Building on ongoing Vetenskapsrådet-funded research about the Swedish People’s Parks movement, this second project was recently awarded a grant of close to three million from the FORMAS research council. The project will shift from the earlier history of the People’s Parks at their zenith in the early 20th century when many hundreds of such movement-owned and managed public spaces existed throughout Sweden to how these popular movement spaces fare as cultural heritage more recently. Erik Jönsson, human geographer at Uppsala University, will also take part in this research project.
Johan Pries to lead a project called “Folkrörelsernas kulturarv: omvandling, bevarande och liv i de svenska folkparkerna".
Johan Pries, Postdoc researcher at the department, has been granted funding for a three year project.