There are reasons why archival material used by museums as sources for information in their exhibitions, rarely is shown as such for the museum visitor. Some limitations lie in the physical nature of the archives themselves; others could easily be avoided. The purpose of this essay is to shed light on how archives can collaborate with museums to be seen in their exhibitions. This has been done, among other things, by investigating what the driving forces are for collaboration. Theoretical starting points for the study have been Bourdieu's cultural capital and organizational theories about why institutions tend to mimic each other. Themes within an extensive literature review highlight the extent of the complexity of the subject, and case studies of four already converged archives in museums, clearly indicate that collaboration has not given the archives the visibility they seek. They have invested their cultural capital without receiving sufficient reward in exchange. This is a two years master's thesis in Archival science.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-486742 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Bellemo, Ida |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för ABM |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Uppsatser inom arkivvetenskap, 1651-6087 ; 210 |
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