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- Billing, Björn, 1965
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'The People's Dinosaur': How Dippy became British Heritage
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Ingår i: Cultural History. - : Edinburgh University Press. - 2045-290X .- 2045-2918. ; 11:1, s. 70-93
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2015 the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London informed the public that their most beloved exhibit, a Diplodocus replica nicknamed Dippy, was going to be dismounted and removed from the large entrance hall. Protests arose immediately: Facebook groups appeared, the hashtag #SaveDippy was trending and petitions were sent to the authorities. Paleontogists and celebrities debated the decision in the newspapers. When three years the NHM later launched a tour project that will take Dippy around the UK, the dinosaur’s popularity grew to unprecedented heights. Its significance shifted from being a London landmark to becoming a national icon. Although the original fossil was excavated in Wyoming in the late nineteenth century, Dippy has unofficially gained the status of British heritage. This article analyses this transformation by putting recent events into historical contexts, paying particular attention to the presentation of the dinosaur in the NHM in May 1905. The analysis shows how the skeleton cast was articulated with ideological intent in a confluence of museums, science, mass media, politics and popular culture. Throughout its history, Dippy has been appropriated and contested by various actors, and nationalistic ideas have been a recurrent theme in the heritageisation process.
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- Malmstedt, Göran, 1956
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In Defence of Holy Days: The Peasantry's Opposition to the Reduction of Holy Days in Early Modern Sweden
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Ingår i: Cultural History. - : Edinburgh University Press. - 2045-290X .- 2045-2918. ; 3:2, s. 103-125
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the early modern period most of the holy days celebrated in the late Middle Ages were abolished–although the rate of elimination varied between different confessions and areas. In comparison with other states, both Protestant and Catholic, the development in Sweden was characterized by a pronounced conservative tendency. This most likely reflects the views of the Swedish peasantry, as well as their ability to influence the course of events.My analysis of the peasantry's defence of holy days focuses on religious concerns and on the importance of a pre-modern worldview. Three interconnected motives are highlighted: the continuing cults of saints, the need for rituals to ensure the orderly behaviour of nature, and the conception of a contractual relationship with God and the resulting fear of God's wrath. Since the Swedish peasantry, along with most sections of society, continued to inhabit an enchanted world throughout the period, there was a strong need for methods of invoking heavenly support and fulfilling divine obligations. In finding their own ways of doing this, for example, by means of celebrating abolished holy days or the sanctifying of Saturdays, peasants demonstrated independence as well as a striking perseverance.
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