Lizette Gradén
Biographic Data
| ID | 699670 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lizette Gradén |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lizette |
| FAMILY NAME | Gradén |
| SIGNATURE | GRADÉN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lund University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5617-4945 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Revitalisation of Cultural Heritage and Traditional Crafts: Lessons Learned from a Master Thatcher
Gamlegård farm at the Kulturens Östarp open-air museum, the von Echstedtska Manor farm at Värmland’s Museum, and Oktorpsgården farm at the Skansen open-air museum are three disparate farmhouses scattered across southern Sweden whose histories have very different trajectories. What unites them are their roofs, a craft, and a man. They are all buildings considered essential expressions of Swedish cultural heritage, with thatched roofs laid by the s…
As Legend Has It: History, Heritage, and the Construction of Swedish American Identity
As Legend Has It: History, Heritage, and the Construction of Swedish American Identity by Jennifer Eastman Attebery is a meticulous exploration of nearly 300 historical legends spanning 100 years from Swedish American local histories in the Midwest and West. Attebery has three aims: first, “to better understand how American ethnic groups claiming Whiteness have employed historical legend and local history writing as tools in the cultural work of …
Practicing Museums: Museum People, Museum Work, and Change in Practice
Inkeri Hakamies's insightful doctoral thesis comprises three single-authored articles, all published in international peer-reviewed journals (2017, 2018, 2019).These articles are further contextualised in Hakamies's reflexive introduction and summarising synthesis.This doctoral thesis analyses how museums are defined through everyday social practices.It shows how some professionals, various tasks and museums are considered more 'museal' than othe…
Hip Heritage and Museum Practices in Contemporary Hybrid Markets
Focusing on how museums prioritize and produce content, Hip Heritage demonstrates how economic issues play an ever-larger role in determining how cultural heritage is being framed and presented in contemporary heritage museums. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the authors at seven museums over the course of five years, this book offers an in-depth analysis of heritage museums in Nordic, Scandinavian and North American contexts. It i…
Heritagelore and an Introduction to the Thematic Issue on Culture and Heritage under Construction
Taking inspiration in Barbro Klein's work, this article focuses on the production of a particular type of institutional lore that we call heritagelore. Heritagelore, as we are advancing the concept here, is composed of the discursive practices within the walls and the organizations of museums. It is the lore that shapes and at least partially structures the types of stories that directors, museum boards, curators, programing staff, and other muse…
Barbro Klein (1938-2018)
Obituary, Professor Barbro Klein 1938-2018
Striving to Grow: The Challenge of Re-imagining Nordic Heritage in North America
Research Article| October 01 2018 Striving to Grow: The Challenge of Re-imagining Nordic Heritage in North America Lizette Gradén; Lizette Gradén Lund University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Tom O'Dell Tom O'Dell Lund University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2018) 90 (3): 436–460. https://doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.90.3.0436 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Perm…
Introduction: Museums and the Performance of Heritage in Nordic Contexts
Research Article| October 01 2018 Introduction: Museums and the Performance of Heritage in Nordic Contexts Lizette Gradén; Lizette Gradén Lund University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Tom O'Dell Tom O'Dell Lund University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2018) 90 (3): 311–330. https://doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.90.3.0311 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions …
Nordic Spaces in North America: An Introduction
Nordic Spaces in the U.S: Three Examples of the Performance of Nordic-American Identity
How are Nordic spaces produced and maintained outside the Nordic countries? How do such spaces give shape to cultural heritage, delimit identities and draw boundaries via recognition of difference? Through three Nordic-American case studAmerican culture and Nordic culture are being fused as well as contrasted. As we aim to demonstrate, Nordic-American ethnicity can, despite its nebulous character, in private and public cultural traditions, it is …
Performing a Present From the Past the Värmland Heritage Gift, Materialized Emotions and Cultural Connectivity
Drawing on actor-network theory and theories of performance, this article discusses gift-giving as an expansive form of materializing relationships and delimiting boundaries between nations, regions, organizations and individuals in the wake of migration. Initially, I discuss gift-giving as a way of materializing relationships and building networks. Thereafter, I map out the social life of the Värmland Gift to America, a collection donated by the…
Dressed in a Present from the Past: The Transfers and Transformations of a Swedish Bridal Crown in the United States
Ever since the emigration from the Nordic countries the Old world and the New world have maintained an exchange of ideas, customs, and material culture. This cultural heritage consists of more than remnants of the past. Drawing on theories of material culture and performance this article highlights the role of gifts in materializing relationships between individuals, families and organizations in the wake of migration. First, I build on a suggest…
Opponentindlæg: Anne-Sofe Hjemdahl. Liv i museet. Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo gjør kropp med moteklær 1928–1960. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo
Vad händer med kropparna och människorna när tingen de brukat införlivas i samlingar och ställs ut på museum? För att söka svar på hur kroppar och människor formas i relation till föremålen undersöker Anne-Sofe Hjemdahl modedräkt som museiföremål, i Kunstindustrimuseets samlingar i Oslo. När ting förvandlas till föremål i ett museums samling kopplas de också loss från livet och människorna som brukat dem. De transformeras från att vara föremål i …
Sief new working group on Museums and Material Culture
A new working group was established at a conference held by the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) in Zagreb in June 2015. The group Museums and Material Culture is a platform for dialogue, cooperation, and networking among European ethnologists with a special interest in theorizing the eld of museums and material culture. We hope this working group will be bridge-building also to our colleagues who are researchers and profes…
Hip heritage and contemporary tastes. Packaging the Nordic in the American cultural market
This article focuses on two institutions, the American Swedish Institute and the Nordic Heritage Museum that have spent the first part of the twenty-first century thinking and rethinking what the heritage under their auspices can be. In doing this, the text problematizes the manner in which elements of Nordic history and identity are being re-thought and re-framed in the cultural and economic context of the American heritage market. The article a…
Hip heritage and contemporary tastes. Packaging the Nordic in the American cultural market
This article focuses on two institutions, the American Swedish Institute and the Nordic Heritage Museum that have spent the first part of the twenty-first century thinking and rethinking what the heritage under their auspices can be. In doing this, the text problematizes the manner in which elements of Nordic history and identity are being re-thought and re-framed in the cultural and economic context of the American heritage market. The article a…
Hip Heritage and Museum Practices in Contemporary Hybrid Markets
Focusing on how museums prioritize and produce content, Hip Heritage demonstrates how economic issues play an ever-larger role in determining how cultural heritage is being framed and presented in contemporary heritage museums. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the authors at seven museums over the course of five years, this book offers an in-depth analysis of heritage museums in Nordic, Scandinavian and North American contexts. It i…
Performing a Present From the Past the Värmland Heritage Gift, Materialized Emotions and Cultural Connectivity
Drawing on actor-network theory and theories of performance, this article discusses gift-giving as an expansive form of materializing relationships and delimiting boundaries between nations, regions, organizations and individuals in the wake of migration. Initially, I discuss gift-giving as a way of materializing relationships and building networks. Thereafter, I map out the social life of the Värmland Gift to America, a collection donated by the…
Opponentindlæg: Anne-Sofe Hjemdahl. Liv i museet. Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo gjør kropp med moteklær 1928–1960. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo
Vad händer med kropparna och människorna när tingen de brukat införlivas i samlingar och ställs ut på museum? För att söka svar på hur kroppar och människor formas i relation till föremålen undersöker Anne-Sofe Hjemdahl modedräkt som museiföremål, i Kunstindustrimuseets samlingar i Oslo. När ting förvandlas till föremål i ett museums samling kopplas de också loss från livet och människorna som brukat dem. De transformeras från att vara föremål i …
Sief new working group on Museums and Material Culture
A new working group was established at a conference held by the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF) in Zagreb in June 2015. The group Museums and Material Culture is a platform for dialogue, cooperation, and networking among European ethnologists with a special interest in theorizing the eld of museums and material culture. We hope this working group will be bridge-building also to our colleagues who are researchers and profes…
Hip heritage and contemporary tastes. Packaging the Nordic in the American cultural market
This article focuses on two institutions, the American Swedish Institute and the Nordic Heritage Museum that have spent the first part of the twenty-first century thinking and rethinking what the heritage under their auspices can be. In doing this, the text problematizes the manner in which elements of Nordic history and identity are being re-thought and re-framed in the cultural and economic context of the American heritage market. The article a…
Performing a Present From the Past the Värmland Heritage Gift, Materialized Emotions and Cultural Connectivity
Drawing on actor-network theory and theories of performance, this article discusses gift-giving as an expansive form of materializing relationships and delimiting boundaries between nations, regions, organizations and individuals in the wake of migration. Initially, I discuss gift-giving as a way of materializing relationships and building networks. Thereafter, I map out the social life of the Värmland Gift to America, a collection donated by the…
Dressed in a Present from the Past: The Transfers and Transformations of a Swedish Bridal Crown in the United States
Ever since the emigration from the Nordic countries the Old world and the New world have maintained an exchange of ideas, customs, and material culture. This cultural heritage consists of more than remnants of the past. Drawing on theories of material culture and performance this article highlights the role of gifts in materializing relationships between individuals, families and organizations in the wake of migration. First, I build on a suggest…
Nordic Spaces in North America: An Introduction
Nordic Spaces in the U.S: Three Examples of the Performance of Nordic-American Identity
How are Nordic spaces produced and maintained outside the Nordic countries? How do such spaces give shape to cultural heritage, delimit identities and draw boundaries via recognition of difference? Through three Nordic-American case studAmerican culture and Nordic culture are being fused as well as contrasted. As we aim to demonstrate, Nordic-American ethnicity can, despite its nebulous character, in private and public cultural traditions, it is …
Striving to Grow: The Challenge of Re-imagining Nordic Heritage in North America
Research Article| October 01 2018 Striving to Grow: The Challenge of Re-imagining Nordic Heritage in North America Lizette Gradén; Lizette Gradén Lund University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Tom O'Dell Tom O'Dell Lund University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2018) 90 (3): 436–460. https://doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.90.3.0436 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Perm…
Introduction: Museums and the Performance of Heritage in Nordic Contexts
Research Article| October 01 2018 Introduction: Museums and the Performance of Heritage in Nordic Contexts Lizette Gradén; Lizette Gradén Lund University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Tom O'Dell Tom O'Dell Lund University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2018) 90 (3): 311–330. https://doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.90.3.0311 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions …
Barbro Klein (1938-2018)
Obituary, Professor Barbro Klein 1938-2018
Heritagelore and an Introduction to the Thematic Issue on Culture and Heritage under Construction
Taking inspiration in Barbro Klein's work, this article focuses on the production of a particular type of institutional lore that we call heritagelore. Heritagelore, as we are advancing the concept here, is composed of the discursive practices within the walls and the organizations of museums. It is the lore that shapes and at least partially structures the types of stories that directors, museum boards, curators, programing staff, and other muse…
Practicing Museums: Museum People, Museum Work, and Change in Practice
Inkeri Hakamies's insightful doctoral thesis comprises three single-authored articles, all published in international peer-reviewed journals (2017, 2018, 2019).These articles are further contextualised in Hakamies's reflexive introduction and summarising synthesis.This doctoral thesis analyses how museums are defined through everyday social practices.It shows how some professionals, various tasks and museums are considered more 'museal' than othe…
Hip Heritage and Museum Practices in Contemporary Hybrid Markets
Focusing on how museums prioritize and produce content, Hip Heritage demonstrates how economic issues play an ever-larger role in determining how cultural heritage is being framed and presented in contemporary heritage museums. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the authors at seven museums over the course of five years, this book offers an in-depth analysis of heritage museums in Nordic, Scandinavian and North American contexts. It i…
As Legend Has It: History, Heritage, and the Construction of Swedish American Identity
As Legend Has It: History, Heritage, and the Construction of Swedish American Identity by Jennifer Eastman Attebery is a meticulous exploration of nearly 300 historical legends spanning 100 years from Swedish American local histories in the Midwest and West. Attebery has three aims: first, “to better understand how American ethnic groups claiming Whiteness have employed historical legend and local history writing as tools in the cultural work of …
The Revitalisation of Cultural Heritage and Traditional Crafts: Lessons Learned from a Master Thatcher
Gamlegård farm at the Kulturens Östarp open-air museum, the von Echstedtska Manor farm at Värmland’s Museum, and Oktorpsgården farm at the Skansen open-air museum are three disparate farmhouses scattered across southern Sweden whose histories have very different trajectories. What unites them are their roofs, a craft, and a man. They are all buildings considered essential expressions of Swedish cultural heritage, with thatched roofs laid by the s…
Art (10 works) · History (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Aesthetics (6 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Cultural heritage (6 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (6 works) · Museums and Cultural Heritage (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (4 works)