Abstract
Museum curators often hope that if they can raise money for a co-creation project, they can create a connection between the museum and the people involved through the project. Despite the hope and all the hard work many projects, once completed, lead to nothing but a vacuum because there’s no money and resources to continue the project. My PhD project challenges the significance of capital and habitus of the local people in relation to how museums can create a long-term relevance for local communities. My research is focused on the local community of the small town of Brønderslev, located in the outskirts of Northern Denmark. The first part of my research has resulted in an article on the way to be published in the peer reviewed magazine “Nordic Museology”. The focus of the project is to understand how the capital and habitus of different groups of the local community influence their ability to co-create with the museum. Brønderslev has many different community groups, including immigrants, refugees and people with no education and job. The challenge is to make sure that the different capital and habitus’ of the people involved do not get in the way of co-creation. The aim is not to make a co-creation project that creates a vacuum once completed, but a long-term withstandable connection and mutual relevance between the museum and the local community.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2026 Special Focus—The Future of Museum Narratives
KEYWORDS
CO-CREATION, COMMUNITY BUILDING, IDENTITY, MUSEUM RELEVANCE
