Essays about: "Ethnographic museum"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words Ethnographic museum.

1. 1. Crafting Textile Knowledges : A decolonial study of the Iku/Arhuaco material culture in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg (Världskulturmuseet)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

   Author : Stefanía Castelblanco-Pérez; [2023]
   Keywords : material culture; indigenous heritage; object-based research; ethical stewardship; decoloniality; arhuaco; Iku; cultura material; patrimonio Indígena; investigación objetual; administración ética; decolonialidad; arhuaco; Iku;

   Abstract : The return of objects that belong to ethnographic collections to their places of origin is one of the topics of discussion that, despite not being new, has been gaining more and more relevance today. Taking the Iku indigenous craft collection in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg as a case study, I pursue to develop an object-based methodology that increases and deepens the understanding of the notion of ethical stewardship, while joining current debates on indigenous heritage and decoloniality. READ MORE

3. 2. Exhibiting the East : An Analysis of Representations of Pacific Asia in Three Exhibitions in Stockholm

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Yul Cho; [2023]
   Keywords : exhibitions; Sweden; curating; Asia; Asianness; minority; representation; artist as ethnographer; Stuart Hall; Hal Foster; Miwon Kwon;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of representations of Pacific Asia in exhibitions in Stockholm. In the Swedish culture and art sphere, a public discussion surrounding Asia is conspicuously absent even though there are significant amounts of residents in Sweden with an Asian background. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. 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

6. 5. 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