Shaping the Nordic Past: History-Makers or Money-Makers?

This nordics.info podcast will be about the practicalities of history-making and how commercial and non-commercial organisations use history to sell tickets or a particular version of the past. Listen to this podcast if you want to hear more about: What role do museums play?The specific heritage portrayed by country houses in and outside the Nordics.What we forget is just as important as what we remember: mobilising the past for the future.The tradition for folk and open air museums in the No...

Om Podcasten

Listen to researchers talk about the history, society and culture of the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the autonomous territories, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland). Mainly interviews and panel discussions, but also synopses of particular historical events and topics within the humanities and social sciences written by researchers and read out in one of the Nordic languages as well as English.