New thematic section from Culture Unbound: ?Uses
of the Past: Nordic Historic Cultures in a Comparative Perspective?
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Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural
research has published a new thematic section
entitled ?Uses of the Past: Nordic Historic
Cultures in a Comparative Perspective?, edited by Peter Aronsson.
For over a decade studies of the uses of the
past have been a prominent trait of cultural
research when it comes to fields such as
nationalism, monuments and museums. The
representation of Nordic cultures has in its
turn a historical reputation that stretches from
the Vikings and the Thirty Years? War to the
idea of a modern Nordic welfare state. It has
never been exactly clear what to incorporate in
the Nordic cultural sphere or how to handle
unity and difference to reconstruct and
renegotiate national identity. This ambivalence
has been productive and transported images and
values across borders and spheres.
This thematic section explores these images by
highlighting Nordic experiences of uses of the
past in a European and international context.
Ten articles on subjects such as the performance
of Scandinavian heritage in the US, the cultural
heritage of the Cold war and museum building and
regional and national identity give a rich and
diverse perspective on the local and global use of Nordic History.
Featured articles are:
Peter Aronsson, ?Uses of the Past ? Nordic
Historical Cultures in a Comparative Perspective?
Stuart Burch, ?Norden, Reframed?
Magdalena Hillström, ?Contested Boundaries:
Nation, People and Cultural History Museums in Sweden and Norway 1862-1909?
Carl Marklund & Peter Stadius, ?Acceptance and
Conformity: Merging Modernity with Nationalism
in the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930?
Per Strömberg, ?Swedish Military Bases of the
Cold War: The Making of a New Cultural Heritage?
Egl Rindzevi i t , ?Soviet Lithuanians, Amber
and the ?New Balts?: Historical Narratives of
National and Regional Identities in Lithuanian Museums, 1940-2009"
Lizette Gradén, ?A Present from the Past?
Anders Houltz, ?Captives of Narrative:
Scandinavian Museum Exhibits and Polar Ambitions?
Marzia Varutti, ?Using Different Pasts in a
Similar Way: Museum Representations of National History in Norway and China?
Tanja Schult, ?Whose Raoul Wallenberg is it? The
Man and the Myth: Between Memory, History and Popularity?
Along with this thematic section we have also
published three new articles within the wider field of cultural research:
Helene Brembeck and Barbro Johansson, ?Foodscapes and Children?s Bodies ?
Katherine Giuffre, ?Half the Right People: Network Density and Creativity?
Carmen L. McClish, ?Orange Houses and Tape
Babies: Temporary and Nebulous Art in Urban Spaces?
You can access all articles for free at:
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Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural
research is an open access e-journal that seeks
to be a forum for contemporary, cutting edge
cultural research from a wide range of
disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas. We
also welcome new article manuscripts in all
areas of cultural research, as well as proposals for future theme sections.
Martin Fredriksson
Executive Editor
Culture Unbound
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