Historical narratives serve different functions in identity-forming versus change-driving commons.

Evidence

For both the associational commons and the commons of more symbolic character, historical narratives constitute an important resource and an integral part for their creation and survival, but the use of historical narratives varies between them. While the symbolic commons mainly can be seen as representation of the past in which historical narratives play an important role for shaping particular village identities and internal social relations, the associational commons can be seen as commons for driving change. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 82

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes two types of commons - symbolic (past-oriented, identity-shaping) and associational (change-driving) - and how each deploys historical narratives differently.
• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 82
• XREF: connects to: Commons are reinvented historical practices that villagers legitimize through analogies to past traditions. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 83; Identity politics must return to the past only through narrative reinvention; Historical narratives can reverse which conquered people anchors national identity — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 138 (+4 more)

Related

• History as storying yields representational fields enabling identity-based agency (similarity 0.80)
• Commons are reinvented historical practices that villagers legitimize through analogies to past traditions. (similarity 0.79)
• Tradition discursively connects past, community, and identity. (similarity 0.78)
• Pasts are contested by competing memory entrepreneurs, not settled in one canon (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Historical narratives can reverse which conquered people anchors national identity #exemplifies (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 138
• National identity is constructed through stories, memories, and images #corroborates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 123
• Identity politics must return to the past only through narrative reinvention #qualifies (0.72)
• Tradition discursively connects past, community, and identity. #complicates (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 401