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Climate Adaptation from the Gardeners Perspective: A Comparative Study between Sweden and the United Kingdom
(2024-09-17)This thesis presents a comparative study into the practices and perspectives of 19 heritage gardeners across nine gardens in the United Kingdom and Sweden, focusing on their responses to climate change. The study encompasses ... -
Shifting water-land relations: Understanding heritage through a landscape approach in the proposed biosphere reserve at Lake Hjälmaren
(2024-09-10)The Lake Hjälmaren landscape is defined by changing relationships between water and land over time and has been formatively shaped by human activity in the modern era. The last 150 years have seen a succession of wide-scale ... -
Exploring the Efficacy of Adhesives in Plastic Bonding: A Comprehensive Experimental Analysis with Emphasis on PVC-P Conservation
(2024-09-10)This research project conducted a comprehensive investigation into the long-term compatibility of six distinct adhesives with PVC-P plastic, a plastic material with a high degree of problematic characteristics in museum ... -
Stabilising heritage Iron gall ink corrosion on paper and the eternal search for an ideal treatment
(2024-07-01)This study has been conducted to investigate the complexities of iron gall ink, its degradation mechanisms and possible stabilisation methods. Iron gall ink represents a writing medium that was commonly used from the ... -
Neural Radiance Fields for the Digitization of Ethnographic Collections: A Comparative Analysis of State-of-the-Art and Established Methods for the 3D Documentation of Cultural Heritage Objects
(2024-07-01)Conventional 3D documentation utilizing Structure-from-Motion (SfM) techniques has been established as an accurate and comprehensible method of cultural heritage digitization. The recent development of Neural Radiance ... -
The paint loss of Callmander’s stained glass windows: An investigation of the prevalence and causes behind the paint loss on Callmander and Svenska Glasmåleri AB’s stained glass windows
(2024-02-06)This MA-thesis investigates the loss of grisaille paint in the stained-glass windows created by the artist Reinhold Callmander and Svenska Glasmåleri AB, with the aim of understanding the prevalence as well as the reasons ... -
Tracing Tempera through Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Analysing samples from four icons from the Nationalmuseum collection
(2024-01-30)This thesis will analyze samples in form of cross-sections taken from four icons of the Nationalmuseum collection, two Russian, from the 18th and 19th centuries and two Greek, also from the 18th and 19th centuries, using ... -
FINDING TRACES OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN Implementing personal value through visualisation as a conservation tool
(2024-01-30)The organisation Docomomo International is engaged in the documentation and conservation of the built environment related to the Modern Movement. Therefore, it was essential to discuss what this means for our modernist ... -
Desalination of Archaeological Iron Objects in Vacuum
(2023-12-13)This work investigates the efficiency of commercially available vacuum containers as a physical deoxygenation method for desalination solutions for archaeological iron. Other factors are investigated as well, such as the ... -
Unlock those closed doors
(2023-10-18)The present work aims to investigate the current situation regarding the conservation profession and the communication to the public through outreach initiatives, especially from the point of view of the conservators. In ... -
A PILOT STUDY ON STAIN REDUCTION Effects of Stains, Cleaning Agents, and Cleaning Methods on Polyester Textiles
(2023-08-28)The thesis was an experimental pilot study that investigated efficiency and effects of stains and cleaning agents on polyester textiles. A literature review and interviews with textile conservators were used to understand ... -
'Amerikafebern' och byggnadsskicket - En studie av emigrationens påverkan på landsbygdens bebyggelse i Västsverige
(2023-05-24)In the years 1850-1930, about 1.2 million Swedes emigrated, most of them to North America. In popular speech one could say there was an 'America fever' in Sweden. As a result a huge network developed that united people ... -
Omvandlingsprocess av kustnära kulturvärden och kulturmiljöarbete i ett förändrat näringsfång i Bohusläns kustsamhällen
(2023-02-02)This study aims to reason and investigate the conservation authorities' institutions and conservation authorities' approach and methods and the value perceptions of various actors of coastal communities in Bohuslän. This ... -
THE GOTHENBURG COLOURISTS - Analysis of selected works by Karin Parrow, Ivan Ivarsson and Ragnar Sandberg
(2022-11-28)ABSTRACT Paintings from three selected Gothenburg colorists, Karin Parrow, Ivan Ivarsson and Ragnar Sandberg were analysed to gain insight into their use of colour. The Gothenburg colorists refers to a group of artists ... -
Heritage as a foundation and resource in place-making processes Experiences on adaptive reuse and collaborative approaches from three industrial villages in Västra Götaland, Sweden
(2022-10-26)This thesis aims to explore the shifting collaborative approaches and uses of heritage and its impact on place-making processes in three industrial villages in Västra Götaland, a county in west of Sweden. In Sweden there ... -
Rock Art in Technicolour Exploring Augmented Reality as an Accessibility Tool for Rock Art in Tanum World Heritage
(2022-10-26)This thesis explores the impact of implementing Augmented Reality (AR) technology in Tanum World heritage from the perspective of access to heritage and the value of digital heritage. Sweden has some of the best-preserved ... -
Improving the heritage management of Nanjing City Wall: Local community participation as an effective approach
(2022-07-05)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
(2022-07-05)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
(2022-07-05)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
(2022-07-05)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 ...
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