Fake it till you make it: Heritage in action as a performative strategy at the Kulturen museum in Lund

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Abstract

This article uses ethnographic methods to analyze how cultural and economic factors impact the way heritage is understood, preserved and developed at Kulturen and Fredriksdal, two of the oldest museums of cultural history museums in Sweden. Some questions offered for discussion will include: How does leadership understand and conceptualize cultural heritage? Whose cultural heritage count the most when related to financial circumstances and forms of ownership? Which priorities are made in the day to day work with collections, exhibitions and programming? Whose heritage is given priority in core exhibitions and whose heritage is prepared for a temporary show?
Original languageEnglish
Article number2
Pages (from-to)468-489
JournalBulgarian Ethnology
VolumeXLVI 2020
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Dec 18

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Social Anthropology
  • Ethnology

Free keywords

  • Museums
  • museum history
  • engagement
  • pedagogy
  • Performance theory
  • Theatrical Transformation

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