Essays about: "Swedish museum"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 78 essays containing the words Swedish museum.

  1. 16. Balancing Cooperation and Resources: A Case Study of Transnational Initiatives in the Cultural Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Anabelle-Nathalie Gensel; [2022]
    Keywords : Networks; Museum; Cooperation; Cultural Economy; Rituals; Resources; Ethnography; Self-Reflexivity; Cultural Analysis; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a case study of a Swedish museum’s membership in a European network. Drawing on field material gathered through ethnographic methods, such as interviewing, participant observation and autoethnography, the thesis takes two theoretical perspectives: First, it conceptualizes the network membership as a form of cooperation, following Richard Sennett’s theory on the subject, and secondly discusses it in cultural economic terms, using Paul du Gay and Michael Pryke’s framework. READ MORE

  3. 17. Heritage Authenticity and Swedish Folk dancers in Skansen Museum

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    Author : Xinying Liu; [2022]
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    Abstract : Intangible Cultural Heritage is a dynamic presentation of the local community’s cultural authenticity and identity (UNESCO, 2003), differentiating it from other tourist destinations. Authenticity concerns arise in modern tourism studies (MacCannell, 1973), especially in heritage studies with a significant trend on safeguarding the "living culture" after 2003. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Swedish Holocaust Museum Between the Physical and the Virtual : A Perspective on the Importance of the Physical and Pedagogical in Virtual Museums

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Johanna Simu; [2022]
    Keywords : Museums; Audience; Virtual reality; Museology; Museum Pedagogy; Holocaust; National museums; Virtu-al Museum; Exhibitions; Sweden; Holocaust Education; Digital Cultural Heritage.;

    Abstract : The creation of a new Holocaust museum in Sweden has sparked discussion regarding placement, how to make it accessible, and how to make that accessibility equal between the physical and virtual. The National Historical Museums of Sweden was given the task to open the Swedish Holocaust Museum in Stockholm 10 month after they were appointed the task (Regeringskansliet 2021b). READ MORE

  5. 19. Horror, Hope, and the Promise of “Never Again”: A Cultural Analysis of Swedish Holocaust Exhibition Narratives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Nadja Felten; [2021]
    Keywords : Holocaust Education; Ethnography; Narratives; Museum Exhibition; Objects; Heritage; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on an applied cultural analysis of a Swedish Holocaust exhibition displaying artefacts brought to southern Sweden by survivors of a concentration camp. The thesis aims to analyse and question different, seemingly contradictory narratives connected to this exhibition in order to find out how and why museums and their educators tell Holocaust narratives and how they want those to be read by (young) visitors. READ MORE

  6. 20. Closing a Museum: A Cultural Analysis on the Dismantling Process of the Museum of Movements in Malmö

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Meltem Yoztyurk; [2021]
    Keywords : museum closure; participatory museums; Museum of Movements; migration; democracy; civil society; emotional heritage; co-creation; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : An attempt was made to create a museum that focuses on the issues of democracy, migration and human rights by the Swedish authorities in 2015. As a result of the feasibility study of such an institution, the Museum of Movements (MoM) began to operate in its temporary location in Malmö. READ MORE