Author Archives: Bodil Axelsson

Research outcomes

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Bodil Axelsson

During Eunamus three years of research the project has published nine open access reports and organized twelve conferences and workshops all over Europe. There are three ways to get a quick overview of Eunamus’ findings and policy implications. 1) National Museums … Continue reading →

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Visitor studies at European national museums

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

Read more on the ways in which national majorities and minorities relate to national museums in two open access reports produced by the Eunamus project. Voices from the Museum: Survey Research in Europe’s National Museums Alexandra Bounia, Alexandra Nikiforidou, Niki Nikonanou & Albert Dicran Matossian … Continue reading →

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Museum Policies in Europe 1990 – 2010: Negotiating Professional and Political Utopia

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

Lill Eilertsen & Arne Bugge Amundsen (eds) This blog post recycles elements from the report’s section Key findings. We are curious of your reactions, and comments are welcome. This EuNaMus report studies how nations develop policy in order to deploy national museums in national redefinition. It … Continue reading →

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Museum Reforms in Norway and “Talking Europe” in Museums and Research

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

Knowledge about policy making processes is crucial for the Eunamus project. On the one hand Eunamus investigates the political functions of national museums and the agency they have in relation to shifting ideological agendas. On the other hand, Eunamus is funded by the 7th framework of … Continue reading →

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Contemporary national museums, the classical heritage, postnationalism and multicultural nations

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

At the heart of the three-year research programme Eunamus is the contemporary and future roles of European national museums. To develop the project’s research on identities in museum, its researchers gathered in Athens 23 – 27 April for workshops and a public … Continue reading →

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Museum papers at the Re-theorising heritage conference in Gothenburg 5-8 June

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

Guestblogger: Christer Felix The conference took place in Gothenburg June 5th to 8th and was the inauguration of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies. It was held over the theme “Re-theorizing heritage” and hosted more than 500 participants from all … Continue reading →

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Eunamus at the conference Re-theoretisation of heritage

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

Two panels on the first day of The inaugural conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies in Gothenburg 5-8 June are organised of researchers involved in the three-year research project Eunamus on European national museums. José María Lanzarote-Guiral and Andrzej Jakubowski (including Felicity Bodenstein) has initated a … Continue reading →

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Museum Citizens and Representing our National and European selves in Museums and Online

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

Alexandra Bounia, University of the Aegean , is the main organiser of the twin workshops taking place in Athens 23-27 April. Programme Eunamus will here discuss research performed by partners and associates in two of the project’s research strands. The museology of Europe Fieldwork in … Continue reading →

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How to talk about the unspeakable?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

Peter Aronsson The Balkan wars in the 1990’s are ever-present for a visitor to Balkan. Mostly as silences. An unspoken mix of allegations, guilt and suffering is hard to give a format in ordinary cultural institutions and polite society. In … Continue reading →

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Museums between National and European Identities

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Bodil Axelsson

By Bodil Axelsson This post reports from the panels on Eunamus research and the creation of new history museums held at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, the Cinquantenaire Museum, the 25th of January. The panels were co-organised … Continue reading →

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