Patrik Sandgren

The Folklife Archives with the Scania Music Collections is an institution that continously makes research preparatory documentations.

In 2021 The Scania Music Collections initiated a documentation project aimed at collecting music and stories connected to the swedish prog movement. I have written one article on this subject (2022).

The Scania Music Collections has for several years run an independent project regarding the music and life of the Berndtsson family (”Berndtarna”). The research method includes field work and collections. I have published four articles on the subject (2016, 2018, 2020 & 2022).

In april 2017 the archive published a questionnaire about music consumption. In march 2020 I published an article investigating the gathered material focusing on the usage of compact discs and vinyl records.

An earlier research project - “Nature for me” - was crowned with a book that came out in May 2014. I contributed two articles. The project was in collaboration with the Institute for Language and Folklore and the Nordic Museum. I was the contact person for the Folklife Archives and member of the group for alternative collection methods. The project's goal was to document people's different attitudes to nature. The background included discussions about UNESCO's call for the "Intangible Cultural Heritage".