Search for dissertations about: "museums"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the word museums.
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11. The Second Journey : Travelling in Literary Footsteps
Abstract : In a time dominated by mass tourism and the search for what has been termed authenticity, travel narratives are again of academic interest. This study seeks to demonstrate how travel writers from the 1980s and 1990s increasingly turn to earlier texts for inspiration and guidance. READ MORE
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12. Articulating The User : a Discursive-Material Analysis of Humans in Interdisciplinary Design Collaborations
Abstract : Technology design taking place in interdisciplinary collaborations is a complicated process which, due to the nature of available research funding, shapes much of the research that falls under the umbrella of Research through Design (RtD). This dissertation is a meta-study of an EU funded research and innovation project, GIFT, situated in the domain of museum technology and involving multiple partners. READ MORE
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13. Lost in Transformation : A critical study of two South African museums
Abstract : In this dissertation Transformation, as understood in South Africa, is investigated in the ‘Natal Museum’ and the ‘Msunduzi Museum Incorporating the Voortrekker Complex’ in terms of socio-political structures, the museum as a place, its collections and displays. I have emphasised the ethnographical perspective and analysed it by using key concepts such as new museology, time, space and place. READ MORE
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14. Habitat dioramas : illusions of wilderness in museums of natural history
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15. Beyond the Participatory Project : Practices of Organising, Planning and Doing Participation in Museums
Abstract : This thesis investigates practices that constitute participation in museums, building on information studies’ tradition of exploring work of professionals in memory institutions. In an effort to democratise, memory institutions have been increasingly interested in working with external stakeholders and audiences through various collaborative, participatory and engagement projects. READ MORE