The Sound of Citizenship
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The Sound of Citizenship. / Damsholt, Tine.
In: Ethnologia Europaea, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2008, p. 56-65.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The Sound of Citizenship
AU - Damsholt, Tine
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This article discusses how the soundscape of citizenship ceremonies is part of the materialization of citizenship in the 21st century. In this comparative research on citizenship ceremonies in West European countries, the use of the performative approach has led to change focus from the textual discourse and rhetoric of the citizenship ceremonies to what is actually done. In the ceremonies, citizenship is not only enacted in different discourses and versions of bodily practice. It is also materialized in flags, certificates, information folders, pins, medals, food and beverages, and in various soundscapes comprising recitation of oaths, playing children, folk music, and singing of national anthems. These soundscapes are the primary focus of this paper, thus promoting the idea of an ethnology of sensory experience and materialization.
AB - This article discusses how the soundscape of citizenship ceremonies is part of the materialization of citizenship in the 21st century. In this comparative research on citizenship ceremonies in West European countries, the use of the performative approach has led to change focus from the textual discourse and rhetoric of the citizenship ceremonies to what is actually done. In the ceremonies, citizenship is not only enacted in different discourses and versions of bodily practice. It is also materialized in flags, certificates, information folders, pins, medals, food and beverages, and in various soundscapes comprising recitation of oaths, playing children, folk music, and singing of national anthems. These soundscapes are the primary focus of this paper, thus promoting the idea of an ethnology of sensory experience and materialization.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - citizenship, materialization, soundscape, ritual
M3 - Journal article
VL - 38
SP - 56
EP - 65
JO - Ethnologia Europaea
JF - Ethnologia Europaea
SN - 0425-4597
IS - 1
ER -
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