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Etnologisk Tidskrift, 2020 Nr 22 Nätverket – etnologiskAtt forska om tidskrift, ting 2020 Nr 22 Katarina Ek-Nilsson The Social and Political Dimensions of Sound and Music Oscar Pripp and Maria Westvall (Editors) FÖREMÅLEN I MUSEISAMLINGARNA För en utomstående kan detta tyckas märkligt, och ibland väcks frågan, vilket har hänt från politikerhåll, I museernas magasin trängs föremålen. Rader av om inte museernas samlingar kunde/borde avyttras, spinnrockar, vagnar, möbler, mangelbräden etc. är när nu alla föremål ändå inte visas, för att skapa större prydligt sorterade på hyllor i jättelika utrymmen. resurser till verksamheten. Textilier ligger prydligt inpackade i syrafria silkespapperTABLE OF CONTENTS och specialgjorda syrafria kartonger. Dyrbarheter som Frågan kan tyckas både befogad och enkel men är silver, smycken, konstföremål, men också mer triviala i själva verket komplicerad, av bland andra följande vardagsföremål,Introduction. skyddas The av social allehanda and säkerhetsåtgärder. political dimensions1 skäl: of Museet sound harand enmusic gång tagit emot föremålen som Oscar Pripp & Maria Westvall..............................................................................................3donationer eller som inköp från, i de flesta fall, När ett föremål – det må vara ett ordinärt vardagsföremål privatpersoner. Man får utgå från att de som skänkt som tidigare har hanterats dagligen i egenskap av eller sålt föremålen, liksom museets representanter, har bruksföremålDensities. – A blir key ett to museiföremål(late) modern så cultural genomgår production åsatt dem ett kulturhistoriskt värde. Museet har påtagit det Owesamtidigt Ronström......................................................................................................................5 en metamorfos. Det blir inte längre sig ett ansvar att på bästa sätt bevara föremålen för möjligt att vidröra utan att man tar på sig särskilda framtiden, så långt det är möjligt, och det vore därför bomullsvantar och det får inte längre användas för oetiskt att avyttra dem. sitt Culturalursprungliga immersion ändamål. andVispen production. får inte mera The vispa, meaning of musicking for mobiltelefonensocial trust inteand längre inclusion sms:as med. En gräns har Om museerna skulle börja avyttra sina föremål så skulle passeratsOscar i Prippföremålets & Maria livslopp, Westvall............................................................................................15 en ny status och en allmänhetens förtroende för museerna sannolikt skadas. särskild magi har laddat föremålet. För en utomstående Museer gör inga ekonomiska värderingar av föremål, kan det förefalla både egendomligt och komiskt att för att inte bidra till marknadsmässiga bedömningar det Swedishsom nyss folkhörde music till exempelvis and dance en – familjsvibrant högst but contestedoch spekulationer, och kan därför inte gå in i en vanligaLinnea köksutrustning Helmersson..............................................................................................................25 plötsligt måste behandlas med försäljningsverksamhet. Museiföremåls värde är helt och största varsamhet för att den förvärvats av ett museum. hållet kulturhistoriska, inte ekonomiska. Ekonomiskt Skillnaden“The beginningmellan en ofporslinsurna a new society”. från 1700-taletForms of politicsär alltså in ettlate museiföremål 1960s i princip inte värt något alls, och Swedishen plastbunke alternative från 2000-taletsmusic IKEA är i det eftersom det aldrig kommer ut på en marknad. museologiska sammanhanget upphävt. Sverker Hyltén-Cavallius.....................................................................................................43Museiföremål utgör källmaterial för forskning. Vilka Cirka 1% av museernas föremålssamlingar brukar vara föremål som skulle kunna avvaras kan inte avgöras, eftersom vi inte vet vilka frågor som kommer att utställda.“It’s aboutProcenten togetherness”. ändrar visserligen The innehåll creation vartefter of culturally diverse music basutställningar byggs om, föremål ställs ut i tillfälliga bli relevanta för framtida kulturhistorisk forskning. utställningarvenues ineller Sweden lånas ut till andra museers utställningar, Visserligen kan idag endast ett urval ur dagens menJonas faktum Ålander.......................................................................................................................51 kvarstår att vid varje givet ögonblick är föremålshav göras – allt kan inte sparas – men de det en mycket liten del av den totala föremålsskatten tidigare urval som föregångarna på museerna har gjort somUnhearing är tillgänglig as ai culturalutställningsform. practice Digitaltin urban ökar sound en spaces gång måste respekteras, eftersom de gjordes med tillgängligheten successivt genom att föremålsfoton utgångspunkt i den tidens vetenskapliga intressen. Karin Eriksson-Aras............................................................................................................632 publiceras på många museers hemsidor, men närheten Befintliga museisamlingar måste hållas intakta för att kunna och tillgången till museernas samlingar är ändå begränsad bilda utgångspunkt för museivetenskaplig forskning, det för allmänheten,“Love for the trots rich, att ”tillgängliggörande” porn for the people”? har högsta Popular vill music säga forskning in the Balkans om museer (inte bara på museer). prioritetas a locusi museernas for negotiation verksamhet. of belonging and social distinction 1 Jag Vladislavaavser här professionella Vladimirova.........................................................................................................69 museer som finansieras med offentliga medel och har utbildad personal, och bortser helt från allehanda FÖREMÅL SOM KULTURPRODUKTER privata eller kommersiella samlingar som kallar sin verksamhet Föremålen har i etnologisk mening sin betydelse som ”museum” men som i själva verket inte uppfyller de krav på professionell museiverksamhet som ställts upp av den internationella produkter av kultur. Detta innebär alltså att föremål eller museiorganisationen ICOM (International Council of Museums). andra fysiska företeelser inte i sig själva utgör ”kultur”. 2 Se till exempel www.digitaltmuseum.se, där flera svenska museer För att förstå vad som menas med detta påstående måste visar delar av sina föremåls- och fotosamlingar. vi först försöka förklara kulturbegreppet. Nätverket 2016: 20: 2–7 ISSN: 1651-0593 2 http://natverket.etnologi.uu.se Introduction. The Social and Political DimensionsAtt forska of Sound om tingand Music Oscar KatarinaPripp, Uppsala Ek-Nilsson University & Maria Westvall, Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen FÖREMÅLEN I MUSEISAMLINGARNA För en utomstående kan detta tyckas märkligt, och ibland väcks frågan, vilket har hänt från politikerhåll, I museernas magasin trängs föremålen. Rader av om inte museernas samlingar kunde/borde avyttras, spinnrockar, vagnar, möbler, mangelbräden etc. är This issue is an outcome of the panel discussion “The närdensity nu alla can föremål be used ändå both inte to analyzevisas, för isolated att skapa individual större prydligt sorterade på hyllor i jättelika utrymmen. resurser till verksamheten. SocialTextilier and ligger Political prydligt Dimensions inpackade of i syrafriaSound andsilkespapper Music”, occasions in their actual contexts, as well as displaying heldoch atspecialgjorda the 34th Nordic syrafria Ethnology kartonger. and Dyrbarheter Folklore Con som- Fråganglobal connectionskan tyckas bådeand contextsbefogad foroch cultural enkel menproduc är - ferencesilver, smycken,in June konstföremål,2018 in Uppsala. men ocksåThe merpanel triviala was a ition. själva The verket concept komplicerad, of cultural avcomplexity bland andra highlighted följande by 1 multi-disciplinaryvardagsföremål, skyddas session av with allehanda participants säkerhetsåtgärder. representing skäl:Ronström, Museet underpins har en gångthe theme tagit ofemot this föremålen issue. som donationer eller som inköp från, i de flesta fall, subjects such as ethnology, anthropology, sociology, mu- In Cultural immersion and production. The När ett föremål – det må vara ett ordinärt vardagsföremål privatpersoner. Man får utgå från att de som skänkt sicologysom tidigare and cultural har hanterats studies. Thedagligen aim iwas egenskap to establish av ellermeaning sålt föremålen,of musicking liksom for museets social representanter,trust and inclusion har anbruksföremål overview of current– blir ettqualitative museiföremål research så on genomgår relations åsattOscar dem Pripp ett kulturhistorisktand Maria Westvall värde. Museetinvestigate har påtagitpartici - betweendet samtidigt social anden metamorfos.political circumstances Det blir inteand längreforms sigpants’ ett engagementansvar att på in bästa music sätt activities bevara införemålen ethnic-based för andmöjligt meanings att vidröra of music utan and att sound. man Fourteentar på sig researchers särskilda framtiden,associations så in långt Sweden, det ärin möjligt,the light och of the det Swedish vore därför sup - bomullsvantar och det får inte längre användas för took part in the panel of which seven accepted to con- oetisktportive attintegration avyttra dem.and cultural policies from the 1970s sitt ursprungliga ändamål. Vispen får inte mera vispa, tributemobiltelefonen to a peer reviewedinte längre issue sms:as of Nätverket med. En, angräns ethno har- Omand generalmuseerna conditions skulle börja for avyttra social andsina politicalföremål såinclusion. skulle logicalpasserats journal i föremålets published bylivslopp, The Departmenten
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