Политичка позадина Europeana.eu портала
The Political Background of Europeana.eu Portal

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the political background of the European cross-domain cultural and scientifi c heritage portal Europeana.eu from multiple perspectives, as it is simultane-ously a reaction to the Google Books projects that is deemed a threat to European cultural infl uence, and a part of the EU’s identity-forging strategies. While examining Europeana’s for-mat, the paper goes on to suggest that this website is not a regular digitized heritage portal, arguing that a new kind of supra-national identity requires a new kind of cultural institution to support it. The last part of the paper fi nds that in fulfilling its two major tasks - promoting cultures of European nation-state and bringing their common cultural heritage to fore - Euro-peana treats the later as a higher priority.

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