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Revivalism and Politics (revivals and ideology (motivations (reason for…
Revivalism and Politics
revivals and ideology
motivations
c.f. contemporary attitudes
shape cultural landscape
reason for revival in the first place
deliberate intervention
proactive
revival model & ideology
Livingston's model
ideology is main factor
framework of ideas
consideration of context
motivations often political
reconstructions intrinsic to cultural environment
never objective truth
core revivalists
obvious political agenda
opposition or legitimacy
establishing connections r.e. the past
individual, communal, national identity
appreciation/segregation
Brocken - imperial/racist past
national: erase the minority?
Bohlman - also argues give meaning
establishes connections [e.g. post-Cold War]
Noyes - oppression from above vs creativity
left-wing politics in revivals
scottish folksong revival
wider network of ideologies
influenced by the USA
technology/politics
contributors were huegly left-wing
implications with record labels
politics rarely absent from the process
more left-wing than nationalist
Henderson & Lomax
very politically motivated & left-wing
Italian partisans
socialist regimes
initially reject tradition as 'feudal'
necessary for communication
local (minority) or national (majority)
purged of ideological contamination
traditionalism political
even if opposition
globalisation and revival in scotland
british government intervention
1906 board of education
sanctioned folksongs
express idiom of the people (patriotism)
contemporary scotland
'traditional arts'
more accepted
government interest
commissioned reviews & funding
trad arts working group report 2010
current state & recommendations
esteem, conservation, teaching, performance
making use of traditions
not just SNP - Labour
policies provide information
globalisation and revival
modern concept
origins 19th c
economic, political, cultural
not mutually exclusive
Bauman - liquidity
interventionist to provide stability
power to act now with politically uncontrolled global
direction & purpose remains local