Nordic Museology

New Museology ’ : Theory , Practice and Organizational change

The widening of roles and expectations within cultural policy discourses has been a challenge to museum workers throughout Great Britain (GB). There has been an expectation that museums are changing from an ‘old’ to a ‘new museology’ that has shaped museum functions and roles. This paper outlines the limitations of this perceived transition as museum services confront multiple exogenous and end...

The Nordic Dialect Corpus

In this paper, we describe the Nordic Dialect Corpus, which has recently been completed. The corpus has a variety of features that combined makes it an advanced tool for language researchers. These features include: Linguistic contents (dialects from five closely related languages), annotation (tagging and two types of transcription), search interface (advanced possibilities for combining a lar...

CSCL A Nordic Perspective

Creating a functional and successful Virtual Interactive Learning Environment (VILE) requires both researching the potential building blocks of a VILE and ‘real-life’ (RL) strategizing, planning and implementation of large scale information-systems in large, complex organizations. Some issues requiring both academic and practical experience are becoming apparent that must be addressed if one th...

Nordic Society Oikos Is

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Perspectives for Nordic Companies