Abstract This scientific research examines the purpose of the exhibition of Peter Lundin’s murder weapon in 2012 at The Danish Police Museum in Copenhagen. Furthermore, the project analyzes four chosen statements from the public debate and an interview with the director of the museum, Frederik Strand. We will answer the thesis statement based on museum theory, argumentation theory, and theory about collective memory. The project discusses whether the exhibition can be categorized as dark tourism and which factors effects a museums consideration when exhibiting controversial objects. The project concludes that the purpose of the exhibition was to contribute to the debate about evil. In addition, it is concluded that there was a general negative attitude in the public debate. Furthermore, it is concluded that the factors which effects the consideration of controversial exhibitions are the time from the case to the exhibition and the relatives of the victims. Generally, the project concludes that there are no concrete regulations regarding the above- mentioned factors and therefore it comes down to a subjective estimation case by case. Indholdsfortegnelse 1.INDLEDNING....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Motivation ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Problemfelt ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Problemformulering ................................................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Begrebsafklaring ....................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4.1 Kontroversielle genstande ......................................................................................................................... 2 1.4.2 Kollektiv identitet ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4.3 Dark tourism .............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.5 Afgrænsning af empiri ................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5.1 Interviewperson ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5.2 Mediedebatten om Lundin-udstillingen .................................................................................................... 5 1.5.3 Udtalelser i mediedebatten ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.6 Dimensionsforankring .............................................................................................................................. 7 1.7 Videnskabsteori i projektet ...................................................................................................................... 8 1.7.1 Videnskabsteori i historiefaget .................................................................................................................. 8 2. BAGGRUNDSAFSNIT ....................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Lundin-sagen ............................................................................................................................................ 9 2.2 Lundin-udstillingen ................................................................................................................................ 10 3. METODE ............................................................................................................................ 11 3.1 Valg af metode ........................................................................................................................................ 11 3.2 Interview metode .................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Kildekritik .............................................................................................................................................. 13 3.4 Refleksion og kritik af metode ................................................................................................................ 15 4. TEORI ................................................................................................................................. 16 4.1 Valg af teori ............................................................................................................................................ 16 4.2 Erindringsteori ....................................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Museums teori ........................................................................................................................................ 18 4.3.1 Museumsgenstande ................................................................................................................................. 20 4.4 Argumentationsteori ............................................................................................................................... 20 4.4.1 Logisk gyldighed i argumentation ........................................................................................................... 22 4.4.2 Induktiv slutningsmåde i argumentation ................................................................................................. 22 4.5 Kritik af teori .......................................................................................................................................... 23 5. ANALYSE .......................................................................................................................... 24 5.1 Analyse af Politimuseet ........................................................................................................................... 24 5.1.1 Politimuseets og Lundin-udstillingens formål ......................................................................................... 24 5.1.2 Politimuseet som politiets pokalskab ...................................................................................................... 26 5.1.3 Lundin-udstillingen ................................................................................................................................. 26 5.1.4 Historiebevidsthed og erindringsteori ..................................................................................................... 28 5.2 Analyse af udvalgte udtalelser om Lundin-udstillingen i mediedebatten .............................................. 28 5.2.1 Første udvalgte udtalelse ......................................................................................................................... 29 5.2.2 Anden udvalgte udtalelse ........................................................................................................................ 31 5.2.3 Tredje udvalgte udtalelse......................................................................................................................... 33 5.3 Delkonklusion ......................................................................................................................................... 34 6. DISKUSSION ..................................................................................................................... 35 6. 1 Politimuseet som dark tourism? ............................................................................................................ 35 6.2 Hvornår kan Politimuseet tillade sig at udstille kontroversielle genstande? ......................................... 36 7. KONKLUSION .................................................................................................................. 39 8. PERSPEKTIVERING ....................................................................................................... 40 9. LITTERATURLISTE ....................................................................................................... 41 9.1 Bilag: ....................................................................................................................................................... 43 Roskilde Universitetscenter Kontroversen om udstillingen December 2018 af Peter Lundins mordvåben 1.Indledning 1.1 Motivation Motivationen for projektet bunder i en fascination af det relativt nye fænomen dark tourism, der indebærer, at turister drages af seværdigheder relateret til død og ødelæggelse (Stone, 2012: 1568). Vi stødte på fænomenet i Netflix-serien “Dark Tourist”, hvor en newzealandsk journalist udforsker ekstreme tilfælde af dark tourism, hvor turister sætter deres eget liv på spil for at opleve historie og spænding. Dark tourism findes dog ikke kun i ekstreme tilfælde, hvor turister eksempelvis bevæger sig ud i et radioaktivt område eller udforsker den japanske selvmordsskov Aokigahara, men kan også være en tur i Det Hjemsøgte Hus i Tivoli. Vi havde i begyndelsen af projektet mange overvejelser om, hvordan vi skulle undersøge fænomenet dark tourism, og vi endte