The Intrusiveness of heritage

While heritage is almost by definition understood as fragile, vulnerable and in need of protection, this article argues that it also a powerful cultural force contemporary society. The small community Borre, south Oslo Norway, used case to investigate how has the power invade colonise, capacity create new meanings redefine social relations. A triad concepts – expansion, intensification entanglement proposed tool for investigating these processes. processes “devour” local culture, turning sites, activities objects into Viking mode becoming dominant key understanding.