Department of Conservation / Institutionen för kulturvård: Recent submissions
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The long-term effects of Underwater Archaeological Parks on the Preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage. An Overview
(2018-06-27)The 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) indicates preservation in situ as a first option and encourages public access unless it is incompatible with protection and management. ... -
Solitära bin i kulturlandskapet. En undersökning av förutsättningar för den rödlistade arten fibblesandbi (Andrena fulvago) vid 1700-talets slut och dess förutsättningar idag
(2018-06-25)Most studies made on wild solitary bees in recent time shows that their numbers are declining. This essay examines the change in life conditions over time for a red-listed (NT) species of mining bee (Andrena fulvago), ... -
BYKET – ETT IMMATERIELLT KULTURARV
(2018-06-25)This study deals with the intangible cultural heritage and tacit knowledge by highlighting the phenomenon of manual laundring. How laundring was done before washing machines were present. Laundring was a laborious and ... -
Law and Care The relationship between contemporary Nordic firearms law and conservation.
(2018-06-25)The objective of this study is to research the care and storage of firearms requiring a license in various museums in the Nordic countries. With increasingly strict gun laws in place within Europe, the question is raised ... -
Bemålad och förgylld vimpel av siden. En fallstudie med fokus på praktisk metodutveckling
(2018-06-21)The aim of this study is to design and establish effective methods of conserving a part of a pennant from the early 1700s. The pennant is made out of a single sheet of silk, which is decorated on both sides with a mirror ... -
Vilket Värmland?
(2018-06-21)The Swedish system of listing buildings, byggnadsminnesförklaring, is a conservation tool which requires selection. Only a very limited number of objects can receive the protection of byggnadsminne. This study focuses on ... -
Snickarglädje. Tillverkningen under 1800-talet
(2018-06-20)Gingerbread work was popular at the end of the 19th century and one of the architects who favoured the use of gingerbread work was Löfvenskiöld. After him there are drawings of patterns but there are no descriptions of how ... -
Restaurering av profiler i trä - en jämförande studie av metoder för profilhyvling
(2018-06-20)Wooden mouldings have been used in buildings for hundreds of years and is a very common feature that must be cared for during restauration work. To be able to reconstruct old mouldings with precision is important in these ... -
Skiftesverk med ”skift” av timmer. En utvärderande hantverksprocess av ett spannmålsmagasin
(2018-06-19)The post and plank construction is part of the Swedish wooden house tradition, although the method is about to be forgotten. This thesis investigates a unique construction detail found in a post and plank granary in ... -
Uthuggning för halvsulningar i liggtimmerhus. Metoder och erfarenheter hos aktiva hantverkare
(2018-06-19)This thesis is an attempt to document some of the existing methods and techniques used by active carpenters when shifting damaged wood on timber logs. The method of cutting out damaged wood in existing walls is a common ... -
Belastningsskador vid bilning. Påfrestande arbetsställningar vid bearbetning av timmer
(2018-06-19)Hewing timber is strenuous for your whole body even when doing it the right way. To find out about the appearance of strain injuries when hewing timber, I did my investigation based on interviews with both carpenters and ... -
Byggnadsdokumentation i 3D. Structure from motion som dokumentationsverktyg för hantverkare
(2018-06-19)The aim of this study is to test and evaluate “structure from motion (SfM)” and the software Agisoft Photo Scan in particular, as a tool for empowering conservation craftspeople to document the built heritage. The study ... -
Jämförande studie om hantering av fragment och lösa delar med okänd tillhörighet i en samling
(2018-06-19)It sometimes happens that loose fragments are found in a collection. Museums and historic houses often have routines for collecting these pieces for a future assembly. But fragments and loose parts may have been found ... -
Vem värdesätter min värld? Kulturarvsanspråk i Christiania, Köpenhamn
(2018-06-19)The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces (Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen) have recognised the military history of Christiania’s area as culturally significant while neglecting the cultural layers which have been created by ... -
Industrialiseringens gröna kulturarv. Tre exempel på grönområden med koppling till industrialismen
(2018-06-19)New thoughts about the importance of nature for the public health were evoked. In Stockholm, a new type of park was developed in the so-called "Stockholmsskolans" ideal, a "natural" park that would benefit public health ... -
Karbonatisering i kalkputs. Hur hantverksmetoder kan påverka processen
(2018-06-19)This thesis illustrates how the rate in which carbonation occurs in plasters with air-lime mortars can be affected by different surface structures and by the application of water as an after treatment over time. In the ... -
Mysteriet kring Karl XI:s namnchiffer från Läckö slott
(2018-06-19)A royal cypher from Läckö castle is stored in the Department of conservation at The University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The cypher did not have much information around it when the investigation started. That all changed when ... -
Drakens son En objektstudie av en kinesisk skulptur på Röhsska Museet
(2018-06-18)This dissertation and object study focuses on a Chinese glazed ceramic sculpture at the Röhsska museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. The sculpture is supposed to be a part of the museum’s new Asian exhibition, at the museums ... -
VARFÖR SLÖJDAR DU? En kvalitativ studie om anledningarna till varför människor idag väljer att slöjda.
(2018-06-14)The purpose of this study is to investigate why people today engage in handicraft. Have the reasons for practicing handicraft changed over the years or have they been the same over time? To examine this I have compared ...