Kulturella Perspektiv

This text introduces the special issue of Kulturella Perspektiv called "Perspectives on death". Since the topic of "death" has been extensively researched from a cultural and socia...

Recension av: Gunnar Ternhag (red.), Samlade visor: Perspektiv på handskrivna visböcker. Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur, Uppsala 2008....

Using metaphors of death, the article explores food’s different phases of edibility in terms of perceptions and habits. Perceptions of dirt and expiry dates are cultural factors wh...

Recension av: Lena Marander-Eklund & Ann-Catrin Östman (red.). Biografiska betydelser: Norm och erfarenhet i levnadsberättelser. Gidlunds förlag, Möklinta 2011....

Hur  kan  kulturaktiviteter  komplettera  den  vanliga  vården  när  det  gäller  att  förbättra  människors  hälsa?  En  uppföljande  studie  av  en  försöksverksamhet,  ”Rehabili...

This article is about two languages — written stories and the material expressed in museum exhibitions. The tip of the metaphorical iceberg represents what is claimed as an extende...

In a master thesis on food waste the importance of culturally defined behaviour is addressed. By constructing a “Food Waste Game”, experimental ethnographer Xinyi Jiang show how de...

Ethnological methods are well suited for exploring and explaining structural discrimination within different kinds of social institutions. The ethnologist has various opportunities...