Hidden Stories Research Articles

Drilling in the Arctic: Unearthing the planet's secrets

The icy Arctic has long lured explorers, testing many and rewarding few. Now secrets of our planet's past, long buried in the Arctic's sediments and rocks, beckon to scientists. Among these hidden stories, one is making headlines: global climate change.The Nansen Arctic Drilling Program (NAD), an international scientific effort, will unite scientists worldwide to tackle the challenges of the Arctic and answer questions about past global climate change: How has Earth's climate evolved apart from human influence? Has the Arctic driven or responded to changes in Earth's climate? If so, how? These aspects of Earth's history will be revealed from long cores of the Arctic Ocean floor.

Hur berättar en utställning?

This article discusses three different exhibitions of costumes. The objective of the discussion has been to increase our understanding of how exhibitions work and the different stories they tell visitors. The perspective has been to concentrate on the exhibitions themselves, encountering them hermeneutically as stories in their own right. By analysing the exhibitions as they stand, open as well as hidden stories and messages have been found, in terms of more or less conscious metastories as well as stereotypes. Metanarratives influence visitors’ comprehension of the messages of exhibitions without explicitly making their points. Also, the way exhibitions rely on previous knowledge influence what visitors may understand. As a whole, an exhibition can strengthen or create stereotype images not only of its subject matter but also of more general issues, and thereby give visitors notions about cultural heritage and the character of the past.