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1. 1. Metadata Visualizations in Virtual Reality: A study of alternative ways of visualizing a search result’s metadata in virtual reality.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

   Author : Stella Millwood; Leo Nordén; [2023]
   Keywords : virtual reality; metadata; information seeking; understanding;

   Abstract : This study explores ways of visualizing metadata in virtual reality through means other than text. Specifically, we focus on the metadata of a 3D object as a search result and how these visualizations can support understanding of the object. READ MORE

3. 2. Accessible preservation: An investigation of conditions for public access to museum collections in storage

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

   Author : Anna Djuvfelt; [2022-07-05]
   Keywords : collections management; peoples-centred conservation; accessibility; museum storage; systems theory;

   Abstract : The societal role of museums has changed through time. As of 2022, ICOM is in the process of developing an updated museum definition. The proposal for a new definition emphasizes that museums are institutions in service of society, inclusive and accessible to the public. READ MORE

4. 3. The Pursuit of Museum Sustainability : Investigating sustainability for museum databases in Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Martin Karlsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Museum; databases; museum sustainability; sustainable development; Swedish museums; sustainability pillars;

   Abstract : Introduction: This case study with a qualitative phenomenological perspective investigates the relationships between museum databases in Sweden and the four pillars of museum sustainability, the Economic environment, the Social Environment, the Natural Environment, and the Cultural Environment. With the help of 33 indicators developed to measure museum sustainability, this study investigated which indicators museum databases could affectand how they are connected in order to identify what factors there are related to sustainability for museum databases. READ MORE

5. 4. Social inclusion on display : a cross-cultural study of museological practices in Sweden and Italy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Laura Carpi; [2020]
   Keywords : Museum; Social inclusion; Richard Sandell; Cultural diversity; Immigration; Museum practice; Case study; Museum; social inkludering; Richard Sandell; kulturell mångfald; immigration; museibruk; fallstudier;

   Abstract : This study investigates the practices of four museums in two countries in relation to the notion of social inclusion and how their museum professionals reflect about the topic. The aim is to provide an empirical grounding of Sandell’s theory about the three levels of impact within which museums can address social exclusion: with individuals, specific communities and wider society. READ MORE

6. 5. Museum as Activist: (Re)inventing Institutional Paradigm at the Museum of Movements in Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Olga Zabalueva; [2018]
   Keywords : migration museums; participation; activism; museum definition; democracy; Museum of Movements; museology; civil society; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Vad händer bakom museimontrar och magasindörrar? Vem bestämmer vilket kulturarv som ska bevaras och vilken del av det ska utställas? Vem driver det osynliga maskineriet av museernas backstage-funktioner och genomför dagliga museirutiner? Museer som modernitetsinstitutioner har en särskild roll i processen för kunskapsproduktion och maktfördelning inom samhällen, först och främst genom att synliggöra vissa grupper och historier. Sedan 1900-talet uppmärkte man efterfrågan på strukturella förändringar i museer och på 2000-talet står det klart att museer behöver agera och framhålla sitt sociala ansvar. READ MORE