Essays about: "Cultural heritage museums"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words Cultural heritage museums.

1. 1. Indigenous Collections at the Museum of World Culture : Digitisation, Decolonisation and Other Stories

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Silvia Sánchez Membrilla; [2024]
   Keywords : decolonial computing; decolonisation; digital cultural heritage; digital humanities; digitisation; postcolonialism; computación decolonial; decolonización; digitación; digitalización; humanidades digitales; patrimonio cultural digital; postcolonialismo;

   Abstract : Introduction. This thesis investigates the digitisation of Indigenous collections at the Museum of World Culture (Gothenburg, Sweden), with particular attention to Carlotta’s role in shaping the digital collections. READ MORE

3. 2. Folk Costume use portrayed in modern Swedish Museums : A study of nationalism, romanticism and bias in modern exhibitions as a consequence of a subject's history.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturvård

   Author : Klara Gracie Fridberg; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis has been to investigate the presented usage of folk costumes in three different folk costume exhibitions and what this presented usage may be a consequence of. The essay's issues are: What usage of the folk costume is currently represented within Swedish folk costume exhibits? What implications can be found in this representation? What are the museum's opinions on the representation and its implications? The Swedish folk costume is classified as both immaterial cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage. READ MORE

4. 3. Framing the Future: the Museum Experience and Digital Technology : A qualitative study on digital technology strategies employed by art museums in Sweden.

   University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Avdelningen för datateknik och informatik

   Author : Ida Lisa Scaglia; Daniel Amir Falakeh; [2023]
   Keywords : Museum; Digital Technology Strategy; Visitor Experience; Museum Experience;

   Abstract : Museums play a vital role in society as institutions that bear the cultural and historical heritage of the public. In the last decade, visitors' digital habits have steadily been increasing as well as the digital technologies available for museums to use in their exhibitions. READ MORE

5. 4. The Representation of Perpetrators in the Netherlands : A Case Study of Dutch Memorial Museums about the Second World War

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Eva Britt van Es; [2023]
   Keywords : Holocaust; genocide; perpetrators; memory culture; The Netherlands;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the texts and audio-files of the exhibitions of the Dutch memorial museums about the Second World War to understand how perpetrators have been represented. In a social constructionist approach on cultural memory and heritage it can be argued that memorial museums are institutions which partake in the processes of cultural memory and heritage during which a reconstruction of the past is developed which can be connected to the values of the current society. READ MORE

6. 5. Digital Differences within Cultural Cornerstones : A Case Study of the Digital Tools and Implementations at the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Wilma Enström; [2023]
   Keywords : Digital Humanities; New museology; Digital tools; Digital implementations; Sweden; Cultural heritage museums; Museum visitors; Educational games; Museum employees;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a case study conducted at the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm, focusing on the digital tools and implementations within the exhibitions of the museum. It aims to explore the perspectives and interactions on digital tools and implementations of both museum employees, and visitors, examining the potential discrepancies that may arise. READ MORE