Preliminary study on the potential of art museums and foresight to serve as public infrastructure for fostering future-oriented hope and public well-being.

Important results from the project

The study has laid the foundation for the proposal for the implementation project, which has been one of the goals. Important results were deeper collaboration with Media Evolution and the insight that locally rooted examples create stronger engagement than grand visions. The workshop provided a framework for conversation and gave the museum the opportunity to reach representatives from different parts of Malmö that are otherwise difficult to get in touch with due to limited visibility.

Expected long term effects

In the longer term, the project is expected to contribute to the public sector developing more sustainable methods for citizen dialogue, with the museum gaining a new role as a meeting place and test bed for community development. Locally anchored examples were shown to create stronger engagement than grand visions, an insight that can guide future work. The results are used to shape the museum´s continued work with citizen dialogue and reference groups ahead of a new museum.

Approach and implementation

The group worked for five months on research reviews in health and faith in the future. This resulted in a workshop with 20 participants, deliberately selected to represent the entire museum-helix model. The schedule was met and the collaboration worked very well, the workshop as an activity is considered to have been the right way to go. The group discussed whether the selection of participants was the right form, or whether a more spontaneous list of participants would have been preferable.