"Life is Love": The Vinca Script and the Invention of Heritage
Апстракт
The paper discusses the ways in which cultural heritage is invented and accepted by the public on the grounds of the spurious pseudo-scientific idea of the Vinca script, illustrated by one Bronze Age artefact. The miniature clay spindle whorl from Vatin bearing incised signs is abundantly mentioned in the pseudo-scientific literature as one example of the Vinca script whose message is deciphered: "life is love", the "translation" attributed to Radivoje Pesic, although in his writings the method of translation is not mentioned at all. However, thanks to the media and especially via the Internet, the Bronze Age object becomes the Neolithic one, and his various (pseudo-scientific) interpretations reach the public space, creating the image of deeply spiritual and philosophically inclined Vinca civilization. The greatest danger lies in the fact that the maxim "life is love" and the idea of the Vinca script in general are emphasized as a part of the cultural heritage and advertised, among ot...her, in the sector of cultural tourism. Since heritage is seen as usage of the past as a cultural, economic and political resource, the issue of heritage is additionally complex in our environment, where it is literally invented. It is therefore extremely important for the professional archaeologists to devote more energy to the domain of public archaeology, sharing information, taking part in education, and influencing the awareness about cultural heritage in the public sphere.
Кључне речи:
Vinca script / Vatin spindle whorl / public / pseudo-archaeology / heritageИзвор:
Etnoantropološki problemi, 2018, 13, 3, 695-706Издавач:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Друштво, духовно-материјална култура и комуникације у праисторији и раној историји Балкана (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177012)
Институција/група
Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Vuković, Jasna PY - 2018 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2562 AB - The paper discusses the ways in which cultural heritage is invented and accepted by the public on the grounds of the spurious pseudo-scientific idea of the Vinca script, illustrated by one Bronze Age artefact. The miniature clay spindle whorl from Vatin bearing incised signs is abundantly mentioned in the pseudo-scientific literature as one example of the Vinca script whose message is deciphered: "life is love", the "translation" attributed to Radivoje Pesic, although in his writings the method of translation is not mentioned at all. However, thanks to the media and especially via the Internet, the Bronze Age object becomes the Neolithic one, and his various (pseudo-scientific) interpretations reach the public space, creating the image of deeply spiritual and philosophically inclined Vinca civilization. The greatest danger lies in the fact that the maxim "life is love" and the idea of the Vinca script in general are emphasized as a part of the cultural heritage and advertised, among other, in the sector of cultural tourism. Since heritage is seen as usage of the past as a cultural, economic and political resource, the issue of heritage is additionally complex in our environment, where it is literally invented. It is therefore extremely important for the professional archaeologists to devote more energy to the domain of public archaeology, sharing information, taking part in education, and influencing the awareness about cultural heritage in the public sphere. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd T2 - Etnoantropološki problemi T1 - "Life is Love": The Vinca Script and the Invention of Heritage EP - 706 IS - 3 SP - 695 VL - 13 DO - 10.21301/eap.v13i3.7 ER -
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Vuković, J.. (2018). "Life is Love": The Vinca Script and the Invention of Heritage. in Etnoantropološki problemi Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd., 13(3), 695-706. https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v13i3.7
Vuković J. "Life is Love": The Vinca Script and the Invention of Heritage. in Etnoantropološki problemi. 2018;13(3):695-706. doi:10.21301/eap.v13i3.7 .
Vuković, Jasna, ""Life is Love": The Vinca Script and the Invention of Heritage" in Etnoantropološki problemi, 13, no. 3 (2018):695-706, https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v13i3.7 . .