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Foteviken - Kungarike i upplevelsernas tid

Foteviken - Kingdom in the age of experience

På svenska

Author

  • Bodil Petersson

Editor

  • Peter Aronsson
  • Erika Larsson

Summary, in English

This chapter discusses the phenomenon of the so-called Foteviken Viking Reserve, a place in southern Sweden where living history is performed in a re-created town-like structure from the Middle Ages relating to the historical event of the battle at Fotevik 1134. The purpose is to discuss creative forms of use of living history within today's experience-oriented public communication.

Publishing year

2002

Language

Swedish

Pages

80-94

Publication/Series

Konsten att lära och viljan att uppleva. Historiebruk och upplevelsepedagogik vid Foteviken, Medeltidsveckan och Jamtli.

Volume

2002:1

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Centrum för kulturforskning, Växjö universitet

Topic

  • Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Keywords

  • archaeology
  • living history
  • authenticity
  • communication
  • reconstruction
  • experience
  • public communication
  • Foteviken

Status

Published

Project

  • Att resa i tiden

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9176363228