%0 Journal Article
%T Between National History and European Heritage. Some Reflections on the Gdańsk Shipyards and the European Heritage Label
%A Kowalski, Krzysztof
%J Culture Management
%V 2014
%R 10.4467/20843976ZK .14.022.2313
%N Volume 15, Issue 3
%P 321-334
%K heritage, Europeanization, representation of the past, EU enlargement
%@ 1896-8201
%D 2014
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-w-kulturze/article/miedzy-narodowa-historia-a-dziedzictwem-europejskim-kilka-uwag-o-stoczni-gdanskiej-posiadajacej-znak-dziedzictwa-europejskiego
%X 
	In the context of increasing interest in a common European heritage or European lieux de mémoire, this paper presents some reflections on the Europeanization of national lieux de mémoire, as exemplified by the Gdańsk Shipyards and the „European Heritage Label” initiative.

	Furthermore, the article investigates the process of institutional invention of European heritage in the context of the gradual expansion of the European Union and a strong need to forge a new representation of the past on the Old Continent. The paper also refers to the concept of heritage, its political use and perspectives in which the concept of a political myth/mythology is applicable.