Mads Daugbjerg is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Aarhus University. His publications on heritage practices, cultural tourism, and the concept of experience include articles in the International Journal of Heritage Studies and in Museum and Society, as well as a co-edited special issue of History and Anthropology (with Thomas Fibiger) on “Globalized Heritage” (2011).

• List of figuresAcknowledgments                                                                                                                                   Introduction: Borders of Belonging: Investigating Landscapes of Danishness TodayChapter 1. Dybbøl and the Danish Nation: History and ContextChapter 2. Out of sight: Reconsidering the High Modern MuseumChapter 3. The Banalities of Being Danish: National Identity at the Castle MuseumChapter 4. Sensing 1864 at the Battlefield CentreChapter 5. The Fate of the Nation at the Battlefield CentreChapter 6. Danish Heritage Today: Cosmopolitan Nationalism and the Reappearance of the RomanticConclusion: Paradoxes of modern belonging: Reassembling Heritage, Nation and Experience             BibliographyIndex

“[This] carefully researched and thoughtful piece of work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of concrete social practices that render heritage sites meaningful…[It] dissects, via an impressive empirical study rich in practical and theoretical implications, the complexity of heritage as processes of negotiation and contestation.”  ·  Philipp Schorch, Deakin University“[This book] is a contribution to a now fairly large literature, from an ethnographically grounded perspective, on history museums and heritage sites [but]…far better than average for this literature which can rely too much on rehashing the debates and too little on the data at hand. I found it especially impressive in its textual balance…Indeed, I could easily imagine this book being used as a perfect text in courses devoted to the heritage and museum studies, especially at the undergraduate level.”  ·  Eric Gable, University of Mary Washington

Mads Daugbjerg is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Aarhus University. His publications on heritage practices, cultural tourism, and the concept of experience include articles in the International Journal of Heritage Studies and in Museum and Society, as well as a co-edited special issue of History and Anthropology (with Thomas Fibiger) on “Globalized Heritage” (2011).

• List of figuresAcknowledgments                                                                                                                                   Introduction: Borders of Belonging: Investigating Landscapes of Danishness TodayChapter 1. Dybbøl and the Danish Nation: History and ContextChapter 2. Out of sight: Reconsidering the High Modern MuseumChapter 3. The Banalities of Being Danish: National Identity at the Castle MuseumChapter 4. Sensing 1864 at the Battlefield CentreChapter 5. The Fate of the Nation at the Battlefield CentreChapter 6. Danish Heritage Today: Cosmopolitan Nationalism and the Reappearance of the RomanticConclusion: Paradoxes of modern belonging: Reassembling Heritage, Nation and Experience             BibliographyIndex

“[This] carefully researched and thoughtful piece of work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of concrete social practices that render heritage sites meaningful…[It] dissects, via an impressive empirical study rich in practical and theoretical implications, the complexity of heritage as processes of negotiation and contestation.”  ·  Philipp Schorch, Deakin University“[This book] is a contribution to a now fairly large literature, from an ethnographically grounded perspective, on history museums and heritage sites [but]…far better than average for this literature which can rely too much on rehashing the debates and too little on the data at hand. I found it especially impressive in its textual balance…Indeed, I could easily imagine this book being used as a perfect text in courses devoted to the heritage and museum studies, especially at the undergraduate level.”  ·  Eric Gable, University of Mary Washington

Mads Daugbjerg is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Aarhus University. His publications on heritage practices, cultural tourism, and the concept of experience include articles in the International Journal of Heritage Studies and in Museum and Society, as well as a co-edited special issue of History and Anthropology (with Thomas Fibiger) on “Globalized Heritage” (2011).

• List of figuresAcknowledgments                                                                                                                                   Introduction: Borders of Belonging: Investigating Landscapes of Danishness TodayChapter 1. Dybbøl and the Danish Nation: History and ContextChapter 2. Out of sight: Reconsidering the High Modern MuseumChapter 3. The Banalities of Being Danish: National Identity at the Castle MuseumChapter 4. Sensing 1864 at the Battlefield CentreChapter 5. The Fate of the Nation at the Battlefield CentreChapter 6. Danish Heritage Today: Cosmopolitan Nationalism and the Reappearance of the RomanticConclusion: Paradoxes of modern belonging: Reassembling Heritage, Nation and Experience             BibliographyIndex

“[This] carefully researched and thoughtful piece of work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of concrete social practices that render heritage sites meaningful…[It] dissects, via an impressive empirical study rich in practical and theoretical implications, the complexity of heritage as processes of negotiation and contestation.”  ·  Philipp Schorch, Deakin University“[This book] is a contribution to a now fairly large literature, from an ethnographically grounded perspective, on history museums and heritage sites [but]…far better than average for this literature which can rely too much on rehashing the debates and too little on the data at hand. I found it especially impressive in its textual balance…Indeed, I could easily imagine this book being used as a perfect text in courses devoted to the heritage and museum studies, especially at the undergraduate level.”  ·  Eric Gable, University of Mary Washington