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Biography

 Name:

• Henrik Zipsane

 

 Nationality: 

• Danish (working in Sweden)

  

Current Position:         

• Director of Jamtli, County Museum of Jämtland

 

Areas and Length of Expertise:

• The role of cultural heritage in sustainable regional development
• Cultural heritage learning and social cohesion

 

Recent research, development and consultancy and organisations:

• Consulting the possibilities of gaining better financial results in the long run for three small local museums in Östersunds Municipality
• Initiating a successful pedagogical programme for upper secon­dary compul­sory school with the role play method with the aim of producing attitudes against xenophobia
• Initiating a successful programme for early school leavers with a method of creating positive learning experiences in order to stimulating a return to formal basic education
• Initiating a case study of describing and analysing the activities of volun­taries in the museum and genealogists in the archive as adult learning activities

 

Qualifications, Recognitions, Positions, Memberships:

•  MA in History from Copenhagen University Ph.D. from the Danish University of Education
• Director, the Archives and Museums in Farum Municipality, Denmark
• Secretary executive of the Local Popular University in Farum Municipality, Denmark
• Chair of the Association for the History of Migration in Denmark
• Chair of the Association of Open Air Museums in Sweden
• Co-founder and Chair of the European network LLOAM (Lifelong Learning in Open Air Museums)
• Co-founder and co-director of the Nordic Centre for Heritage Learning, Östersund – Sweden
• Secretary executive for the County of Jämtlands representation to EARLALL

 

Selected Publications:

 

• (2005); “The Open Air Museum and its new role as a museum of many cultures”, i “Papers from 21^st Conference of the European Association of Open Air Museums August 2003 in Scotland”, Glasgow
• (2005); “Refugees at the Open Air Museum: the museum as a place for informal lifelong learning. A case study”. in: Cameron, H. (Red.) Conference proceedings for Management, Social Capital and Lifelong Learning. Pascal Observatory International Conference at Stirling University, 25 – 28 October 2005. Stirling
• (2006); “Lifelong Learning in Open Air Museums - A fascinating part to play in Europe”, i “Papers from 22^nd Conference of the European Association of Open Air Museums August 2005 in Finland”, Turku (in print)

 

 

 

 

 

History

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