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Improving the heritage management of Nanjing City Wall: Local community participation as an effective approach
The contradiction between the process of urbanization and the protection of cultural heritage is an unavoidable problem in the specific stage of social and economic development. While speeding up urban construction and ... -
Status and Risk Assessment as Decision Support for Energy Efficiency Measures in Historical Buildings; Testing and Development of the ‘3B’ Method
Within the Swedish research and development programme on energy efficiency in historic buildings, one project is developing a transdisciplinary method for assessing building status and intervention risks as a means of ... -
Children’s Place in Heritage Practice Exploring practitioners’ conditions for allowing children to participate in heritage work and planning
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a law in Sweden - indicating that children should be allowed to express opinions on all matters that affect them. Simultaneously, the National Heritage Goals (NHG) states ... -
Reconstructing Eighteenth-Century Tailoring: A Qualitative Study of Craft Knowledge
This thesis researches the craft knowledge in eighteenth-century sewing through case studies and reconstructions. With the theoretical framework of experimental archaeology, craft science and object-based research, it was ... -
Challenging conservation principles Valuation of a graffiti mural by Carolina Falkholt
The main area of research in this thesis is valuation of graffiti and street art, and the application of conservation theories on murals grounded in the graffiti culture. The conflict between traditional conservation ... -
Sprickorna i Konstnärsförbundets styrelse
All oil paintings do degrade with time and a clear sign of this ageing is the cracks seen at the surface of the painting. Cracks can , however, also be hidden underneath the very surface and in fact extend all the way ... -
Piranesi’s Opere at the Gothenburg Museum of Art
The collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art contains a set of 18 bindings described as being a near-complete edition of 18th century etcher Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s work, as a whole titled the Opere. Previous ... -
TILLSTÅNDSBEDÖMNINGAR En metodutveckling med sidenfragment från Birka som utgångspunkt
Despite being an indispensable assessment tool and an ethical obligation in the conservation of cultural heritage, traditional condition assessments encompass several shortcomings that reduce their ability to act as ... -
SILKE OCH MIKROORGANISMER En kvalitativ studie av bakterie- och mögelangrepp på siden
In this thesis, bacteria and mold infestation of silk artefacts are investigated through a literature review, a survey sent out to textile conservators, an interview with a mycologist, and an examination of a mold infested ... -
OFFENTLIG KONST OCH DET NÄTVERKANDE MUSEET Användning av digitala webb-baserade lösningar för tillgängliggörande av den offentliga konsten
All over Sweden there are large amounts of so-called public art commissioned and paid for by the community. The art can be free standing outdoors, connected to buildings or freely placed indoors such as paintings. The ... -
The Use of Gels for the Removal of Cellulose Nitrate Lacquer on Silver
The conservation of silver objects mainly constitutes addressing the issues of tarnish removal and of preventing tarnish. For decades lacquer has been used to coat silver objects in order to protect them from tarnishing. ... -
A GREENER SOLUTION Investigating the potential use of Green Solvents to remove cellulose nitrate lacquer from silver objects
This thesis investigates the performance of non-hazardous solvent substitutes, so called “Green Solvents", for the removal of aged and unaged cellulose nitrate lacquer from silver surfaces. Literature research and preliminary ... -
Accessible preservation: An investigation of conditions for public access to museum collections in storage
The societal role of museums has changed through time. As of 2022, ICOM is in the process of developing an updated museum definition. The proposal for a new definition emphasizes that museums are institutions in service ... -
Spår av rabatter, kullar, grafvar, broar och postamenter: En studie av Svartsjö köks- och lustträdgård
This essay strives to explore and understand the relationship between the built cultural heritage and the green cultural heritage. Historically estates, villas and houses were created and built as a harmony between its ... -
Adaptiv återanvändning av det byggda kulturarvet – En undersökning av återanvändning som kulturvårdsmetod för en hållbar framtid
The thesis reviews the prerequisites for an increased use of adaptive reuse as a conservation method for cultural heritage buildings. It argues that in order to reach Swedish and international climate goals, adaptive ... -
FRAMTIDENS SNICKARE OCH DÅTIDENS BEBYGGELSE Bygg- och anläggningsprogrammets förhållningssätt till varsamhetskravet
The thesis aims to examine the building and construction program in Swedish upper secondary school and in what ways the education of the program relates to the precautionary requirement in the Swedish Planning and ... -
L-formade spindeltrappor : traditonella utslagningsmetoder
This bachelor thesis aim is to shine some light on traditional methods of drawing staircases. Before the breakthrough of technology and machinery that now controls large parts of the stair building industry other more ... -
En undersökning av SJ:s årsberättelser 1891-1906 - utvecklingen från annueller till perenner
The Swedish state railway had a great impact on the Swedish society during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Both in terms of new communication and development of standard time, but also by educating the ... -
De krypande fruktträden - en historisk undersökning av odlingsmetoderna för krypande fruktträd under 1940-, 50-, och 60-talet
This bachelor's thesis is a study of the phenomenon “creeping fruit trees” and their methods for cultivation in the North of Sweden during the 1940s and 1950s. The cultivation of these trees were part of state experiments ... -
Trädgårdsmästarens trädinventering : en metodstudie för att bedöma värden, risk och mångfald
This thesis’ focus is on the gardeners methods of how to work with trees, with a broad focus on biological diversity, risk and cultural-historical values. It tries to find the answer to what the gardeners ...
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