Essays about: "Swedish museums"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words Swedish museums.
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21. It’s unbelievable, feels like you’re diving : Potential benefits of Virtual Reality for documentation and analysis in underwater archaeology
University essay from Linköpings universitet/MaskinkonstruktionAbstract : This study examined questions around the scientific validity of using digital 3D models in underwater archaeology and the potential benefits of using virtual reality (VR) as a way of working with said models for documentation and analysis. A workshop with underwater archaeologists at the Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums was conducted and the results indicate that depending on the research question being examined, there can indeed be validity in using digital 3D models, even if they are at a somewhat lower resolution. READ MORE
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22. The Stories Need to be Told : The politics of visibility/invisibility: Museum representations and participation of migrants, refugees, and ethnic minorities
University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om migration, etnicitet och samhälleAbstract : International migration and the refugee crisis have sparked a number of debates within the public policy circle. This issue also has profound social and cultural implications, even in the museum sector. READ MORE
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23. Preserving Value, Enabling Continuity – Cultural Heritage Conservation and Co-curation with Indigenous Source Communities in a Contemporary Cultural Context
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvårdAbstract : Conservation is part of a large historical and contemporary context in which cultural heritage is made. Cultural heritage preservation includes a multifaceted field including museology, archaeology, and social studies, amongst others. READ MORE
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24. Law and Care The relationship between contemporary Nordic firearms law and conservation.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvårdAbstract : The objective of this study is to research the care and storage of firearms requiring a license in various museums in the Nordic countries. With increasingly strict gun laws in place within Europe, the question is raised whether museums manage to find a balance between their country´s gun laws and the conservation care, they would like to provide to their collections of modern firearms that fall under these laws. READ MORE
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25. Photography in Swedish Memory Institutions : Convergence, Digitization, and the Difficulties of Defining Images
University essay fromAbstract : This study examines how photographic material has been classified and contextualized on the digitization platforms of the major Swedish memory institutions – the National Library of Sweden, the National Archives of Sweden, and the Nordic Museum. Combined with a series of interviews with digitization practitioners at these institutions, the paper examines the cultural-historical approach to defining the concept “photography” and classifying digitized photographs, as well as how photographic material is treated similarly to or differently from other kinds of material housed at these institutions. READ MORE
