Robert Willim – författare

Under 1990-talet kom ordet kulturarv att användas för att beskriva samhällets förmåga, vilja och praktiker för att bevara och använda företeelser ur det förflutna. I Sverige, liksom i Europa, genomfördes under denna tid flera politiskt initierade satsningar och projekt som handlade om både hur kulturarv kunde tjäna samhället och vad som borde ingå i kategorin kulturarv. Boken handlar om dessa projekt och om hur olika företeelser diskuterades som möjliga kulturarv. Vilka sociala kategorier borde representeras? Hur kunde kulturarv användas? För vad och vem var begreppet tillämpbart? I boken undersöks dels svenska och europeiska kampanjer, dels förhandlingar om företeelser vars kulturarvsstatus är och har varit vacklande. Hemslöjdsrörelsens historia med särskild fokus på virkning som omtvistat kulturarv är ett exempel. Biologiskt kulturarv i form av den välkända Linderödsgrisen, ett annat. Mångtydiga platser – inte sällan med industrihistoriskt förflutet – som vacklar mellan kulturarv och naturligt förfall, är ett tredje exempel. Gemensamt för dessa olika exempel är att de alla väcker frågor om vad som är och borde vara kulturarv. Fallstudierna ramas in av två kapitel om den offentliga kulturarvspolitiken under 1990-talet och det tidiga 2000-talet. En serie kampanjer och projekt, i Europa och i Sverige, tog som utgångpunkt kulturarvens tänkta förmåga att bidra till en föreställd gemenskap och mångfald. Varför och på vilket sätt kom kulturarvsbegreppet åter i användning på detta sätt? Författarna är verksamma i ämnena arkeologi, etnologi, konstvetenskap, kulturvård och museologi.

What happens when economies ''heat up''? This book looks at the 1990s, years of intense economic experimentation, when buzz words such as ''network society'', ''the experience economy'', ''creative cities'' and ''glocalization'' were everywhere. A fascinating perspective on ''The New Economy'' emerges as the authors explore the worlds of coolhunters, biotech brokers, career coaches, software entrepreneurs and event managers and tackle such questions as: - how is magic used in the quest for newness and change? - what happens when cultural techniques such as branding and styling colonize new arenas? - what turns out to be just a flash-in-the-pan and what has a lasting impact? This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how economies operate in periods of rapid transformation.

What happens when economies ''heat up''? This book looks at the 1990s, years of intense economic experimentation, when buzz words such as ''network society'', ''the experience economy'', ''creative cities'' and ''glocalization'' were everywhere. A fascinating perspective on ''The New Economy'' emerges as the authors explore the worlds of coolhunters, biotech brokers, career coaches, software entrepreneurs and event managers and tackle such questions as: - how is magic used in the quest for newness and change? - what happens when cultural techniques such as branding and styling colonize new arenas? - what turns out to be just a flash-in-the-pan and what has a lasting impact? This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how economies operate in periods of rapid transformation.

Available open access digitally under a CC-BY-NC-ND license.Digital services, platforms and arrangements are often promoted as smooth and convenient, smart or intelligent. When introduced, devices can appear utterly fascinating or awkward, even disquieting. Eventually, however, they soon disappear in the muddle of everyday life. This is how Mundania takes form.Based on original research, this book uses the concept of mundania to better understand technological change. Scholar-artist Robert Willim deftly unpacks the interplay between everyday life and the immense complexity of technological infrastructures.Offering imaginative new insights into our relationship with technology, this book will appeal to readers in a range of fields from science and technology studies and media studies to the arts.

Available open access digitally under a CC-BY-NC-ND license.Digital services, platforms and arrangements are often promoted as smooth and convenient, smart or intelligent. When introduced, devices can appear utterly fascinating or awkward, even disquieting. Eventually, however, they soon disappear in the muddle of everyday life. This is how Mundania takes form.Based on original research, this book uses the concept of mundania to better understand technological change. Scholar-artist Robert Willim deftly unpacks the interplay between everyday life and the immense complexity of technological infrastructures.Offering imaginative new insights into our relationship with technology, this book will appeal to readers in a range of fields from science and technology studies and media studies to the arts.

What happens when economies 'heat up'? This book looks at the 1990s, years of intense economic experimentation, when buzz words such as 'network society', 'the experience economy', 'creative cities' and 'glocalization' were everywhere. A fascinating perspective on 'The New Economy' emerges as the authors explore the worlds of coolhunters, biotech brokers, career coaches, software entrepreneurs and event managers and tackle such questions as: - how is magic used in the quest for newness and change? - what happens when cultural techniques such as branding and styling colonize new arenas? - what turns out to be just a flash-in-the-pan and what has a lasting impact? This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how economies operate in periods of rapid transformation.

What happens when economies 'heat up'? This book looks at the 1990s, years of intense economic experimentation, when buzz words such as 'network society', 'the experience economy', 'creative cities' and 'glocalization' were everywhere. A fascinating perspective on 'The New Economy' emerges as the authors explore the worlds of coolhunters, biotech brokers, career coaches, software entrepreneurs and event managers and tackle such questions as: - how is magic used in the quest for newness and change? - what happens when cultural techniques such as branding and styling colonize new arenas? - what turns out to be just a flash-in-the-pan and what has a lasting impact? This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how economies operate in periods of rapid transformation.