Uses and Exploitation of History: Official History; Propaganda and Mythmaking in Bulgarian Museums

Gabriela Petkova-Campbell

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Uses and Exploitation of History: Official History; Propaganda and Mythmaking in Bulgarian Museums

Author:

Gabriela Petkova-Campbell: Independent Scholar

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2012

Conference:

Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus; European National Museums: Identity Politics; the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen; Paris 28 June â 1 July & 25â26 November 2011

Issue:

078

Article no.:

006

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69-77

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Abstract and Fulltext

Published:

2012-10-30

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LinkÃ¶ping Electronic Conference Proceedings

ISSN (print):

1650-3686

ISSN (online):

1650-3740

Publisher:

LinkÃ¶ping University Electronic Press; LinkÃ¶pings universitet

The end of the Second World War marked the beginning of a period in Bulgarian development described as âa fundamental rupture in the history of modern BulgariaâŠas it led to the total repudiation of the political; social and economic system that had been developing in the country since the achievement of independence seventy years earlierâ (Dimitrov 2001:22). The new authorities imposed the requirements for museums to participate in the building of the socialist value system. This provoked the regulation of all museum activities and the introduction of a well-controlled administrative style of museum management. In all decisions of the Central Committee of the communist party the role of the focused ideological education amongst the population was constantly underlined. The approaches to museums inherited from previous governments were drastically reconstructed to meet the new requirements. Or as Iliev (in Dolapchieva 1985:11) underlines; in the years of communist governance âthe meaning of the cultural â historical heritage reached new dimensions; it became part of the politics of the party and the socialist state. Even more; it became part of the whole ideological activity of the partyâ.

Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus; European National Museums: Identity Politics; the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen; Paris 28 June â 1 July & 25â26 November 2011

Author:

Gabriela Petkova-Campbell

Title:

Uses and Exploitation of History: Official History; Propaganda and Mythmaking in Bulgarian Museums

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Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus; European National Museums: Identity Politics; the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen; Paris 28 June â 1 July & 25â26 November 2011

Author:

Gabriela Petkova-Campbell

Title:

Uses and Exploitation of History: Official History; Propaganda and Mythmaking in Bulgarian Museums

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Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus; European National Museums: Identity Politics; the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen; Paris 28 June â 1 July & 25â26 November 2011

Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus; European National Museums: Identity Politics; the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen; Paris 28 June â 1 July & 25â26 November 2011

Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus; European National Museums: Identity Politics; the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen; Paris 28 June â 1 July & 25â26 November 2011

Great Narratives of the Past Traditions and Revisions in National Museums: Conference Proceedings from EuNaMus; European National Museums: Identity Politics; the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen; Paris 28 June â 1 July & 25â26 November 2011