeni ne moraju nužno da se nađu na datim listama kako bi činili ključan identitetski marker lokalne/etničke/nacionalne zajednice. Karol Silverman to ilustruje na primeru tradicionalnog plesa teškoto, koje je u Makedoniji postalo prepoznatljiv nacionalni simbol, iako je čak dva puta bilo odbijeno za upis na odgovarajuće nacionalne/svetske liste UNESCO-a (Silverman 2015). Slično teškotom, paštrovska svadba već ima svoje značajno mesto u lokalnoj tradiciji Paštrovića i ideja o njoj zaista predstavlja važan konstituent kulturnog identiteta ove primorske zajednice, uprkos tome što ona kao fenomen ne bi mogla da se upiše na listu nematerijalnog kulturnog nasleđa Crne Gore, budući da tu nije reč o "živom fenomenu".…”

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The Search for Identity: An Anthropological Interpretation of Engaged Research in Paštrovići and the Use of the Concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Identity Political Purposes

Rašić¹

2021

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Paštrovići is the name of a clan and of an ethnographic area of the Montenegrin coast stretching from Čanj to Bečići and from the Adriatic Sea to Crmnica. I visited this region twice, in 2017 and 2018, as part of the Etno Lab project, directed by the Bauo Society for Cultural Development from the town of Petrovac by the Sea, with funds and other forms of assistance provided by the Municipality of Budva, the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro, and several local families. The purpose of the stay in Petrovac was engaged field research with the aim of exploring the "traditions" and cultural heritage of Paštrovići, with the intention of mapping potential elements for inscription on the list of Montenegrin intangible cultural heritage. In this paper, I start from the hypothesis that the organization of Etno Lab, the directing of research and, finally, the search for identity markers with a view to having them recognized as important and inscribed on relevant lists by the national state, are precisely a form of reflection of the socio-political identity turmoil which is primarily occurring at the political level in the nation state of Montenegro and then spilling over into social reality, where it assumes various forms. Thus, the paper is divided into four sections: a brief overview of socio-political changes in Montenegro; a discussion of the methodological procedures used in our research and their inadequacies; an anthropological interpretation of the concept and a search for elements of intangible cultural heritage in relation to the identity political uses of the given phenomena.

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The Search for Identity: An Anthropological Interpretation of Engaged Research in Paštrovići and the Use of the Concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Identity Political Purposes

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2021

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“…Ethnocentric national identity symbols by definition exclude Albanian, Romani, and other ethnic minorities in Macedonia. Carol Silverman (2015) argues that the roles of Romani musicians can be minimized (or erased) when they are involved in certain practices marked as national symbols constructed around a Macedonian ethnicity. See also Seeman (2012).…”

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“…Participating in the wedding 20. See Silverman (2015) for more details on the history of the Galicnik Wedding; see Kuppers Sonennberg (1941) for ethnographic description of earlier iterations of the ritual. 21.…”

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“…By then, the Wedding had been subject to a state-supported heritagization and festivalization process for several decades. Precisely because no grassroots element was present, the application was rejected (see Silverman (2015) for an analysis of the application). The Galicnik Wedding has become a classic example of heritage that has involved the construction of staged authenticities.…”

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Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Republic of Macedonia

Serafimovska¹,

Wilson²,

Tatarčevska³

2016

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In this article we examine the way local, national, and regional politics affect the policies and practices of “intangible cultural heritage” (ICH)—a notion derived from the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage—in two detailed case studies from the Republic of Macedonia. While our conclusions are particular to our case studies, we hope that researchers in other national settings will find them useful for describing and analysing their own situations. We begin with a discussion of heritagization and recontextualization, which are inherent in ICH safeguarding processes. Next, we provide background on the external contestation of a distinct Macedonian ethnic and national identity, and the ways that UNESCO ICH safeguarding processes have been perceived and applied in Macedonia. Against that backdrop, we then describe and analyse two contrasting cases of ICH—the social dance “Kopackata” and the Galicnik Wedding—both of which illustrate how the cultural heritage concept itself can sometimes be used for national, commercial, and political ends.

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Macedonian Cultural Plurality at the Crossroads of the Balkans: Drama, Music and Dance

Zdravkova-Djeparoska¹

2020

Arts

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Defining the Balkans as a geographic, cultural and semantic entity triggers an interpretation of them as some idea, concept, oftentimes even a stereotype. The Balkans are usually interpreted as a singular entity, generalized and set in a single framework. That generalized view is often ambivalent. The Balkans are often interpreted and presented as a ‘powder keg’, a ‘bridge between the East and the West’, a part of Europe that is simply different, a place of strong emotions and attractive forms of music and dance, etc. However, the Balkans represent a set of cultural units that are in constant interaction, with each of the cultures of the Balkans being specific and authentic. Macedonia, as one of the pages of the ‘Balkan story’, will be presented at three levels—regarding its drama, music and dance. The specific characteristics of the music and the dance fields will be presented through their most significant features and examples, and the treatment of the topic of the Balkans in Macedonian drama will be covered as well. The analysis confirms that generalization is impossible even within a single culture, as each artist and medium of performance has its own unique expression. The cultural forms of Macedonian culture are only part of the wider pluralistic representation of the Balkans. It may be offered under the Balkans as the common denominator, but the truth is that this/representation/concept is polyvalent, multicultural, polysemic and extremely rich.

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Macedonia, UNESCO, and Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Challenging Fate of Teškoto

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

The Search for Identity: An Anthropological Interpretation of Engaged Research in Paštrovići and the Use of the Concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Identity Political Purposes

The Search for Identity: An Anthropological Interpretation of Engaged Research in Paštrovići and the Use of the Concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Identity Political Purposes

Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Republic of Macedonia

Macedonian Cultural Plurality at the Crossroads of the Balkans: Drama, Music and Dance

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