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Undrsökningen studerar om det går att bevara och skydda det immateriella kulturarvet Ålarvet på Ålakusten med UNESCO:s Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage. Därmed har arbetet fastställt vad Ålarvet på Ålakusten består av samt vilka hot som finns mot kulturarvet. Undersökningen ämnar även att bidra till dokumentationen av ålfisket på Ålakusten. För att undersöka detta har en litteraturundersökning utförts tillsammans med fyra intervjuer. Två av intervjuerna utfördes med ålfiskare. De andra två utfördes med en rådgivare på ISOF och en ledamot i Ålakustens kulturarvsförening. Resultaten blev att Ålarvet på Ålakusten beatår av olika materiella och immateriella kulturarv som involverar kunskaper och färdigheter: bodar, båtar, båtbygge, ålfiske, ålagillen, berättelser, traditioner och matlagning. Hoten mot ålfisket grundar sig i att ålen har minskat drastiskt sedan 1950-talet. Anledningarna till minskandet är: Vandringshinder, utdikningar, vattenkraftverk, fiske, predatorer, föroreningar samt klimatförändringar. Ålfiskeförbud är det största hotet mot att kulturarvet kan föras vidare till nästa generation.Resultatet visar att UNESCO:s konvention inte ger ett reellt skydd åt de immateriella kulturarven då konventionen står under medlemsstatens lagar. Konventionen uppmärksammar dock kulturarvet så länge det fortfarande utövas. Det är upp till utövarna själva att verka för att skydda och bevara det immateriella kulturarvet., This work studies whether it is possible to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage Ålarvet på Ålakusten (The Eel heritage on the Eel-coast) with UNESCO's Convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage. The work has established what Ålarvet på Ålakusten consists of and what threats there are against the cultural heritage. The survey also aims to contribute to the documentation of eel fishing on the Eel-coast. To investigate this, a literature survey has been carried out together with four interviews. Two with eel fishermen, one with an advisor at ISOF and the last with a member of the Eel-coasts cultural heritage association. The results were that Ålarvet på Ålakusten consists of various tangible and intangible cultural heritage involving knowledge and skills: huts, boats, boat building, eel fishing, eel festivals, stories, traditions and cooking. The threats to eel fishing are based on the drastic decline since the 1950s. The reasons for the decline are: migration obstacles, trenching, hydroelectric plants, fishing, predators, pollution and climate change. Eel fishing bans are the biggest threat to the cultural heritage being passed on to the next generation. The result shows that UNESCO's convention does not provide real protection for the intangible cultural heritage as the convention is subject to the member state's laws. However, the convention gives attention to the cultural heritage as long as it is still practiced. It is up to the practitioners themselves to protect and preserve the intangible cultural heritage.

Title: Strategies for Letting Office Spaces in a Digitalized World Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine how digitalization and remote work affect property owners' operations, letting processes, and vacancy rates of office spaces. The study aims to investigate the strategies property owners use to address the challenges caused by remote work, ensuring that office spaces remain a central location in tenants' daily operations. Method: The study adopts a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews. Results: Digitalization has facilitated an increase in remote work, leading to changes in the real estate industry as the significance of office spaces has shifted. Consequently, there is an impact on property companies' vacancy rates, letting processes, and office space offerings. Deliberate strategies to mitigate the negative effects have been implemented and emerging strategies have also been employed by property cowners to quickly adapt to new trends and customer needs resulting from increased remote work. Among the business strategies used, the importance of customer relationships and responsiveness has been emphasized to anticipate customers' future needs and demands. Keywords: Digitalization, remote work, vacancy, strategy, office space, real estate, Covid-19

The evolution and diversification of Young Adult literature (YA) in the last two decades have brought about significant changes, particularly in the representation of LGBT characters. Tropes have always been a staple in literature, but their use in YA has taken on a unique significance when it comes to LGBT representation. These tropes have developed in parallel with the political landscape of the USA and the rise of LGBT rights. In this context, the analysis of three popular YA series, Percy Jackson and The Olympians, The Mortal Instruments, and The Raven Cycle, and their respective sequels and spin-offs, becomes crucial. By examining the use of tropes and the treatment of LGBT characters in these series, we can better understand the changes that have occurred over time and the commonalities and differences among them. Moreover, this analysis will also shed light on aspects outside the novels that have contributed to these developments. While similar patterns emerge in all three series, each one handles LGBT topics differently, depending on the time of publication. Finally, we will also explore the current state of publishing and the role that communities play in shaping these popular series. By examining these issues, we can gain a better understanding of the role that literature plays in shaping our perceptions of LGBT individuals and the broader social context in which these works are produced.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka textilförvaringen i Svenska kyrkan, specifikt Visby och Strängnäs stift. Studiens fokus ligger på hur förvaringen ser ut i praktiken jämfört med vad litteratur och riktlinjer anser vara ”best practice”. Studien ämnar även att undersöka hur och i vilken utsträckning församlingarna använder rutiner och riktlinjer. För att undersöka hur textilförvaringen ser ut har enkäter skickats ut till ett antal församlingar och pastorat i stiften. Det har även hållits intervjuer med Visby stiftsantikvarie och fastighetssamordnare, samt Strängnäs stiftsantikvarier. Studien visar att textilförvaringen i stiften är modern, men att det finns förbättringspotential, specifikt inom rutiner, kommunikation och ansvar. Stiften prioriterar olika aspekter när det kommer till textilförvaringen, vilket kan förklara skillnader i till exempel inneklimat och förvaringslösningar. Riktlinjer och leddokument används och är följbara i viss utsträckning, men studien visar att vissa riktlinjer är svåra att följa på grund av ekonomiska begränsningar och brist på arbetskraft. Klimatförändringar, minskade intäkter och minskat ekonomiskt stöd kom-mer troligen göra detta ännu svårare i framtiden., The purpose of this study is to investigate textile storage in the Church of Sweden, specifically Visby and Sträng-näs diocese. The focus of the study is on how the storage looks in practice compared to what literature and guidelines consider to be ‘best practice’. The study also aims to investigate how and to what extent the parishes use standards and guidelines. To investigate how textile storage looks, questionnaires have been sent out to a number of parishes and pastorates in the diocese. Interviews were also held with the Visby diocesan antiquarian and property coordinator, and the Strängnäs diocesan antiquarians. The study shows that textile storage in the dioceses is modern, but that there is potential for improvement, specifically in routines, communication and responsibility. The dioceses prioritise different aspects when it comes to textile storage, which may explain differences in, for example, indoor climate and storage solutions. Guidelines and guidance documents are used and followed to a certain extent, but the study shows that some guidelines are difficult to follow due to financial constraints and labour shortages. Climate change, reduced revenues and reduced financial support are likely to make this even more difficult in the future.

“Temporary urbanism” is a concept that can go by a number of different names and can take different forms. This means that the concept has a dynamic and experimental character, it can represent different types of uses and needs of different target groups and users. The concept originates from New York, during the 20th-century, and usually involves an urban planning strategy that promotes social sustainability by reducing the car use in cities and instead shift the focus to the citizens. Temporary urbanism can therefore act as a catalyst to change the norm and meaning of urban spaces, and who they are for. In the Swedish context, information about the concept is not available to everyone, as it is limited to existing within urban planning and is therefore primarily aimed at top-down initiated projects. If temporary urbanism is to be represented in the right way, as a flexible and versatile tool, more target groups need to be able to use the concept, in order to create their own initiatives in urban spaces. If the public space, evaluated as a resource, is not used all year round in different ways and by a variation of target groups, it would become what we call wasted space. Hence, citizens must be given access to proper tools in order to influence the development of the urban spaces and what they contain. Throughout the bachelor's thesis, desk studies have been used, supplemented with interviews and an example of the trendy concept of “summer streets”. All this to understand how temporary urbanism commonly is expressed in Sweden and what potential development the concept has in the utilization in Swedish context. This thesis has resulted in a design proposal for a handbook. The handbook summarizes and analyzes the concept of temporary urbanism and its use in the Swedish context. It also showcases international examples of how the concept could be expressed broadly and diversified to inspire. The handbook results in an understanding of how awareness can increase, crea, “Temporär urbanism” är ett begrepp som kan gå under en rad olika benämningar och kan ta olika skepnader. Det innebär att konceptet har en dynamisk och experimentell karaktär, det kan representera olika typer av användningar samt olika målgruppers och användares behov. Konceptet har sitt ursprung i New York, under 1900-talet, och innebär oftast en stadsplaneringsstrategi som främjar social hållbarhet genom att minska bilismens starka fäste i staden för att istället skifta fokuset till medborgarna. Temporär urbanism kan därför fungera som katalysator för att förändra normen för vad urbana rum innebär och vilka de är till för. I svensk kontext är informationen om detta koncept inte tillgängligt för alla, då den begränsas till att vara ett begrepp inom stadsplaneringen och riktar sig därför främst till top-down initierade projekt. Om temporär urbanism ska representeras på rätt sätt, som ett flexibelt och mångsidigt verktyg, behöver fler målgrupper kunna använda sig av konceptet för att ta egna initiativ i urbana rum. Om stadsrummet, sedd som resurs, inte utnyttjas året om på olika sätt och av varierande målgrupper, skulle det bli vad vi kallar ett outnyttjat utrymme. Därav måste medborgare ges tillgång till goda verktyg för att få påverka utvecklingen av stadsrummen och vad de innehåller. Genom uppsatsen har skrivbordsstudier använts, kompletterat med intervjuer och ett typexempel av det trendiga konceptet “sommargator”, även kallat “sommargågator”. Detta för att förstå hur temporär urbanism oftast uttrycker sig i Sverige och därmed vad konceptet har för utvecklingspotential i tillämpningen i den svenska kontexten. Denna uppsats har mynnat ut i ett designförslag av en handbok. Handboken sammanfattar och analyserar konceptet temporär urbanism och dess användning i svensk kontext. Den tar även upp internationella exempel på hur konceptet skulle kunna uttryckas för att inspirera och visa på bredd och mångfald. Handboken resulterar i att förstå hur medvetenheten kan öka, s

Examensarbetet undersöker ljudreducerande åtgärder på fönster med kulturvärden och vad som kan göras utan att den ursprungliga karaktären förvanskas. Arbetet ämnar skapa en översikt över fönsters konstruktion och lämpliga anpassningar. Arbetet skrivs efter en förfrågan från Trafikverket då myndigheten önskar mer kunskap om området. Den vanligaste åtgärden i dagsläget är byte till nya fönster. Trafikverket har bett om en undersökning om beslutsfattande samt åtgärder som kan utföras i stället för att hela fönstret byts ut. Metoder för energieffektivisering av fönster undersöks för att kunna jämföras med de som finns för ljudreduktion. Olika fönsterkonstruktioner konstateras och tidsbestäms med de kulturvärden som de kan tillskrivas. Det konstateras att Trafikverket inte har ett tydligt arbetssätt vad gäller dessa frågor samt att de byggnadsspecifika bedömningar som görs i projekt sällan når allmänheten. Det finns etablerade arbetssätt för energieffektivisering inom det kulturvårdande fältet, fokus läggs på den beslutsprocess som finns i standarden SS-EN 16883:2017. Vilken Trafikverket kan utgå från för att skapa en motsvarande process för ljudreducerande åtgärder. Vidare konstateras också att möjliga åtgärder på befintliga fönster finns, men det saknas tydliga data över hur effektiva dessa åtgärder är., This thesis explores methods for noise reduction in heritage windows and what can be done without causing damage to the existing characteristics. The thesis aims to create an overview of the constructions of windows and appropriate adjustments. This work is written on behalf of a request from the Swedish authority Trafikverket. The most common solution today is to change the existing windows to new ones. Trafikverket asked for an evaluation of decision-making processes and possible adjustments on existing windows as opposed to changing the entire window. Methods for energy efficiency improvement are explored to be able to make a comparison to methods used for noise reduction. Different window constructions are identified and given their time periods along with their cultural heritage values. It is determined the Trafikverket does not have a clear working processes in place to be able to work efficiently with these issues, also that the work done rarely reaches the public. There are however established processes in place regarding energy efficiency improvement in buildings with cultural heritage values, with a focus in the Swedish standard SS-EN 16883:2017. Which Trafikverket could make use of when establishing their own process for noise reduction. Further there are existing methods for adjustments om existing windows, but that these are not enough clear data of how effective these methods are.

Canons have been constructed for nearly 2000 years, providing collections of great works throughout history. With roots embedded in religious texts, canons today still exist with an aura of authority. In the fall of 2022, the Swedish government agreed to construct a national canon of culture. The ambition is for the canon to act as a social glue, creating a shared sense of unity. Within the next few years, there will be a list of what Swedish works of art are deemed essential to the country's cultural history. The decision was inspired by a similar canon constructed in Denmark in 2006; one that is mostly forgotten about today. Looking at the significance and inherent meanings of political efforts to use culture as a tool to unite a nation, this thesis presents a qualitative critical discourse analysis of the topic, using theories on collective memory, cultural hegemony, and theoretical approaches to canonisation. The objects of analysis consist of a radio segment, a debate article, and a visual novella; all of which were published within a few months after the decision was announced. The commitment to construct the canon has been met with criticism, partly stemming from the lack of impact the initiative had in Denmark. However, the focal point of criticism presented in the discourse analysis stems from the intentions behind the decision, as well as resistance against instrumentalization of culture.

The project ‘There is a place - Forever seeking’ addresses immigration, identity transitions, change and the yearning to belong. I grew up in Lebanon and moved to Sweden nine years ago, in 2014. During my three years at Konstfack I have developed my artistic expression and have come to realise that it is heavily influenced by styles expressed in the Middle East - something I originally didn’t relate to or found especially alluring. It is not strange that one gets inspired by their surroundings but what I found interesting is that I have been unknowingly and subconsciously recreating places, objects, shapes and contours from my past. This raised many questions regarding my artistic identity and artistic expression: In which category does it fall in? Have I tried to recreate places and objects because I miss them? Is it because the contours I've used seem familiar? Have I been looking for these contours even here in Sweden as way to feel at home? Or feel like I belong? At the end of my third year of the bachelor's program Interior Architecture and Furniture Design (in 2024), I've decided to tackle these questions as part of my thesis. By using my memories and the contours of the places that have had an impact on me I’ve created a mobile, using spatial design to create my own world made of ever-changing landscapes that feel familiar, places and contours that I have searched for, the home I’ve been seeking.

Comics can be feminist and activist. Feminist comics artists, such as the Swedish comics artist Liv Strömquist, react to gendered, political, and social issues, and as artists often do, they explore these issues with innovative expressions and reconfigure the public space. Comics, Activism, Feminisms explores on the one hand, how comic art, activism, and feminisms are intertwined from both historical and contemporary perspectives, and, on the other hand, how comic art itself can be a form of activism. In the latter case, the comics are created in cooperation between members of a network or a more organised comics collective. This anthology distinguishes between activism in comics and activist comics that are connected to a broader activist context and comics collectives. This introductory chapter provides illustrative examples from the Swedish context. The global expansion of comics, activism, and feminisms is discussed, as is research about these topics and related phenomena, such as feminist activism, visual activism, comics activism, and comics collectives. Analyses address theme, kind of story, aesthetic expression, medium, and the publication context. Comics, Activism, Feminisms consists of fourteen chapters and is divided into three sections: Activism in Comics (Part I), Comics as Political Space (Part II) and Comics Collectives (Part III). The introduction gives short summaries of the chapters.

This paper analyzes and interprets the visual communication used to portray the police detectives in the documentary film Uppdrag: Skomakarligan. Four scenes where the police are the main focus and which all have different purposes in the plot of the film are picked out. The four scenes are then studied through a social semiotic method based on Bill Nichols' theories about the documentary voice, and in combination with visual storytelling strategies by Bordwell & Thompson. The filmmaker's power over the image of reality in documentaries is discussed concerning the interpretation that is made. The study results in the police detectives being portrayed as very dedicated to their profession but also shows the human side of them. Filmmaker Hildebrand's fascination with the police detectives, as shown by the narrator, is linked to the result and isn't deemed to be entirely problematic. Media production: In 1975 EMF (Engelholms Musikförening) organized the music festival Musikfesten Tullakrok, and for over 30 years this festival was the highlight of the year for many in Ängelhom. However, in 2008 the festival had to be shut down, but now 16 years later EMF is back and wants to revive Musikfesten Tullakrok for 2024. The purpose of this project was to showcase different members’ perspectives on organizing the music festival 16 years later and provide insight into the history of the festival from 1975 to 2008. A project by Elliot Lauritsen and Ella Hall.

Comics, Activism, Feminisms explores from both historical and contemporary perspectives how comic art, activism, and feminisms are intertwined, and how comic art itself can be a form of activism. Feminist comic art emerged with the second-wave feminist movements. Today, there are comics connected to social activist movements working for change in a variety of areas. Comics artists often respond quickly to political events, making comics on topical issues that take a critical or satirical stance and highlighting the need for change. Comic art can point to problems, present alternatives, and give hope. Comics artists from all parts of the world engage issues pertaining to feminisms and LGBTQIA+ issues, war and political conflict, climate crisis, the global migrant and refugee situation, and other societal problems. The chapters of this anthology illuminate the aesthetic and thematic aspects of comics, activism, and feminisms globally. Particular attention is given to the work of comics collectives, where Do-it-Ourselves is a strategy among activism-oriented artists, which use a great variety of media, such as fanzines, albums, webcomics, and exhibitions to communicate and disseminate activist comic art. Comics, Activism, Feminisms is an essential anthology for scholars and students of comics studies, literary studies, art history, media studies, and gender studies.

The pocket watch, an ingenious invention that over its 500 year-long development, made it possible for time keeping to become portable and reliable. A symbol of culture, station and importance, that changed the way our society interacts with and uses time. Nordiska museet’s collections contain over a thousand pocket watches and pocket watch movements, all available through the aggregator Swedish Open Cultural Heritage API. With a critical eye towards the outdrawn digitisation process of Swedish museums, this paper intends through statistical analysis to find trends, patterns, and problems relating to the representation of this grand collection. The results reveal negligence surrounding technical descriptors by reason of suboptimal knowledge regarding watchmaking, a confusing naming convention, and a great need for deeper research into the collection.

Detta examensarbete syftar till att studera hur fastighetsägare på Gotland har arbetat med kulturvärden vid renovering och energieffektivisering av tidigare ödehus. Med renovering avses både renoveringen av byggnaden som stort och mer specifikt hur de löst problematiken med badrum. Arbetet bygger på tre platsbesök med kompletterande intervjuer. Två av husen hade inga badrum när ägarna köpte husen. En av fastighetsägarna valde att ge ett befintligt rum detta syfte och en av ägarna gjorde ett bakbygge som inrymde bland annat badrummet. Flera av ägarna har haft en bred definition av kulturvärde, att kulturvärde även kan vara något immateriellt som ett hantverk eller en historia. Samtliga ägare har värderat det som är äldst och byggnadens relation till den närliggande miljön högst. Störst fokus för ägarna har därför varit att bevara eller återskapa exteriörerna till ett mer tidstypiskt utseende för byggnadens byggnadsår. Interiört har ägarna tagit sig en större frihet och prioriterat estetiken högst. Energieffektivisering har inte varit ett fokus för någon av ägarna, men de har vidtagit mindre åtgärder som innanfönster, tilläggsisolering och byte av värmesystem. Hållbarhet har ägarna arbetat med i olika utsträckning, några använde främst lokala material, andra återanvände material men alla har arbetat med traditionella material som går att underhålla.

Stockholm archipelago’s exalted position in the national narrative of Sweden wasinvented during the second half of the 19th century when writers and artists startedto depict the archipelago as an idyllic rural region. Previous studies have shown thatthe landscape imaginaries of Stockholm archipelago have successfully migrated overdifferent media for more than a century. However, it has not been investigated whethersocial media has influenced the imaginaries. The aim of this study is to investigatehow the landscape imaginaries of Stockholm archipelago have been influenced byrepresentations of the region on Instagram. By utilizing Instagram posts pertaining toStockholm archipelago, the present case study aims to investigate how establishedlandscape imaginaries appear in the light of visual conventions, online environment,and social codes that accompany social media. The analytical approach stems from theconcept of landscape imaginaries, how collective understandings and representationsof landscape render space. The method combines thematic analysis, netnography,and semiotic analysis. Research on how Instagram influences landscape imaginariessuggests that Instagram induced landscapes have the ability to change material life incertain places and that it has the capacity to rejuvenate criticized dormant discourses,like colonial ones. This study, however, suggests that the landscape imaginaries ofStockholm archipelago on Instagram not only cement, but reinforce the establishedimaginary archipelago. This is especially done through conventional romanticlandscape pictures which defy the idea of social media’s anticipated proliferation ofindividual and unique representations of the world.

This article investigates memory practices in connection with retrospective Facebook groups created for remembering specific aspects of the past. It focuses on how members of these groups experience and deal with how Facebook’s interface and algorithms enable, shape, and interfere with memory practices. From this point of departure, the article discusses and nuances the idea that a ‘connective turn’ has brought with it an ontological shift in memory culture (Hoskins 2017a) and a ‘greying’ of memories (Hoskins and Halstead 2021). Theoretically, the article draws on Deborah Lupton’s (2020) concept of ‘data selves’, which offers an account of how people interact with data and technology. This concept does not view data practices as immaterial but rather as material, corporeal, and affective, thus prompting an understanding of memory practices as hybrid processes where offline and online practices intersect (Gajjala 2019; Merrill forthcoming/ 2024). In this qualitative study, nine members of retrospective Facebook groups were chosen to par- ticipate in semi-structured interviews. The analysis explains the importance of viewing contempor- ary memory practices as hybrid, showing a greying effect within the affordances of Facebook that shapes both which memories are shared and how memories are shared. In addition, the analysis nuances the idea of an ontological shift in memory culture and the greying of memories by inves- tigating how the interviewees’ deal and struggle with the affordances of the platform in their mem- ory practices.

What do tests performed on human bodies tell us? Hormones and genetics have become increasingly central to contemporary understandings of identities and kinship. In this article, narratives around hormone and genetic testing are examined through two examples: the use of DNA testing in migration control and hormone testing in sports. In the name of “fair sport” and “fair migration”, people are being tested because of regulations by the federation or by the state. Testing is said to produce better knowledge, where knowledge without testing is unreliable and defined as a problem which constitutes a risk to fair participation or belonging. In the narratives examined in this article, there is a simultaneous stabilization and destabilization of identity, gender and race. We argue for a slightly different articulation of molecularization, compared to how it has previously been conceptualized in canonized scholarly work. When considered as strategic and entangled with gender, race, and sexuality, molecularization appears as not only a development within or from biopolitics but also as a part of necropolitics. The relation between politics and molecularization is here centred on control by knowing the individual through biological tests, a form of control which we call testinaming., Det är hormonerna. Dnr 2020-01220 (Vetenskapsrådet)

This study examines the notion of substitutionalism, which assumes that the introduction of sustainable alternatives will inherently displace unsustainable production and consumption systems. By studying the emergence of two historical examples of sustainable consumption, book and video rental, this study offers a unique opportunity to understand the effects of sharing from a distance and as a dominant consumption practice. The findings show that commercial lending did not displace new sales; instead, it transformed these subjects into mass-consumer products. Rental offered a lower price, greater supply, established new branches, and turned reading books and watching movies at home into consumer cultures. Producers initially resisted rental, but seized shares of the income as rental grew, and controlled the rental market so that cannibalization of the conventional consumption practices was avoided. This research challenges the core assumption of substitutionalism and highlights the need for a deeper understanding of market dynamics., QC 20240403

Theoretically grounded in queer death studies and environmental humanities, thisarticle has a twofold aim. Firstly, it explores the somatechnics of environmentalviolence in the context of Northern and Eastern Europe, while paying attention toongoing ecocide inflicted by Russia on Ukraine, and to the post-WW2 chemicalweapon dumps in the Baltic Sea. Secondly, the article examines the concept of eco-grief in its close relation to artistic narratives on ecocide. By bridging the discussionon environmental violence and artistic renderings of eco-grief, the article hopes tocontribute to a better understanding of the socio-cultural responses to more-than-human death and loss, and their accompanying ethical imaginaries and affordances., Ecological Grief, Crisis Imaginaries and Resilience in Nordic Lights

This article extends insights into the discourse on Swedish forests as arenas for experiences by unravelling, making visible, and problematizing how ways of seeing such forests have been constructed over time. This is investigated concerning the Swedish national parks, which have offered tourists experiences of forest milieus since the early 1900s. Representations in the Swedish Tourist Association’s yearbooks published between 1886 and 2013 are analyzed to get hold of ways of seeing. Through the analysis, two ways of seeing are identified: 1) primeval national park forests as arenas for experiences, and 2) scenic national park forests as arenas for experiences. Primeval forests are represented with old, wild, pristine, and inaccessible qualities, offering tourists experiences of forests far away from humanity, where time has remained still. Scenic forests are constructed to have aesthetic, grand, and calming qualities that create feelings among tourists of being in a beautiful, outstanding, and safe place. Both ways of seeing contain traces of romanticism, which indicates that they represent and communicate meanings of the Romantic movement of the late 1700s and early 1800s., Cet article explore le discours sur les forêts suédoises en tant que lieux d’expériences en éclaircissant, illustrant et nuançant la manière dont ces perceptions se sont construites au fil du temps. L’étude en question porte sur les parcs nationaux suédois, qui offrent aux touristes des expériences en milieu forestier depuis le début des années 1900. L’analyze qui s’y rattache repose sur les annales de l’Association suédoise du tourisme publiées entre 1886 et 2013. Elle met en lumière deux types de perception: 1) forêts vierges des parcs nationaux comme lieux d’expérience, et 2) forêts pittoresques des parcs nationaux comme lieux d’expérience. Les forêts vierges sont représentées par des qualités de nature ancienne, sauvage, originelle et inaccessible, offrant aux touristes des expériences en forêt loin de l’humanité, là où le temps s’est arrêté. Les forêts pittoresques sont illustrées par des qualités esthétiques, grandioses et apaisantes, qui confèrent aux touristes le sentiment d’être dans un endroit magnifique, exceptionnel et sécuritaire.

In this chapter we reflect upon our experiences and visions for engaging with memory institutions’ archival and digital practices. Our current research project focuses on two memory institutions’ perspectives on the digitization of Holocaust collections in their archives, and we suggest that the different ways in which they have approached digitization raises central questions about the ethics of accessibility in digital archival realms. Following from this we consider the development of new ethical approaches to digital archiving and reflect upon how Holocaust scholar Todd Presner’s (2016) ideas on the “ethics of the algorithm” as well as “distant listening” could inform debate and praxis with archival studies as well as the processes of memory institutions., Digitaliseringens etik. Föreställningar om Förintelsesamlingars sårbarhet

In democratic societies, cultural organizations function based on principles of freedom of expression. In non-democratic countries, promoting this fundamental value can be more challenging for such organizations and their actors. This paper explores potential interactions between structure and agency that can leverage freedom of expression, creating an environment conducive to development and creativity. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with human rights experts and employees of Dawit Isaak Library in Malmo, Sweden. The paper finds that capitalizing on freedom of expression is interdependent with other resources, and that financial autonomy is an essential aspect. This can be achieved through various means, including strategic partnerships, careful sponsorships, collaborations with like-minded cultural entities, and the establishment of independent financial foundations through endowment funds and crowdfunding initiatives. We argue that it is crucial to strengthen the efforts of institutions active in this domain while supporting individuals' and groups' agency to create change in non-democratic societies. The paper also emphasizes the role of cultural and symbolic capital, highlighting the significance of exercising caution and striking a balance between freedom of expression and other human rights principles to prevent conflicts and safeguard vulnerable groups' rights.

There is a paramount need to explore multispecies experiences with solar photovoltaics (PVs) as these technologies increasingly pervade both human and non-human worlds. This article offers experimental and exploratory insight into the possible relational experiences with PVs beyond the predominantly human-centred and techno-rationalistic lens. Through two rapid autoethnography cases in Singapore, I explore the entangled existence of solar PVs – as they are situated in place – from the human sensorial and embodied perspective. ‘Storytelling’ is engaged through a poetic first-person perspective, to emotionally connect and communicate the multispecies narrative surrounding solar PVs. The article culminates in a discussion at the nexus between STS, posthumanism and artistic and design research, in which I argue that humans become-with solar through a process of intentional presence in space and by leveraging the privilege of storytelling to centralise narratives surrounding solar “invisibilities”., Existe una necesidad primordial de explorar experiencias multiespecie en relación con la energía solar fotovoltaica (PV), ya que estas tecnologías impregnan cada vez más el mundo humano y no humano. Este artículo ofrece una visión experimental y exploratoria de las posibles experiencias relacionales con la fotovoltaica más allá de la lente predominantemente centrada en el ser humano y tecnorracionalista. A través de dos casos de autoetnografía rápida en Singapur, exploro la existencia entrelazada de las energías solares fotovoltaicas —tal como están situadas en su lugar— desde la perspectiva sensorial y corporal humana. La «narración de historias» se aborda mediante una perspectiva poética en primera persona, para conectar emocionalmen-te y comunicar la narrativa multiespecie que rodea a la energía solar fotovoltaica. El artículo culmina con una discusión sobre el nexo entre STS, poshumanismo y la investigación artística y de diseño, en donde sostengo que los humanos se vuelven-con la energía solar a través de un proceso de presencia intencional en el espacio y aprovechando el privilegio de la narración para centralizar las narrativas en torno a las «invisibilidades» solares., Godkänd;2024;Nivå 0;2024-07-30 (signyg);Fulltext license: CC BY-SA

This study examines the Jesuits’ significant contributions to China’s modernization through their involvement in textbook publication. It analyzes a recently discovered historical Catalogus of 1934 written in Latin to uncover insights. Specifically, it explores how the Jesuit T`ou-sè-wè Press in Shanghai responded to changes in education, society, and the interplay of religious and political forces. By investigating the Jesuits’ strategic adaptations in their educational and cultural pursuits, revised compilation and publishing methods, and proactive engagement with the dynamic environment, this study aims to provide a deeper understanding of their approach. Additionally, it investigates the nuanced accommodation strategies employed by the T`ou-sè-wè Press to navigate the complex challenges of the era.

The aim of this paper is to develop and discuss mad studies as a methodology and mad reading as a method for critical heritage studies. In doing so, this paper acts on persistent calls to discuss methodologies in critical heritage studies as well as calls to explore the heritage connected to psychiatric hospitals and madness. The text introduces and develops mad studies as a methodology for critical heritage studies, here explained as a way of seeing and analysing heritage from the perspective of mad-centred knowledge productions. The article further develops mad reading as a method for analysing heritage. Mad reading is explained as (1) a situated method, (2) a different way to approach the object of study (3) a method to expose and challenge sanism and (4) a method to reveal madness where it is not clearly visible. The paper is predominantly theory-driven but situates the discussion in relation to previous and ongoing research in heritage studies.

Mozambique has undocumented forest patches that are cultural landscapes and locally protected as heritage sites. Using the case of Inhambane Province, in this paper, we present the status and purposes of forest patches protected by local communities and discuss threats working against local protection. Findings point out that these heritage forests are reservoirs for biodiversity conservation and the local system of conservation is effective, but there are challenges local custodians face to safeguard heritage forests, ranging from illegal logging, misrecognition of customary protection and lack of legislation enforcement. We argue that the existence of heritage forests requires collaboration between entities dealing with forests, heritage and conservation. We suggest strategies to increase protection in the Inhambane Province and the Mozambique context. This will support local institutions in the protection of heritage forests, as biodiversity reservoirs and in keeping heritage practices and the customary protection of heritage forests alive.

In this paper, I explore negotiations of heritage in heritage forests from three case studies in southern Mozambique using oral history, field walking, video documentation and conversations. I argue that at local level there are processes of negotiation, authorisation, and legitimacy of heritage in forests. Such local forms of heritage negotiation and heritage discourse are authoritative and need to be recognised in both the planning of heritage conservation, and also in nature conservation. This recognition can strengthen local custodians to safeguard forest patches as locally protected areas, and opening room for heritage practitioners to be engaged by local people in the process of cultural heritage management.

This article is based on a presentation at the Coimbra Heritage Meeting, held in Coimbra 7–8 November 2019. It concerns the different roles of the Gustavianum, the Uppsala University Museum, and discusses the various missions of the museum – to make the collections available as a resource for research and education, and at the same time serve as a public museum. It also discusses the use of digital media and the production of travelling exhibitions as a means to achieve these goals.

The innovative use of comic art as a medium for exploring and “cripping” historical narratives is a compelling approach that has been gaining momentum in recent years. This paper delves into the ways in which various disability groups themselves are narrating their history and how history is envisioned in the realm of comics through the lens of disability. In taking a comparative and transnational perspective, three examples will be examined, including “Seger!” which delves into the history of the Deaf community in Sweden, “Epileptic,” a graphic novel that provides insight into a family’s epileptic child, intricately interwoven with France’s post-war history, and “Freaks,” offering a contemporary adaptation of the 1932 film by Tod Browning. What unites these comics is a pervasive theme of emancipation, a stark departure from the typical narrative of “overcoming” disability often depicted in mainstream superhero comics, as exemplified by characters like Marvel’s Daredevil. Instead, they strive to foster a disability identity and are closely linked to what Robert McRuer has termed “crip,” a strategy aimed to “resist the contemporary spectacle of able-bodied heteronormativity,” and to reclaim disability. By applying Rosemary Garland Thomson’s analytical framework of “staring”, we also aim to scrutinize how the able-bodied gaze on disability perpetuates exclusionary narratives and highlights ableist norms. Ultimately, the core objective of this paper is to enhance norm-critical discussions on ablebodiness and normalcy. It also wants to trace how disability comics aim to foster social justice. In doing so, we aim to contribute to ongoing scholarly discussions on how disability, identity formation, and the pursuit of social justice are fostered within the realm of comics.

L'activiste franco-béninois Kemi Seba, leader de l'ONG Urgences panafricainistes, est devenu ces dernières années un leader influent parmi les jeunes Africains, dans un contexte de panafricanisme croissant. Il s'est distingué par ses critiques virulentes contre les relations entre la France et l'Afrique, ce qui lui a valu le retrait de sa nationalité française. Christophe Premat a étudié le discours politique dans les pays francophones, avec un accent particulier sur les politiques identitaires. Il explique à The Conversation Africa les raisons de la percée de Kemi Seba.

It is well known that research quality notions vary across research fields. Despite this, humanities quality notions are often portrayed as deviant or particularly hard to grasp. To some extent, this has a historical explanation, as notions from within the humanities have not been the standards used in the development of research evaluation tools. Accordingly, we argue that current discussions on research evaluation and quality notions reflect a lack of understanding of how field-type quality notions in the humanities can be studied. We therefore identify entry points to further studies on how humanities scholars address quality notions in their own words, what one might call ‘quality from within’. The suggested entry points are assessment for recruitment, field-type internal evaluations, public debates on the humanities, book reviews, the academic seminar, PhD supervision, academic memoirs, obituaries and the Festschrift. We here outline how an empirically grounded research agenda around quality in humanities research can be fruitfully pursued. Thus, the study aims to contribute insights into why and how a fresh perspective can provide us with much-needed entry points to understanding quality from within.

The Swedish strategy received particular attention at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the singular choice of not confining the population. If this strategy has been the target of many criticisms, its careful study reveals a rather original functioning of public policies. The political authorities used the administrative framework of the State to elaborate an official narrative overhanging the various opinions of the experts. State epidemiological expert Anders Tegnell has been in the spotlight to become a constant benchmark for the political positioning based on the state of information and knowledge. The chapter analyses the transformation of state expert into super-expert by showing how this discourse has produced collective coherence and obedience., Projektet finansierades av Ottawa University samt av Romling (forskning inom romanska språk; projektnummer 30000294

The following chapter aims at unfoldingthe multilayered circumstances fromwhich the current debates about cattle and their living conditions grew, givingmeaning to the idea of the“happy cow,”seen in the marketing of dairy and meatproducts, as well as popular events such as pasture releases. The goal is to investi-gate how the well-being of cows was understood in different contexts, opening ahistorisation of modern animal welfare, food production and husbandry. Thechapter asks why ideas about the necessity of cows to be happy emerged in thedebate at the time they did, and what areas of conflict they related to. The methodused is archaeological, broadly contextualising the idea of the necessity of cowsbeing happy. A wide range of sources are used: the critical articles, propositionsand debates concerning animal welfare laws, the industry magazineHusdjurandliterature about the handling of animals in zoos and in training. The case here isSweden with its claim and self-image of being a nation with a very high level ofanimal welfare.

The health crisis the world is going through is arguably the first contemporary “global crisis” that threatens the world with generalized anomy and its new economic option, globalization. It has struck China, settles in Europe, strikes heavily in the United States and Latin America, and is spreading rapidly in other continents. The same problem has to be faced by different States and it addresses fascinating questions to social and political sciences. To understand, we must compare said political scientist Giovanni Sartori. Comparing the way in which States are managing this crisis can allow us to understand the global crisis and the national specificities. The first reaction of the States is a considerable predilection for sanitary methods of quarantine and containment. The aim is to understand the effects of this crisis on every political system and every legal system. How were the actions taken, received, approved or challenged? How do different national political cultures adapt to new situations? What does this tell us about each of the societies, about each of the political regimes and, ultimately, about the place of the State in contemporary societies? Are the legal instruments one of the means to manage the crisis? Is the organization of the State reinforced or weakened in the context of the health emergency? What do these levers tell us about the metamorphoses of the contemporary State in a period of unprecedented health crisis? Since April 2020, a new research network in political science, discourse analysis and law has been established on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the States (Posoc19, Pouvoirs et Sociétés Face à la Crise du COVID-19). The objective of the current project is to focus on the axis of expertise in order to empower the network and be able to compare the ways in which political systems are based on scientific expertise. To what extent is political power based on scientific expertise? Is the expertise autonomous? What is the ef, Projektet finansierades av Ottawa University samt av Romling (forskning inom romanska språk; projektnummer 30000294)

In the first volume of his memoirs, former President Barack Obama commented on the situation with the H1N1 virus in 2010 during his first mandate. Over a few weeks, around 12,000 persons died of the virus, and the President and his staff were confronted with difficult decisions. They consulted veteran task force workers who had been engaged in President Gerald Ford’s government during 1976’s swine flu epidemic (Obama, 2020, p. 468). One of those people gave him this piece of advice: “You should engage in the question (…) but you should let the experts handle the process”(Obama, 2020, p. 469). This person was thinking of President Ford’s hasty decision to make vaccination against swine flu oblig-atory. The vaccination campaign had serious complications and caused scepticism and mistrust in the population. Ex-President Obama followed that advice and made every decision according to the best research available in the field. But what did the best research mean in this context? What kind of experts were consulted by governments and which experts delivered advice? Were experts real political advisors or did they only legitimise political decisions afterwards? Here, the voice of the experts was understood to be in a context where there was a strong uncertainty about the spread of the virus., Projektet finansierades av Ottawa University samt av Romling (forskning inom romanska språk; projektnummer 30000294

This chapter explores fatherhood and adult masculinity in the Swedish children’s film series about Sune (1993–2021). The Sune films showcase a cultural shift towards child-centredness, where men are increasingly expected to be involved, emotionally present, and spend time with their children. However, fathers in the Sune films are depicted as foolish as they try to portray themselves as more involved fathers than they actually are. The foolishness of the fathers also reflects class dynamics, as fatherhood is enacted in terms of attempts to attain upper middle-class status, where fathers present themselves as financially successful. However, these performances lack substance and consistently fail, or are at risk of failing. As a result, adult masculinity in the Sune films becomes a ridiculous spectacle that evokes laughter. The films exemplify how financial challenges in a neoliberal culture are individualised, turning the struggles of meeting the standards of middle-class fatherhood into personal flaws or failures.

This study examines the genre of YouTube reaction videos as a distinct form of cultural production and social influence in online communication. Despite its prevalence and popularity, the genre has received limited scholarly attention, particularly with regard to reactions to ideological activism. This paper aims to fill this gap by conducting a social semiotic discourse analysis of videos reviewing the activism of transgender community on TikTok. The analysis demonstrates how intersecting non-verbal and technologically enabled modes, such as gaze, gestures, facial expressions, and various audio-visual effects, contribute to the expression of impoliteness arising from a sense of superiority over the target, shared with non-targeted viewers. Overall, the paper provides insights into the dynamics of online culture wars and the multimodal manifestations of impoliteness in contemporary social media discourse.

This publication is the result of a collaboration between the Tema Datalab at Linköping University and the Hub for Digital Welfare at Södertörn University. In the spring of 2023, we invited scholars at different career stages from our departments to share their experiences of collaborating with cultural institutions in their research and communication. We wanted to create an inclusive space to talk about the process of enacting such collaborations in practice. And, we wanted to learn from each other about the possibilities and challenges that are part of materializing such collaborations. Our primary interest was not the final product, outcome or success of such collaborations but what it meant for scholars at different career stages, with diverse personal interests, life and professional experience to start, become part of and complete a collaboration in a “good” way.

This report is written by students in the Ethnic and Migration Studies Master’s Programme, part of the Research Institute in Migration, Ethnicity, and Society (REMESO) at Linköping University, based on the Norrköping campus. REMESO is an internationally renowned institute that pursues research in migration and ethnic relations. The Master’s Programme is highly sought after, with students coming from all over the world to attend. Their interest in how migration transforms the world and how it influences other social phenomena has fuelled their work in this publication. In their first year of studies, students take the course Critical Cases in Ethnic and Migration Studies, led by Erik Berggren as course coordinator and Kenna Sim-Sarka. The course is designed for students to apply the theoretical knowledge and experiences gained throughout the first year’s courses to produce articles beyond an academic audience for the broader public. Each REMS report is based around a specific theme, with previous themes including migration and Covid-19, migration and Ukraine, and migration and democracy. The REMS report is one of the many ways in which we, as students, are trained to identify and analyse issues related to migration, integration, and diversity and to make research accessible to a wider audience. This year’s overarching theme is Migration and Culture, sparked by recent developments in Sweden’s and Norrköping’s politics of decreasing and cutting funds for cultural activities. Arts and culture are both areas of expression for migrant communities and people on the move, as well as those fighting against racism, discrimination, and exclusion. The current debate on “Swedish culture” and on a “Swedish cultural canon” recalls monolithic understandings of culture as a natural and immutable construct, contributing to the polarisation of views rather than the multiplication of perspectives and conceptions of it. Like culture, which can be visualised as a tapestry created from di

This study examines the operational dynamics and community engagement strategies of Taiwanese tea museums, specifically the Pinglin Tea Museum, Taiwan Hakka Tea Culture Museum, and Sin Fong Choon. Using system thinking, the study demonstrates how enhanced community engagement strengthens museum operational systems and the cultural ecosystem, assuring the preservation of living heritage, such as tea culture. The study uses a multidisciplinary workshop to identify creative solutions, such as interactive tea activities and virtual tours, that improve tourist engagement and financial sustainability. While admitting limitations such as reliance on museum viewpoints, the study presents an effective structure for museums to sustain and expand their cultural influence through multidisciplinary collaboration and stronger community links.

There is currently a debate about the cultural politics in Norrköping, combined with an ongoing recession in the country. This has led to a deprioritization in the cultural field, both in financial resources and political value. Therefore, this study aims to examine how cultural institutions in Norrköping work with culture for children and to further investigate the experience of the current cultural debate and its consequences according to participants in the cultural field. Furthermore, it aims to research the participants' outlook on the future of children's culture. Based on the theories of phenomenography and Luke Goode and Michael Godhe's Critical Future Studies, this study performed five semi-structured interviews with cultural participants at established cultural institutions in Norrköping. The results showed that the cultural participants all present different types of futures. Some display positive interpretations, while others are dystopian. Furthermore, all participants share similar perceptions of the situation, and several patterns are prominent. There is an experience of limited financial resources and accessibility in the cultural field. The participants also perceive similar risks in restricting children's culture and share the experience of politicians' disinterest or misjudgment of the value of culture in society and for children. However, all participants have a relatively positive view of the situation, their possibilities of executing their work, and their perception of the future of children's culture.