Märit Simonsson

I am a senior lecturer in Museology and Art History.

Contact

marit.simonsson@umu.se

+46 90 786 65 36

Works at

Associate professor at Department of Culture and Media Studies Units: -

Humanisthuset, Biblioteksgränd 3 (huvudentré), B111 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

As a senior lecturer I teach Museology and Art History. I am also the subject coordinator of Art History.

I previously had a postdoc position at the Department of Culture and Media Studies at Umeå University. In my current research project, I study authenticity in fiction exhibitions, specifically exhibitions about film and TV series, and the emergence and function of fiction exhibitions in a larger museum context. The project is partially based on analyses of a touring exhibition about the series Game of Thrones.

I had a PhD position in Museology at the Department of Culture and Media Studies in 2010-2014. In my research project, I examined experiences and meaning making in museums with the affect of spatial design and spatiality on visitors as point of departure. The study objects consisted of five art and cultural history museums in Rome.

DN Debatt. 171 forskare: ”Vi vuxna bör också klimatprotestera”

Dagens Nyheter

Adman, Per; Bergquist, Ann-Kristin; Bonnedahl, Karl Johan; et al.

Kommunicerande rum: rumsliga effekter och koder i museer

Museumsutstillinger: å forstå, skape og vurdere natur- og kulturhistoriske utstillinger, Trondheim: Museumsforlaget AS 2017 : 67-80

Simonsson, Märit

Autenticitet i fiktionsutställningar

Humanistportalen

Simonsson, Märit

[Recension] Pia Bengtsson Melin: Medeltiden on Display. Uppställningar och utställningar av äldre kyrkokonst från omkring 1850 fram till idag

RIG: Kulturhistorisk tidskrift, Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien 2015, (2-3) : 148-151

Simonsson, Märit