Objects of the past and present as a resource. Cultural heritage - nationalism - identity (C07)

The project examines in particular the interplay of people, institutions, practices, objects, past political processes and media of knowledge transfer and shows how cultural heritage is created as a resource and part of larger ResourceComplexes or resource structures. For this, three interrelated ethnographic studies on cultural heritage conflicts and uses in South Asia (Polit), Germany (Thiemeyer) and an exhibition on South India's cultural heritage in Stuttgart (Alex) will be conducted.

DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres

Subproject of SFB 1070:  Resource Cultures. Socio-Cultural Dynamics in Relation to Resources

Applicant Institution Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Project Heads Professorin Dr. Gabriele Alex, since 7/2021; Professor Dr. Heinrich Härke, until 6/2017; Professorin Dr. Karin Polit, since 7/2021; Professor Dr. Thomas Thiemeyer