Galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM)

Convergence in GLAM

Galleries, libraries, archives and museums are institutions that have arisen in different contexts and with different rationales. Therefore, they are different. However, today we see that institutions often face the same challenges and act similarly, in surprising as well as in predictable ways. We are interested in this development and explore different explanatory models that can increase understanding of the field today.

Cultural institutions and cultural policy

The relationship between agents in the cultural field (including decision makers, cultural intermediaries / producers and users) is changing in these years. Changing governance paradigms as well as digitalization and media development are changing and challenging the landscape of cultural policy: The distinction between consumers and producers is blurred, cultural heritage is digitized, just as perception of the value of the arts and culture is changing. We are interested in how cultural institutions interact with society and how this interaction changes the role and legitimacy of the institutions in a historical and contemporary context.

Cultural mediation and dissemination

We define cultural mediation and dissemination as the efforts made by public and private actors in order to provide their users with knowledge, experiences or opportunities of expression in relation to art and culture. We are interested in how cultural dissemination has changed from focusing on content to being more dialogue-based and engaging, both digitally (e.g. in connection with open cultural heritage data) and physically. We are also interested in the role of cultural communication in relation to concepts such as education and democracy.

Democracy, activism and sustainability

Cultural institutions have traditionally played a significant role in building and sustaining democratic societies, through strengthening enlightenment and bildung on the basis on neutral dissemination. However, this role is undergoing a transformation and we are interested in the relationship between culture and democracy, activism and post-neutrality in LAMs, and the role of LAM-institutions in supporting cultural, social and ecological sustainability.

ALMPUB
Funding: Norwegian Research Council (KULMEDIA program)
Project period: 2017-2020
Contact: Henrik Jochumsen and Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen

Cultural Diplomacy: REACTIK
Funding: Erasmus+
Project period:  2019 - 2021
Contact: Henrik Jochumsen 

Danish Library History
Funding: Augustinusfonden and others
Project period: 2019-2020
Contact: Nan Dahlkild

LAMC3 (Libraries, Archives & Museums: Changes, Challenges & Collaboration)
Funding: NOS-HS
Project period: 2019-2020
Contact: Hans Dam Christensen

Our Museum
Funding: Velux Foundation & Nordea Foundation
Project period: 2016-2020
Contact: Hans Dam Christensen

UPSCALE: Upscaling sustainable collaborative consumption using public libraries
Funding: Norwegian Research Council
Project period: 2020-2023
Contact: Henrik Jochumsen