<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the aftermath of what was then the Great War several European countries like Finland, Estonia and Latvia gained independence, marking their centenary jubilees 2017–2018. This paper observes how landscapes were used in anniversary celebrations and what historical themes were foregrounded and which omitted, revealing how collective historical commemoration in landscape enacts within national identity framework depending also on how landscape is understood in each respective country.</p></abstract>

In the aftermath of what was then the Great War several European countries like Finland, Estonia and Latvia gained independence, marking their centenary jubilees 2017–2018. This paper observes how landscapes were used in anniversary celebrations and what historical themes were foregrounded and which omitted, revealing how collective historical commemoration in landscape enacts within national identity framework depending also on how landscape is understood in each respective country.

Landscape 100: How Finland, Estonia and Latvia Used Landscape in Celebrating their Centenary Anniversaries

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In the aftermath of what was then the Great War several European countries like Finland, Estonia and Latvia gained independence, marking their centenary...

Landscape 100: How Finland, Estonia and Latvia Used Landscape in Celebrating their Centenary Anniversaries

Data publikacji: 04 lip 2019

Zakres stron: 187 - 210

Otrzymano: 31 gru 2018

Przyjęty: 20 kwi 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0017

Słowa kluczowe
national landscapes, collective memory, heritage, past, practices, imagery

© 2019 Anu Printsmann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Landscape 100: How Finland, Estonia and Latvia Used Landscape in Celebrating their Centenary Anniversaries

Data publikacji: 04 lip 2019

Zakres stron: 187 - 210

Otrzymano: 31 gru 2018

Przyjęty: 20 kwi 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0017

Słowa kluczowenational landscapes, collective memory, heritage, past, practices, imagery

© 2019 Anu Printsmann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
national landscapes, collective memory, heritage, past, practices, imagery