Kolonier ‘for Kirke og Folkelivets Vækst og Udvikling’ Spatial mediering af dansk-amerikansk grundtvigianisme i USA, ca. 1900
This article examines how the ethnoreligious immigrant organization Danish People’s Society utilized ethnic colonies as spatial mediums to promote and foster preservation of the Danish cultural and spiritual heritage in the USA. Informed by theoretical insights gained in the research fields of mediu...
| Published in: | Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Danish |
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Univ.
[2020]
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| In: |
Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dansk folkesamfund i Amerika
/ USA
/ Danish immigrant
/ Geographical name
/ Name giving
/ Ethnic identity
/ Religious identity
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Material Culture
B Human Geography B immigrant religion B heritage management B mediated religion B Danish American history |
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| Summary: | This article examines how the ethnoreligious immigrant organization Danish People’s Society utilized ethnic colonies as spatial mediums to promote and foster preservation of the Danish cultural and spiritual heritage in the USA. Informed by theoretical insights gained in the research fields of medium theory and human geography, I highlight place-naming and physical construction of the places as symbolic and material strategies employed by Danish People’s Society to establish the colonies as mediums. Based on the historical development of the colonies, the article argues that place-naming matters; place-naming may function as a powerful political and socially excluding act. In conclusion, I suggest that a more comprehensive understanding of the meaning, agency, and implications of spatial mediums requires that we approach these places as social, symbolic, and material constructions that are continually reconfigured and ascribed identity through interaction. Med udgangspunkt i to tidligere dansk-amerikanske kolonier undersøger denne artikel, hvorledes den etnoreligiøse immigrantorganisation Dansk Folkesamfund benyttede sig af etniske kolonier som spatiale medier til at facilitere og generere dansk folkeoplysning og kulturarvsbevaring i USA. Ved brug af teoretiske indsigter fra forskningsfelterne ‘medium theory’ og humangeografi fremhæver jeg navngivning og fysisk bebyggelse af steder som en henholdsvis symbolsk og materiel strategi, hvormed Dansk Folkesamfund etablerede kolonierne som medier. Baseret på stedernes historiske udvikling argumenterer jeg, at navngivningen af fysiske steder bør tages seriøst; stednavngivning kan være en magtful politisk og socialt ekskluderende handling. På denne baggrund konkluderes det, at vi for at få en mere fyldestgørende forståelse af den betydning og agens samt de implikationer, spatiale medier kan have, må tilgå dem som både symbolske, sociale og materielle konstruktioner, der kontinuerligt rekonfigureres og tilskrives identitet gennem interaktion. |
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| ISSN: | 1904-8181 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7146/rt.v0i70.120915 |