<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the aftermath of what was then the Great War several European countries like Finland, Estonia and Latvia gained independence, marking their centenary jubilees 2017–2018. This paper observes how landscapes were used in anniversary celebrations and what historical themes were foregrounded and which omitted, revealing how collective historical commemoration in landscape enacts within national identity framework depending also on how landscape is understood in each respective country.</p></abstract>

In the aftermath of what was then the Great War several European countries like Finland, Estonia and Latvia gained independence, marking their centenary jubilees 2017–2018. This paper observes how landscapes were used in anniversary celebrations and what historical themes were foregrounded and which omitted, revealing how collective historical commemoration in landscape enacts within national identity framework depending also on how landscape is understood in each respective country.

Landscape 100: How Finland, Estonia and Latvia Used Landscape in Celebrating their Centenary Anniversaries

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In the aftermath of what was then the Great War several European countries like Finland, Estonia and Latvia gained independence, marking their centenary...

Landscape 100: How Finland, Estonia and Latvia Used Landscape in Celebrating their Centenary Anniversaries

Published Online: Jul 04, 2019

Page range: 187 - 210

Received: Dec 31, 2018

Accepted: Apr 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0017

Keywords
national landscapes, collective memory, heritage, past, practices, imagery

© 2019 Anu Printsmann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Landscape 100: How Finland, Estonia and Latvia Used Landscape in Celebrating their Centenary Anniversaries

Published Online: Jul 04, 2019

Page range: 187 - 210

Received: Dec 31, 2018

Accepted: Apr 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0017

Keywordsnational landscapes, collective memory, heritage, past, practices, imagery

© 2019 Anu Printsmann et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
national landscapes, collective memory, heritage, past, practices, imagery