Ever since the 1980s there has been pressure from within Danish public-sector cultural policy to increase cooperation between cultural institutions and businesses. At the same time, a fundamental scepticism is embedded within such institutions and their research efforts with regard to the potential impact of such collaboration on the academic work carried out by these institutions. This article discusses the influence of sponsorship on two Danish museums’ self-perceptions and finances. The article is rooted in the Danish interdisciplinary research project entitled “The Strategic Museum”.
Classical Heritage and European Identities examines how the heritages of classical antiquity have been used to construct European identities, and especially the concept of citizenship, in Denmark from the eighteenth century to the present day. It implements a critical historiographical perspective in line with recent work on the "reception" of classical antiquity that has stressed the dialectic relationship between past, present and future.Arguing that the continuous employment and appropriation of classical heritages in the Danish context constitute an interesting case of an imagined geography that is simultaneously based on both national and European identities, this book shows how Denmark's imagined geography is naturalised through very distinctive uses of classical heritages within the educational and heritage sectors. It does so by exploring three significant and interrelated arenas where the heritages of classical antiquity are used to shape Danes as European citizens. Together, these three cases emphasise different but interconnected ways in which classical heritages are being put to use in order to construct Denmark's own distinctive national identity within Europe. Finally, the book also sheds light on some of the challenges that face unified and homogenous conceptions of European heritage and identity, as well as the notion of the "classical" itself.Classical Heritage and European Identities is the first English-language monograph to situate the Danish case within the wider European context. As such, the book should be essential reading for researchers and students engaged in the study of heritage and museums, classics, education and modern European history.
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