Det relevante museum : historie, hensigt, interesser, virkelighed og berettigelse

2012

Masteroppgave i historie- Universitetet i Agder, 2012 The task for this master thesis, is to investigates the role of open-air museums have had on communities in Scandinavia. I do this through a comparative analysis of two museums, Jamtli in Österund, Sweden and Vest-Agder Museum Kristiansand, Norway. I look at how knowledge, interpretation and portrayal is disseminated in these museums, and examines how use of difficult topics are shown. I examine how the open-air museums occur, how they evolve and how they are in response to contemporary needs. In addition, I analyze these museums into a social context, and here I use my own theory which I have dubbed the museological-political complex. I…