This study has had a twofold ambition; to probe into the life in museums, and try out some concepts cultural policy research setting. The article does this by analysing encounters between art visiting audiences with use of “acontextual” analytic concepts; event instead experience, affect rather than emotion broad understanding concept atmosphere. Furthermore, empirical material for analysis con...

We argue that research problems are only interesting relative to some external audience. Interesting academic research should impact, at least, that external audience. Hence, we should target our research toward specific external audiences. Several foreboding trends that exacerbate the urgency of this targeting are discussed. To facilitate the targeting task, a partial list of fifteen possible ...

Sustainable environmental policies are rooted in knowledge and assumptions that decision-making authorities hold regarding specific socialeecological settings. These decision makers are increasingly informed by systems models. Diverse audiences for environmental science and sustainability policies magnify the importance of clear model communication. This essay offers a summary of best communica...

One of the possible ways of approaching audience history is by focusing on the history of ideas about audiences. This article examines the benefits and shortcomings of such an approach and develops a set of methodological propositions, drawing on the principles and methods of the German tradition of Begriffsgeschichte (history of concepts). To demonstrate the usefulness of these propositions, t...