Economy of Impressions: Reconstruction of Historical Practices of the Cultural Heritage of St. Petersburg

Abstract

This article presents some results of the current study of ball’s culture in the framework of the project on the reconstruction of historical practices of the cultural heritage of St. Petersburg, an UNESCO World Heritage site. The economy of impressions and presentation of the authenticity of the commercial project during the reconstruction of the ball of the XIX century are considered. The work uses sociological methods of document analysis, semiotic analysis of posters of the XIX–XXI centuries. The results of interviews of ball’s participants and survey of young people about the ballroom culture are analysed. The reconstruction of the historical ball in the mansion of P. N. Demidov was phenomenologically and anthropologically examined.

Keywords

• ball
• authenticity
• semiotics
• posters
• reconstruction
• cultural heritage
• st. petersburg