Brand museums, commodification of cultural heritage and cultural transfer: the case of IKEA museum

Billore, Soniya and Genc, Eda Aylin and Öztürkcan, Selcen (2024) Brand museums, commodification of cultural heritage and cultural transfer: the case of IKEA museum. Scandinavian Journal of Management . ISSN 0956-5221 Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2024.101388

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Abstract

This paper examines how brand museums, as themed environments, commodify and transfer the cultural heritage of organisations to their stakeholders. We conduct a qualitative study based on six in-depth interviews with top management professionals at the IKEA Museum. Rooted deeply in the Swedish socio-cultural ecosystem, the IKEA Museum uses various strategies to commodify its cultural heritage, such as displaying historical artefacts, creating interactive exhibits, narrating stories of innovation and social responsibility, and offering co-creation opportunities to visitors. In doing so it plays a prominent role in enabling cultural transfer and fosters intergenerational cultural memory among its stakeholders. The theoretical conceptualization is presented by proposing the Synthesis of Cultural Transfer, Value Outcomes, and Intergenerational Memory framework (SCTIM), and implications are discussed.
Item Type: Article
Divisions: Sabancı Business School
Depositing User: Selcen Öztürkcan
Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2025 12:02
Last Modified: 21 Feb 2025 12:02
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/51194

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