Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the specific historical development of heritage’s conceptualisation within Soviet Russia from the October Revolution in 1917 to its 50th anniversary in 1967. More particularly, it intends to elicit a debate on the relation between heritage as a concept and the new understanding of space and time introduced with the October Revolution. It stresses not only the stakes of integrating, assimilating and appropriating the past, but also the ones that reside in the will to build a communist future thanks to a heritage dedicated to last for eternity. The paper thus intends to shed light on the Soviet concept of heritage and examines its peculiarities.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 491-506 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | International Journal of Heritage Studies |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 May 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Julie Deschepper is a PhD candidate at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (Paris) (2014 entry) and an instructor of Russian and Soviet History. Her research explores the evolution and the specificity of the Soviet conception of heritage and examines Soviet architectural heritage from its creation to its current reinvestments, through both a Soviet Union’s cultural history and critical heritage studies’ lens. She recently organized the international conference “A French History of Soviet Heritage” (Paris, October 12-14 2017) and curated the exhibition ‘The birth of a Soviet heritage in France. The Soviet Pavilion of the Expo.37’ (Inalco-Bulac, October 5-November 6, 2017). Since January 2017, she is co-directing the national project (funded by Labex Arts-H2H) “Comparative approaches on Soviet artistic avant-gardes”.
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Funding
Julie Deschepper is a PhD candidate at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (Paris) (2014 entry) and an instructor of Russian and Soviet History. Her research explores the evolution and the specificity of the Soviet conception of heritage and examines Soviet architectural heritage from its creation to its current reinvestments, through both a Soviet Union’s cultural history and critical heritage studies’ lens. She recently organized the international conference “A French History of Soviet Heritage” (Paris, October 12-14 2017) and curated the exhibition ‘The birth of a Soviet heritage in France. The Soviet Pavilion of the Expo.37’ (Inalco-Bulac, October 5-November 6, 2017). Since January 2017, she is co-directing the national project (funded by Labex Arts-H2H) “Comparative approaches on Soviet artistic avant-gardes”.
Keywords
- communism
- heritage conceptualisation
- revolution
- Soviet heritage
- Soviet Russia