Dissertation Project
Heritage in (E)Motion. Negotiating Narratives on Democracy at Heritage Sites (working title)
This projects investigates the dynamics of heritage-making processes from a networked understanding of heritage practices and discourses. It questions how heritage sites are instrumentalized for narratives on democracy, when, by whom, and why. The analysis takes into account the emotional attachments and affective sensations that delineate not only the forms and functions of heritage agendas by different political actors, but also the different positionalities they navigate in the broader social and political arena.
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Bettina Brockmeyer (JLU, Giessen)
Co-Supervision: Dr. Hester Dibbits (Reinwardt Academie, Amsterdam)