Post-monuments: when art takes responsibility for history

Context This knowledge transfer conversation, within the project “Nordic Insights: addressing cancel culture in public spaces through artistic dialogue and cultural innovation”, features Rebecka Katz Thor, researcher and head of museum development at the Swedish...

How cities remember: transforming public spaces through community and memory work

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Context This conversation features Robert Nilsson Mohammadi, Associate Senior Lecturer at Malmö University and theme leader for Urban Humanities at the Institute for Urban Research, in dialogue with Oana Nasui, a cultural researcher. Their discussion explores...

Whose monument? Memory ownership, contested heritage and cancel culture in Northern and Eastern Europe, Oana Nasui ed.

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Whose Monument? Memory Ownership, Contested Heritage and Cancel Culture in Northern and Eastern Europe (Oana Nasui, ed., PostModernism Museum Publishing House, 2026, ISBN 978-630-95002-3-6) is a collaborative study book bringing together researchers, cultural...

”Artists as megaphones”: transforming contested heritage through community engagement

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This knowledge transfer interview is part of the Nordic Insights project, which facilitates knowledge transfer from Nordic experts to Romanian and Moldovan cultural practitioners on addressing cancel culture issues related to public monuments and contested heritage....

Call for Participants: Online Roundtable – From Dialogue to Action: Policy and Community Engagement for Contested Public Spaces

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Formare Culturală platform invites cultural practitioners, arts professionals, researchers, cultural organization representatives, and heritage institution professionals from Romania and the Republic of Moldova to participate in the third virtual roundtable of the...

Jonas Dahlberg

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Jonas Dahlberg is an artist based in Stockholm. He is a professor at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and the founding director of the interdisciplinary studio Of Public Interest (OPI). OPI conducts its activities as a studio for realizing actual projects, a...

Renegotiations – The Role of Public Art in the New Millenium

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This research project was commissioned by the Public Art Agency Sweden and carried out by the Art History department at Södertörn University. It looks at how public art works in everyday life, focusing on both permanent and temporary artworks, whether they are...

Monumental Challenges Toolkit — Teaching Contested Histories Through Monuments

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The Monumental Challenges Toolkit is an educational resource created to help teachers explore contested histories through the study of monuments and public space. It shows why monuments become controversial, how historical narratives evolve, and how students can...

Monuments as Mirrors: Reflecting Democracy’s Health

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Discussion format: online roundtable bringing together Nordic and Eastern European perspectives on public art in politically sensitive contexts Project: ”Nordic Insights”Participants: Niels Righolt (Director, Danish Center for Arts and Interculture, Copenhagen)...

Call for participation for the second virtual round table of the project “Nordic Insights”: artistic interventions and historical narratives in public spaces

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Platform Formare Culturală invites cultural practitioners, art professionals, researchers, representatives of cultural organizations and heritage institutions from Romania and the Republic of Moldova to participate in the second virtual roundtable of the project...

Alba Baeza

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Alba Baeza (Barcelona, 1986) is a curator and writer based in Stockholm. Since 2016 she is part of the curatorial team at Statens konstråd / Public Art Agency Sweden, where she has focused on new contemporary art commissions in the public sphere with artists Danh Vo,...

Public Art Agency Sweden: Mapping Research and Future Directions

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This report explores how public art is researched and practiced in the Nordic countries and around the world. It was commissioned by the Public Art Agency Sweden and prepared by Södertörn University and Valand Academy to identify what we know, what we don’t, and where...

When statues fall from grace: European conversations about controversial monuments

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Within the “Nordic Insights: Addressing cancel culture in public spaces through artistic dialogue and cultural innovation” project, hosted by Formare Culturala Platform from Romania, a virtual roundtable took place, being the first in a series of...

Nordic expertise on controversial monuments: a new cultural dialogue project between Nordic countries, Romania, and Republic of Moldova

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Formare Culturala launches “Nordic Insights: Addressing Cancel Culture in Public Spaces through Artistic Dialogue and Cultural Innovation”, a project exploring new approaches to recontextualizing controversial public monuments. Running from January 2025 to...