Browsing Vitenskapelige publikasjoner by Author "Swensen, Grete"
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Between Visions and Realities: Testing Shared Governance in Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage
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From Bastions of Justice to Sites of Adventure
Swensen, Grete (Journal article, 2014)A continuous discussion of which perspectives to include and which to exclude characterises the definition of cultural heritage. After Norway’s new Prison Act had been introduced in 1857, the foremost architects in the ... -
A green space between life and death – a case study of activities in Gamlebyen Cemetery in Oslo, Norway
Swensen, Grete; Nordh, Helena; Brendalsmo, Jan (Journal article, 2016)The amount of green space in urban areas is shrinking. Densification and the introduction of new user groups in most cities today is leading to more intensive use of public spaces and the need for more space. Urban cemeteries ... -
Heritage values conceptualised as heritage routes. Visions and challenges towards public diversity
Guttormsen, Torgrim Sneve; Taylor, Joel; Swensen, Grete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article critically examines the visions and challenges of ‘heritage routes’ and ‘cultural trans-boundary sites’ as a European and World Heritage concept. We will consider how this concept is defined, expressed, and ... -
Industrial Heritage as a Culturally Sustainable Option in Urban Transformation: The case of Skien and Moss
Swensen, Grete; Skrede, Joar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Industrial heritage represents an opportunity for architects and designers to combine a building’s robust form with creative solutions. A former methanol factory in Skien used as art hall, and a former paper mill in Moss ... -
Objects as Identity markers - Ways of mediating the past in a South Sámi and Norse borderland
Swensen, Grete (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Museums have several means of communicating with their audiences. The problems discussed here concern how local museums interact with their audience when the past they want to portray is multiple, complex and sometimes ... -
Strengthening Subjective Links to Nature: The Psychology of Heritage Places in an Era of Rising Environmental Awareness
Swensen, Grete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
The topographies of affect : prisons perceived as soundscapes
Swensen, Grete (Journal article, 2015)Based on a critical reading of three prison protocols from 1860 to 1930, this article examines the affective quality of prisons as social spaces. Guided by concepts such as affect and embodiment, it looks closer at the ... -
Travels in imaginary landscapes: An analysis of four cultural historic guidebooks
Swensen, Grete; Daugstad, Karoline (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012) -
Urban cemeteries' potential as sites for cultural encounters
Swensen, Grete; Skår, Margrete (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Population increase has drawn attention to the need in cities for easily accessible and attractive public spaces that will promote interaction regardless of gender, age, ethnicity and religious belief. This paper focuses ... -
Use of Redundant Industrial Buildings as Injections into the Cultural Sector in Norway
Swensen, Grete; Berg, Sveinung Krokann (Journal article, 2018)Prime aim is to examine the way the culture sector reuses industrial buildings to instigate cultural activities in the municipalities. The discussion of various actors’ motivation for engagement is based on results from a ... -
Visionscapes: Combining Heritage and Urban Gardening to Enhance Areas Requiring Regeneration
Swensen, Grete; Stafseng, Vebjørn Egner; Simon Nielsen, Véronique Karine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)With the occurrence of urban densification, understanding the necessity of encouraging and promoting climate- and environment-friendly urban areas has gained ground with urban planners. Ensuring adequate and easily accessible ...