Experiencing living history instills a felt sense of belonging to a larger whole
Evidence
An enduring sense of the heritage from our fathers is vital to the future, and this knowledge is to be gained by keeping the past a living reality. There is strength. I remember talking one day with Ronald Lee about the pleasant feeling of participation I had had in walking portions of the old Oregon Trail in western Nebraska and Wyoming. “But it is more than that,” said Ronnie, speaking for himself as awesterner. “To me it brings a sharp realization that the West is a part of our great Whole, and has its share in the general heritage. It gives us the thrill that we belong.” — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 480
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Supports the ‘Grafting & Growth’ piece’s theme of place-connection: a living past on the land yields ‘the thrill that we belong’ — analogous to rootedness through trees.
- XREF: connects to: Living activity transforms a preserved house from relic into peopled home — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 475; People seek certainty and belonging in natural and historic sites — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 156; Knowing a historical transition differs vitally from living through it — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 104 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Knowing a historical transition differs vitally from living through it
#qualifies(0.75) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 104 - Situationally salient dimensions drive which heritage identity a Mixed person foregrounds.
#exemplifies(0.72) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 79 - Colonial formation produces a felt sense of being out of place
#contradicts(0.72) - Discovering past arts influences national and regional identity formation.
#corroborates(0.72) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 997 - Embodied memory and felt landmarks constitute a profound knowing of place
#corroborates(0.70) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 40