Birgit Eriksson is a Professor of Cultural Theory and Analysis at Aarhus University, Denmark. She researches participation in arts, cultural institutions, and society. She has led several research projects on this topic, focusing most recently on cultural centres, social housing areas, and museums. Her publications include Cultures of Participation (2020).Tina Louise Hove Sørensen is an Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research explores the affective, aesthetic, and political dimensions of participatory art, media, and cultural practices. She writes on themes such as participation, affect, and the transformative roles of art, media, and literature in contemporary cultural life.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and methodology.- Chapter 2: Trapholt Museum’s participatory, craft-based practice.- Chapter 3: A theoretical framework of participation: Horizontal and vertical, affective and material.- Chapter 4: Crafting the museum: Art, institution, and agency.- Chapter 5: Crafting relations: Materiality, affect and collectivity.- Chapter 6: Beyond the museum: Expanding participation through discursive frictions and relational agency.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Birgit Eriksson is a Professor of Cultural Theory and Analysis at Aarhus University, Denmark. She researches participation in arts, cultural institutions, and society. She has led several research projects on this topic, focusing most recently on cultural centres, social housing areas, and museums. Her publications include Cultures of Participation (2020).Tina Louise Hove Sørensen is an Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research explores the affective, aesthetic, and political dimensions of participatory art, media, and cultural practices. She writes on themes such as participation, affect, and the transformative roles of art, media, and literature in contemporary cultural life.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and methodology.- Chapter 2: Trapholt Museum’s participatory, craft-based practice.- Chapter 3: A theoretical framework of participation: Horizontal and vertical, affective and material.- Chapter 4: Crafting the museum: Art, institution, and agency.- Chapter 5: Crafting relations: Materiality, affect and collectivity.- Chapter 6: Beyond the museum: Expanding participation through discursive frictions and relational agency.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Birgit Eriksson is a Professor of Cultural Theory and Analysis at Aarhus University, Denmark. She researches participation in arts, cultural institutions, and society. She has led several research projects on this topic, focusing most recently on cultural centres, social housing areas, and museums. Her publications include Cultures of Participation (2020).Tina Louise Hove Sørensen is an Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research explores the affective, aesthetic, and political dimensions of participatory art, media, and cultural practices. She writes on themes such as participation, affect, and the transformative roles of art, media, and literature in contemporary cultural life.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and methodology.- Chapter 2: Trapholt Museum’s participatory, craft-based practice.- Chapter 3: A theoretical framework of participation: Horizontal and vertical, affective and material.- Chapter 4: Crafting the museum: Art, institution, and agency.- Chapter 5: Crafting relations: Materiality, affect and collectivity.- Chapter 6: Beyond the museum: Expanding participation through discursive frictions and relational agency.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.