Museet som levande genbank : fyra fallstudier av svenska friluftsmuseers arbete med att bevara biologisk mångfald i form av lantraser, kulturväxter och vilda växter.
(2024) ABMM74 20241Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
- Abstract
- Museums as cultural heritage institutions have an ability when it comes to determining what is and is not a part of a cultural heritage. Many Swedish open-air museums work with conveying knowledge about what can be called biological cultural heritage. An important part of the biological cultural heritage is the old Swedish livestock breeds, cultivated plants and wild plants. These animals and plants have all been subject to humans’ use of nature and many of them are even dependent on humans’ usage today. Since they are a large part of the biological cultural heritage they can be seen as sources, representing this type of cultural heritage. But since many of them are endangered, measures have been introduced to try to prevent the species... (More)
- Museums as cultural heritage institutions have an ability when it comes to determining what is and is not a part of a cultural heritage. Many Swedish open-air museums work with conveying knowledge about what can be called biological cultural heritage. An important part of the biological cultural heritage is the old Swedish livestock breeds, cultivated plants and wild plants. These animals and plants have all been subject to humans’ use of nature and many of them are even dependent on humans’ usage today. Since they are a large part of the biological cultural heritage they can be seen as sources, representing this type of cultural heritage. But since many of them are endangered, measures have been introduced to try to prevent the species from becoming extinct.
Open-air museums are unique in their way of conveying knowledge about our cultural heritage. They are three-dimensional and have an advantage when it comes to attracting a broader audience. They recreate local cultural landscapes as a way of telling stories about our past lives. To do so, the open-air museums use tangible cultural heritage, such as buildings and tools, and intangible cultural heritage such as customs, practices and crafts. Last but not least they use animals and plants to show the relation between humans and nature, and how we have adapted
them to fit our own needs.
In the operations of the open-air museums, many endangered species are being preserved as living museum objects. The decision to preserve these types of animals and plants are mostly made by the museums themselves. It is not an easy task to carry out and new incentives such as financing, action plans and national network will be significant in the ongoing work with preserving the animals and plants - both as biodiversity and as biological cultural heritage. (Less)
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- author
- Caspersen, Sofie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- The museum as a gene bank : four case studies of Swedish open-air museums’ work with preserving biodiversity in the form of Swedish lifestock breed, cultivated pants and wild plants
- course
- ABMM74 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Friluftsmuseum, biologisk mångfald, biodiversitet, biologiskt kulturarv, lantrasdjur, kulturväxt, vild växt, biofakt, epistemiska objekt, genbank, oas, fristad, bevarande, bevarandearbete, incitament, cultural heritage, preservation
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9155449
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-18 14:50:43
- date last changed
- 2024-06-18 14:50:43
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Open-air museums are unique in their way of conveying knowledge about our cultural heritage. They are three-dimensional and have an advantage when it comes to attracting a broader audience. They recreate local cultural landscapes as a way of telling stories about our past lives. To do so, the open-air museums use tangible cultural heritage, such as buildings and tools, and intangible cultural heritage such as customs, practices and crafts. Last but not least they use animals and plants to show the relation between humans and nature, and how we have adapted
them to fit our own needs.
In the operations of the open-air museums, many endangered species are being preserved as living museum objects. The decision to preserve these types of animals and plants are mostly made by the museums themselves. It is not an easy task to carry out and new incentives such as financing, action plans and national network will be significant in the ongoing work with preserving the animals and plants - both as biodiversity and as biological cultural heritage.}},
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title = {{Museet som levande genbank : fyra fallstudier av svenska friluftsmuseers arbete med att bevara biologisk mångfald i form av lantraser, kulturväxter och vilda växter.}},
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