From Anti-epidemic Stories, Emotional Themes to Scene Reenactments: European Experience and Models in the Construction of Plague Heritage Sites
XIAO Bo1, CHEN Ni2
1.National Institute of Cultural Development, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072; 2.Center for Cultural and Media Policy Studies in University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, CV4 7AL
Abstract:There are three famous heritage sites in Europe that used to be victims of severe plagues: Mary King's Close in Scotland, Eyam Village in England, and Oberammergau in Germany. The three places witnessed disasters inflicted on mankind by the plagues in the 17th century. They respectively demonstrated the anti-epidemic conceptions and methods of blockade and isolation, collective discipline and firm confidence, leaving behind valuable experience and profound memories of containing epidemics. Over the past three centuries, their cultural memories have been exalted, screened and constructed time and again respectively into the themes of “fear of disasters”, “homage to humanity ”, and “optimism and gratitude”. These spirits and the places where they were formed have become historical places of memory. The three places then take advantage of their heritages to develop local tourism, staging activities such as horror experience, on-site pilgrimage, entertainment of gods and revelry. Such activities bring alive the heritages, make living inheritance a reality, and activate and relive the cultural memories. Such vivid creative cases of preserving, selecting and activating cultural memories of anti-epidemic experience according to local conditions can be generalized into the “European experience” of constructing and inheriting plague heritage sites. The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 will surely form new cultural memories. These memories, inevitably, will also be preserved, selected and relived in the future. Standing on the shoulders of our predecessors, we will be able to respond to common disasters with composure and make sustainable progress.
肖波, 陈泥. 从抗疫故事、情感主题到场景再现:瘟疫遗产地构建的欧洲经验和模式[J]. 《深圳大学学报》(人文社科版), 2021, 38(1): 152-160.
XIAO Bo, CHEN Ni. From Anti-epidemic Stories, Emotional Themes to Scene Reenactments: European Experience and Models in the Construction of Plague Heritage Sites. , 2021, 38(1): 152-160.
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