Abstract

This article scrutinises the subject positions of ‘being’, ‘becoming’ and ‘challenging’ European in the context of the European Heritage Label (EHL), a flagship cultural heritage action of the European Union. While the positions are widely used in academia to analyse the relationship between the Central and East European (CEE) countries and the EU/Europe, the setting of the current research shows how the power dynamics between CEE countries and the EU contribute to forming ‘European heritage’ and contribute to the EHL as EU-level authorised heritage discourse in the making. Simultaneously, the transformative potential of heritage makes these subject positions visible and opens them up for changes.

摘要

本文在欧盟旗舰文化遗产行动欧洲遗产标签 (EHL) 的背景下，审视了“存在”、“成为”和“挑战”欧洲人的主体地位。虽然这些立场在学术界被广泛用于分析中东欧（CEE）国家与欧盟/欧洲之间的关系，但当前研究的背景表明，中东欧国家与欧盟之间的权力动态如何有助于形成“欧洲遗产”并为 EHL 作为欧盟级别的授权遗产话语做出贡献。同时，遗产的变革潜力使这些主题位置可见，并为变化打开了大门。