Digital heritage politics from the perspective of relational sociology: the case of Nüshu culture in China (C. Morgner, X. Hu, M. Ikeda, and P. Selg)
In our paper, ‘Digital heritage politics from the perspective of relational sociology: the case of Nüshu culture in China’ we develop a new conceptual framework that systematises and comprehends the complex dynamics of cultural heritage politics in China. While current discourse theory acknowledges that heritage-making entails complex relationships that structure this making, there is as yet no systematic theoretical account of how these relationships co-exist, mediate and transform heritage-making. To address this gap, we have developed a relational sociological framework based on the work of John Dewey and his idea of consider self-action, inter-action and trans-action, but have also taken inspiration from Chinese scholars …