Search for dissertations about: "public archaeology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words public archaeology.

  2. 1. Conducting Archaeology in Swedish Sápmi : Policies, Implementations and Challenges in a Postcolonial Context

    Author : Charina Knutson; Cornelius Holtorf; Carl-Gösta Ojala; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sámi; Sápmi; Indigenous Archaeology; Contract Archaeology; Postcolonial Archaeology; Community Archaelogy; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : Since the 1980s, there has been a growing consciousness among heritage workers and policy makers about the management of indigenous heritage. Museums, universities, and other cultural institutions around the world have acknowledged that old work practices must be exchanged for new ones, where the indigenous peoples are allowed influence, stewardship, and interpretative prerogative. READ MORE

  4. 2. Digital Maritime Sights : Digital visual documentation and communication in Scandinavian contract maritime archaeology

    Author : Delia Ni Chiobhain Enqvist; Bodil Petersson; Jesse Ransley; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; maritime archaeology; digital archaeology; visualisation; contract archaeology; contract maritime archaeology; underwater dcoumentation; outreach; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis investigates the use of digital visualisations for knowledge production and communication of maritime heritage located underwater. The archaeological practice that takes place in response to development, contract archaeology, is the field that is being investigated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Funding Matters : Archaeology and the Political Economy of the Past in the EU

    Author : Elisabeth Niklasson; Mats Burström; Birgitta Svensson; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archaeology; cultural heritage; political economy; socio-politics; funding; European Union; archaeological ethnographies; identity politics; black box; European added value; culture policy; heritage values; political anthropology; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to show how Europe is constructed at the intersection between archaeology, money and politics within EU cultural actions. Ever since the 1970s, the European Community has invested money and prestige in the idea of a common cultural heritage for Europe. READ MORE

  6. 4. Minnen från vår samtid. Arkeologi, materialitet och samtidshistoria

    Author : Maria Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology of the recent past; Contemporary archaeology; Heritage; Conflict archaeology; Materiality; Archaeological Methods; Community archaeology; Public Archaeology; Memory; Skatås; Ramneskärsparken;

    Abstract : During the last decade, the perspective of contemporary archaeology has been incorporated into the discipline of archaeology. The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to problematiz e contemporary archaeology as a field of research with emphasis on the development of methodology and the public potential that is inherent in this perspective . READ MORE

  7. 5. Lost in Transformation : A critical study of two South African museums

    Author : Cecilia Rodéhn; Juliette Leeb du toit; Ciraj Rassool; Sabine Marshall; University of KwaZulu-Natal; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South Africa; museum; exhibition; collection; apartheid; the transformation; democracy; space; place; time; Cultural heritage and cultural production; Kulturarv och kulturproduktion; History; Historia; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi; Ethnicity; Etnicitet; African and comparative archaelogy; Afrikansk och jämförande arkeologi; Historia; History; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Etnologi; Ethnology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi; Cardiology; Kardiologi;

    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