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if its our heritage, who are the we?


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1937 Bunreacht na hEireann

Act 2 - It is the entitlement and birthright of ev

person born in the island of Ireland, which inclu

its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish Nat

That is also the entitlement of all persons otherwqualified in accordance with law to be citizens

Ireland. Furthermore, the Irish nation cherishes

special affinity with people of Irish ancestry liv

abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage


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1999 heritage awareness survey

The term heritage is generally associated in

public mind with the past, history and the hist

built environment, as well as the cultural dimenssuch as music and language. It is far less rea

associated with the natural environment

landscape, and the wildlife that inhabits it.


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demographic changes

immigration apprx. 10% non-Irish born (419,733)

integration & racial tensions 2004 citizenship referendum

with Europe coming together, its important to keep your owimage.

35-45 year old, Dublin


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2005 Wicklow Heritage

Survey

When it comes to defining heritage, the vast majority of peo

in Wicklow (71%) equate protecting Wicklow's heritage with

protecting our identity" and this is closely associated with'protecting our roots', with almost eight out of every ten peo

expressing pride in their heritage.


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Its from our past, its dead.12-14 year old, Dublin.

Its our ancestors and what they did years and years ago, the way they lived

45-55 year old, Sligo.

The language, history, knowing where weve come from or what has made Irish

people what they are. 35-45 year old, Dublin

When people ask you about your heritage, you automatically think of where you c

from yourself

18-25, female, Tralee.

If you just say heritage you think locally, if you say Irish heritage, you think nation

50+ year old, Co. Galway

What makes us different from other countries.


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Development has caused increased concern over preservation of

heritage

Increased awareness corresponding to increased threat (same as

defensive stance found in 1999) (lack of strategic plan)

Preserving the true essence vs. overly commercialising

Exposure to heritage engenders national pride and teaches us ab

our ancestors

One in 4 Irish people vs. the public


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Changing attitudes

1999 Survey

Identity (what it means to be Irish)

Conservative/conservationist

Wicklow 2005

Identity / roots

2007 Survey

National pride (who we are - one in four Irish people)

Conservative/conservationist

Social change - no mention of demographics of immigration, foreign nationals, asylum seekers or stat

peoples

Academic texts of Irish heritage or heritage in Ireland

lack of engagement with immigration or multi-culturalism


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Heritage and social power

Owernership/Responsibility

the people in power 15-16 year old school girl, Galway

Its their responsibility and not really mine directly. 35-45 year old, Du

The national heritage (HC 2007)

The countrys inheritance (Heritage of Ireland 2000)

Authority for the genesis of the idea of the Irish state

Self-evident autocratic heritage (vs. democratic heritage)


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Integration?

Spatial and Temporal Axis

although people be neighbours spatially, it does not follow that

they will constitute a community over time (Luke Gibbons 2007

1999 Recommendation 6

Participation and involvement by the public in heritage activitie

should be more actively encouraged through funding of loca

events and community heritage projects

Whose locality? Whose community? Whose state?


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emerging/ignored heritages

Anna Lo - first ethnic minority politician elected at a nation

level in Northern Ireland, and the first politician born in Eas

Asia elected to any national parliament or assembly in the

United Kingdom/EU?

1962 first Chinese restaurant in N.Ireland

Rotimi Adebari - Nigerian asylum seeker elected Portlaoise

mayor (2007)

1602 - Jewish mayor of Cork


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Implications

An emerging multi-cultural Ireland may result in heightening

awareness of the past and our changing traditions/cultures.

(HC 2007)

Who are the we? (Lentin/McVeigh)

Can racism (exclusion) support and strengthen the heritage

sector?


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Emotions made manifest

Top down integration (assimilation)

you can be here if you fit into our self-project

desire for our lifestyle (food stores, shops - service industry)

But anxiety if it threatens sense of self/group identity

Fear for legacy (I want my kids to look/act like me)

NIMBYism - Not in my back yard

Not in my biological yard.


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Cultural heritage & identity

Cultural heritage is widely recognised across Europe as a

vehicle of cultural identity. How much people know about

cultural heritage depends both on what is done to promote iand also on the capacity of Europeans to become familiar w

and appreciate their own culture and those of the other EU

Member States.


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Constitutional racism

Racism without race (Lentin/McVeigh)

Absorbed into liberal structures of the state

Jure sanguinis

Biological/genetic essentialism - conflated with heritage/

community - for ownership of spaces and objects

Naturalising/reifying hierarchies


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Heritages of constitutionalracism2004 Citizenship Referendum

2004 National Monuments Amendment

1995 Heritage Act

Heritage Council Policies

naturalising/sociailising objects as basis for racial prejudice

Potential for Minister to destroy heritage as needed in the public interest

What constitutes the public interest?

What is to protect inner city/marginalised immigrant heritage?

What rights do these peoples have?


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UNESCO and diversity

Diversity constitutes the very essence of the different types o

heritage - be they monumental, movable, intangible or world

heritage. As symbolic spaces for sharing, they provide the msuitable common ground for the promotion of mutual

understanding and enrichment between cultures. (UNESCO

2007)


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Conservation and

conservatism

What kind of state are we integrating into / participating in?

What is the civic constitution of the state?

What is the civic constitution of heritage?


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dissonance


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