Moving Forward Into the Past: The Role of the Belvedere Museum in the Construction and Representation of Austrian Identity

Overall, the national museum uses cultural representations to produce a selective view of the country's history and alters a community's historical consciousness. Yet in the long-term development of pluralistic, national identities, an easily recognizable heritage product is unsatisfactory for visitors. Indeed, the Belvedere carries ideas of inequalities. Hence, it is important that the Belvedere Museum adjusts to the social realities, unmasks institutionalized narratives, and allows for the multiple ways of relating to the past necessary to nurture Austrian self-understanding, come to terms with the past, and renegotiate identities.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Riedler, Martina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kellman, Julia

• Museology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3392453

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/83068