Danish Culture Canon 2006
The Danish Culture Canon 2006 ( Danish: Danmarks Kulturkanon ) was supposed to canonize the Danish cultural heritage at the suggestion of the Danish Minister of Culture Brian Mikkelsen . Both the purpose of the project and the specific selection of experts were controversial.
In nine areas, the most important cultural achievements twelve were determined by competent bodies in each case, which - like the Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon - did not have to necessarily be in the kingdom itself. The also listed Brüggemann Altar in Schleswig Cathedral is in Schleswig, which belonged to Denmark until the German-Danish War in 1864 . A closed definition of Danish cultural property was not undertaken.
The collected cultural canon was published in book form in 2006. All selected works are presented with images and texts and their selection is explained.
The basic concept is based on canon approaches that were controversially discussed in Germany in the 1990s in the field of literature.
Categories
In Denmark culture has been broken down into several categories for the purpose of establishing this canon. In some cases , entire anthologies were then grouped together under individual items , for example in the case of literature under the sub-item poetry . The following groups with a total of 108 works or anthologies were formed:
- architecture
- Visual arts
- Design and handicrafts
- Movie
- literature
- music
- performing Arts
- Children's art
Web link
literature
- Cultural canon. Published by the Danish Ministry of Culture . ISBN 8756780508 . Politics Verlag, 2nd edition, Copenhagen 2006. (Danish)