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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...
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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...
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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...
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The “Woman With the Handbag” is an iconic 1985 photograph by Hans Runesson showing 38-year-old Danuta Danielsson, a Swedish woman of Polish-Jewish descent, swinging her handbag at a neo-Nazi demonstrator during a far-right march in Växjö, Sweden. The image instantly...
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The Norwegian government has officially decided to abandon the controversial monument project titled “Memory Wound,” designed by Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg to commemorate the victims of the 2011 Utøya massacre. The original proposal called for a dramatic...
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This study presents how a parametric digital twin was developed for Löfstad Castle in Sweden to support heritage preservation. Researchers installed 13 sensor boxes with 84 sensors throughout the building to monitor indoor climate conditions continuously. Using the...
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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...
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This thesis looks at what “participation” really means in museums—not just as a project outcome, but as everyday work carried out by museum professionals. Based on ethnographic research at Fisksätra Museum (Sweden) and the Museum Europäischer Kulturen (Germany), the...
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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...
