I’m a PhD student in History of Technology at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, and editor-in-chief of the digital Swedish museum magazine Utställningskritik.
I have previously worked in a few different Swedish museums, mainly in digital roles. Here you’ll find blog posts on my current research into the history of computer programming, digital aspects of museum practice as well as more personal posts.
Most recent blog posts
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Nordiska museet on Wikimedia Commons
No comments on Nordiska museet on Wikimedia CommonsNew blog post over at the Nordiska museet Department of New Media blog (where I’ll be posting more regularly from now on): how are Nordiska museet’s images used on Wikipedia?
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#AskACurator: book recommendations
Today’s date is September 17, and that means it’s #AskACurator day. I used the opportunity to ask for book recommendations on the history of museums. Here’s what I’ve gathered so far (links are to the National Library of Sweden aggregated catalogue): Curiosity and enlightenment : collectors and collections from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century /…
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Vad är en digital utställning?
Häromdagen efterlyste Kristoffer Soldal, projektledare på Nordiskt centrum för kulturarvspedagogik, exempel på bra digitala utställningar. Det ledde till en intressant diskussion, och jag ska försöka utvidga mitt resonemang något. Vad är en digital utställning, och vad är det egentligen som händer när museer försöker överföra sina utställningar från det fysiska rummet till en digital plattform?
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Open Source Museum Apps
Museum apps are becoming more and more common around the world. Very few apps, however, are available as open source. Considering the public funding of most museums, it might be interesting to discuss whether our apps should be released to the public more often. I know of three museum app codebases released with an open…
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Technology Alone is Not Enough
From the iPad keynote: “…technology alone is not enough — it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing…” –Steve Jobs
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Iterative exhibitions, case study
Regarding my last post, here’s a case study by Eric Socolofsky, New Media Exhibit Developer at the Exploratorium, of what I was actually aiming for: trying out your exhibits with a live audience. In other news, this blog was put on hold for a while by the arrival of my beautiful, charming and basically perfect daughter (now approaching…