{"id":29047,"date":"2025-04-16T13:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/?post_type=open_calls&p=29047"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:13:17","slug":"open-call-for-guest-researchers-2023","status":"publish","type":"open_calls","link":"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/open-call\/open-call-for-guest-researchers-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open call for guest-researchers 2023 \u2013 ArkDes collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Daycare for children of workers at Cloetta, Ljungsbro, Link\u00f6ping. 1947. Henry Fraenkel. ArkDes collection.<\/i>\n \n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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ArkDes is seeking guest researchers who will have the opportunity to explore the museum’s collection of over four million objects.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the opening of a new collection exhibition in 2024, we invite researchers to contribute with research-based perspectives and selections of objects. The assignment runs for a period of three to six months and aims to develop both the exhibition and the research conducted at ArkDes.<\/p>\n

We are offering financial support to up to four guest researchers with the ambition of enabling new ways of studying, questioning, and interpreting the cultural heritage held in the museum’s storage. The assignment is expected to begin in spring or autumn 2023.<\/p>\n

We are particularly interested in project proposals that address:<\/p>\n