It requires much communication among staff members and frank discussion between staff and board members, and areas of uncertainty or disagreement must be resolved and adjustments made. However, the objective of the policy is not to attempt to solve all possible problems, but to define areas of responsibility and to set forth guidelines for those charged with making certain decisions. The policy, therefore, must be detailed enough to provide useful instruction yet at the same time avoid procedural minutia. A policy is normally revised every 3-5 years. The paper discusses the difficulties in all attempts to come close to another culture and in what way the different media of word and picture may contribute to a holistic understanding of life in a foreign society.
Oversimplifications are always a threat.
Mytte Fentz , cand.mag. The first festival was held in Stavanger, Norway. The original plan was that in future different Nordic museums would take on the arrangement. This proved difficult for many reasons and finally, in the spring of 1998, AmS once again took responsibility for arranging the festival. In Scandinavia, this is a new and different form of museum activity.