Andrija Štampar as the institution of public memory and the beginnings of the musealization of medicine in Croatia

Authors

  • Stella Fatović-Ferenčić The Division for the History of Medicinal Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb
  • Silvija Brkić Midžić Croatian Museum of Medicine and Pharmacy, Zagreb

Keywords:

Andrija Štampar, Museum of Andrija Štampar, politics of memory, symbols of identity, identity

Abstract

Štampar's public-health interventions and social medical ideas resulted not only in enormous shifts on the regional level but were spread and accepted on the global level as well. Within the process of globalisation small countries are particularly endangered by potential loss of identity. Therefore Štampar should be seen as a key icon through which Croatia can build up its own profile and identity. The paper elaborates the need for founding the Andrija Štampar museum which would function as a referral centre for Štampar's body of work.

Published

2017-04-10

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