DAUGIAKULTŪRIŲ MIESTŲ PAVELDAS: INTERPRETACIJOS PROBLEMOS IR GALIMYBĖS
MULTICULTURAL HERITAGE IN HISTORICAL TOWNS: THE PROBLEMS OF CONSERVATION AND INTERPRETATION

Summary/Abstract: In the article, the conceptions, that have influenced (and still are influencing) appreciation, assimilation and usage of the heritage, accumulated in Lithuanian historical towns, are analyzed and some potential ways of solution to the arising problems are proposed. It is emphasized, that recognition, usage and interpretation of cultural values, accumulated in the historical towns, which are, as a rule, multi-ethnic, multi-confessional and multi-cultural, are complex undertaking and competence, creativity and responsibility requiring process.Relationship of such a multipartite problem with the cultural politics of modern Lithuania is exami- ned. Two attitudes, mono-perspective (nationalistic) and multi-perspective (postmodern), towards the relation of ethnic communities and prevailing culture, Summaryare distinguished. The most lucid cases of heritage appropriation/assimilation, which provoked inte- rethnic or intersectional conflicts of recent times, are analyzed. These are related to the sensitivity of the historical memory, which is linked with a traumas and wrongs of the recent past.The strategic possibilities of usage of cultural riches, accumulated in our historic towns, are treated, referring to the ideas of the conservation theorists, such as G.J. Ashworth, J.E. Tunbridge and others (“inclusivist”, minimalist, localizing models, proposed by them), and taking into account Lithuanian particularity. Aactuality of multicultural traditions and experiences of the unique concord in the Great Duchy of Lithuania, considering the present circumstances of a global world, are emphasized.

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