Jewish spaces and Gypsy spaces in the cultural topographies of a New Europe: heritage re-enactment as political folklore
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The European phenomenon of Jewish spaces was first described in the mid-1990s. They were then defined as themed environments initiated and operated by non-Jews, often located in historical Jewish neighbourhoods. Since then Jewish spaces have become a well-established concept in the media and among academics. This article explores Gypsy spaces as analogous to Jewish spaces. The paper compares two cases, the Gypsy pilgrimage to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in southern France and the Jewish Culture Festival in the Polish town of Kraków. There are striking parallels between the thriving Gypsy music festivals, Gypsy horse fairs and Gypsy pilgrimages on the one side, and Jewish Culture Festivals on the other. The author formulates some hypotheses as to why Gypsy spaces have not yet been recognised and dealt with more extensively. To conclude, the Jewish and Gypsy spaces are situated in a European landscape of remembrance and interpreted as heritage re-enactment within the framework of European integration.
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Main Topic: Culture and Heritage Jewish Space Jewish Culture Memory Comparisons with other communities
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20(4)
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671-695
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Link to article (paywalled), Jewish spaces and Gypsy spaces in the cultural topographies of a New Europe: heritage re-enactment as political folklore
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Jewish spaces and Gypsy spaces in the cultural topographies of a New Europe: heritage re-enactment as political folklore. 2013: 671-695. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1080/13507486.2013.809567
