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Evaluation of flexibility and drape properties in adhesive treated silk
(2025-10-28)This thesis investigates how flexibility and drape properties in adhesive treated silk are affected when type of adhesive, type of support fabric and concentration and ratio of adhesive are altered. Through a literature ... -
Korsvirkestraditionen i Västra Götalands län Utbredning, konstruktion, karaktär och kontext
(2025-10-28)This bachelor’s thesis examines the tradition of half-timbered buildings in Västra Götaland County as there is a current lack of research on this building category in this region. The lack of knowledge may lead to the loss ... -
ADMINISTRATIVA INDELNIGNAR OCH OMRÅDESNAMN I GÖTEBORG
(2025-10-07)Uppsatsen handlar om olika typer av indelningar som funnits och finns i Göteborg. I huvudsak handlar detta om territoriella administrativa indelningar men också områdens namn, som är en typ av indelning. Syftet är att ... -
Evaluating Three Sheer Support Fabrics Attached with Laid - Couching or Adhesive on Double - Sided Textiles by 2D Digital Image Correlation
(2025-10-02)This thesis focuses on the use of sheer mesh fabrics for structural support of holes in double- sided (and occasionally also semi-transparent) textiles. In textile conservation, it is usual to treat structural damages ... -
Three Ways to Remove Varnish A Case Study
(2025-09-30)The removal of varnish is a central and often controversial practice in the conservation of easel paintings. While varnish enhances colour saturation and offers protection, aged coatings tend to discolour and obscure the ... -
Inadvertent exposure to chemical residues in textile conservation - A risk assessment methodology
(2025-09-11)A range of chemical compounds has historically been used on textiles to prevent and cure insect attack. This presents several problems to conservators working with historical textiles today. Documentation of the treatments ... -
Moderna kulturvägar Undersökning för värdering och urval av det moderna vägnätet enligt Trafikverkets metod för kulturvägsinventering
(2025-09-04)The Swedish Transport Administration’s task is to assess and identify the cultural values in the state road network through their evaluation method. The identified roads with high cultural values are highlighted as Roads ... -
Antikvariskt perspektiv på adaptiv återanvändning: En fallstudie av Guldhedens norra vattentorn
(2025-09-03)This thesis examines how adaptive reuse and cultural heritage values are approached by heritage conservation and heritage professionals, by studying the adaptiv reuse of the northern water tower in Guldheden. This thesis ... -
BILDEN AV ÖVERVÅNINGEN: En studie i hur bebyggelsehistorisk kunskap formas
(2025-09-03)This thesis investigates the notion of unused and unfurnished upper floors in rural manor houses ("mangårdar") from 19th-century southern Norrland, Sweden, focusing on how this concept has been constructed and reproduced ... -
Förmedlingen av Hagas kulturarv, en undersökning på kulturarvsförmedling i de byggda miljöerna
(2025-09-03)Although cultural heritage is a central component of the urban environment, there is often a lack of effective interpretation of historical context within cities. In districts with significant cultural and historical value, ... -
Getting to know a concrete statue named Ingeborg Collecting Data to Estimate the Risk of Potential Damage
(2025-09-03)This thesis investigates the preservation challenges associated with the concrete statue named Ingeborg, created by Gerhard Henning. The primary aim is to understand the degradation processes affecting the statue and develop ... -
”Backstugusittaren satt på ett kålland” - De obesuttnas trädgårdar vid sekelskiftet 1900
(2025-09-02)This study examines the gardens of the landless in Västergötland, Sweden around 1900. “Landless” refers to crofters, cottage-dwellers, and lodgers who lacked land ownership and held a subordinate social and economic ... -
Landskap och kulturarv i samspel En studie av Trafikverkets integrerade landskapskaraktärsanalys
(2025-07-04)The purpose of the study is to examine how cultural heritage is formulated, understood and presented in the Swedish Transport Administration's integrated landscape character analyses (ILCA) and how it coincides with their ... -
BYGGNADSANKNUTEN KONST I SKOLOR Brister och möjligheter i hanteringen av konst i efterkrigstidens skolor från ett kulturhistoriskt perspektiv
(2025-07-04)Public art in the realm of Modern Cultural Heritage is a discussion which has become more prevalent in Sweden during the recent 15 years. With it a need for specific terminology arised, with the term ”Byggnadsanknuten ... -
ATT LÄSA MELLAN FOGARNA: Källpluralism som verktyg för att förstå svårtolkade byggnader
(2025-07-04)The smallest buildings in rural areas often lack documentation in historical sources, making it challenging to interpret their original function. This thesis investigates how source pluralism can be used to understand ... -
BEBYGGELSEREGISTRETS ROLL, ANVÄNDNING OCH BRISTER - Belysta genom ett driftsavbrott
(2025-07-04)In 1998, the Swedish National Heritage Board launched a digital information system to provide accessible information about culturally and historically valuable buildings in Sweden. The system, called Bebyggelseregistret ... -
DEN ANSPRÅKSFULLA SOCKENSKOLAN En mikrohistorisk studie av skolbyggande på 1700-talet
(2025-07-04)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the school building process in rural Sweden prior to the Swedish Elementary School Act of 1842 through the history of a specific brick schoolhouse called Silvii School. Three research ... -
BYGGNADENS ROLL I KOLLEKTIVT IDENTITETSSKAPANDE: En fallstudie av Rannebergen och Rannebergens centrumanläggning
(2025-07-04)This thesis is based on a case study of the Rannebergen central complex in Gothenburg. Its aim is to explore the role individual buildings can play in processes of collective identity formation. Combining various ... -
BETONGENS VÄRDE Antikvariens perspektiv på senmodernistisk betongarkitektur
(2025-07-04)This bachelor’s thesis is part of the Building Conservation Program at the Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg. The study focuses on how heritage professionals understand and express their perspectives on ... -
NATIONALROMANTIKENS TEGELMURVERK -SVENSKA IDEAL OCH GÖTEBORGSK PRAKTIK
(2025-07-04)This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of the aesthetic expressions of National Romanticism by examining the relationship between brickwork design and the architectural ideals communicated during the era. ...