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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Memorial museum"”.
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A memorial museum
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1915.
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The Presidential Memorial Museum
… District of Columbia. The Presidential Memorial Museum is a proposed facility to represent the presidential institution memorial and housing the exhibits of one of the most historical institutions in the country. The historical nature of the work represents the presidents of the United …
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The politics of memorialisation in Namibia: reading the Independence Memorial Museum
The Independence Memorial Museum is the latest addition to the post-independence memorial landscape by Namibia’s ruling party, South West African People’s Organisation (or the Swapo Party). Like many other southern African liberation movements turned ruling political parties, Swapo has looked …
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The Politics of Memorialization: Creating a Holocaust Memorial Museum in New York City
… 45 year impasse in completing a major Holocaust memorial in New York City. Using as a case study the 1981-1991 effort to create such a project, the study develops a new concept for analyzing long-term public-private projects. This study develops and uses a so-called Mutagon to analyze the …
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Hidden Histories and Multiple Meanings: The Richard Dennett Collection at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter.
Ethnographic collections in western museums such as the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) carry many meanings, but by definition, they represent an intercultural encounter. This history of this encounter is often lost, overlooked, or obscured, and yet it has bearing on how the objects in the …
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Still unfolding through time and space : a qualitative phenomenological pilot study of education at 9/11 Memorial & Museum
… in-depth case study of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum (9/11 Memorial) as an alternative learning space. The study explores the unique pedagogical and andragogical practices, technology use, and physical space characteristics that contribute to authentic learner engagement and …
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Rummaging Through the Wreckage: Geographies of Trauma, Memory, and Loss at the National September 11th Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center
… as it is shaped in relation to the event's memorialization at nationally-dedicated landscapes of memory. Focusing on the National September 11th Memorial & Museum, The National Flight 93 Memorial, and the National Pentagon 9/11 Memorial, my research examines how cultural memory is mediated …
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Représenter l'Holocauste : le traitement et la représentation de l'Holocauste dans les musées-mémoriaux d'Amérique du Nord : étude comparative--le United States Holocaust Memorial Museum et le Centre commémoratif de l'Holocauste à Montréal
Cette recherche a pour objet l'étude de la présentation des mémoriaux de l'Holocauste de Washington et de Montréal. En plus d'une description sommaire de l'histoire de la perception de l'Holocauste en Amérique du Nord, une contextualisation de l'histoire des deux institutions et une …
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Memorial Museums and Material Witnesses: Framing Objects as Witnesses to Trauma
… how objects are given narrative voices by memorial museum curators, and how these narrative qualities facilitate ethical and critical relations between museumgoers and traumatic histories. My two main points of contention arise out of these questions: 1. What does it mean for an object to …
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Truths of Indian Boarding School: A Symposium
<p>Museums are increasingly engaging with socially conscious content. This is a reflection of the public’s perception that museums are sites of truth and will present complete and honest information of complicated issues. The following project will propose a symposium stemming from the need for …
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Museums of social conscience : interpreting a troubled past.
The development of museums of social conscience is a significant, yet under appreciated, contribution to the greater museum community. This is a comprehensive study on the origins of these institutions, the impact they have had on the greater museum community, as well as a critical look at their …
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Making Memory, Making Meaning: Memorial Museums and the Participatory Audience
… dissertation explores the relationship between memorial museums and visitors, reexamining the process of remembering traumatic events in United States history. My work examines this meaning-making dynamic in case studies of four memorial museums: The 9/11 Memorial Museum, The Legacy Museum: From …
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"""Empty chairs, broken lives"": The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum"
"This dissertation offers a description of the memorial and museum of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum; provides a critical analysis of the memorial process used to generate the institution; and, finally, documents a historical context that situates the bombing and the subsequent …
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Warship : memorial in antithesis
… reflections on some of New York City's many war memorials, ranging from one commemorating the Revolutionary War to one dedicated this past year for the Korean War. What becomes evident within the wide range of memorials, is the degree to which they can be used to gauge the political sentiment and …
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Assessment of Service Quality in Tanzanian Museums and Its Effect on Visitor Satisfaction: A case of Iringa Region Tanzania
… offered towards customer satisfactions in museum centers in Tanzania, taking Mkwawa Memorial Museum Center at Kalenga in Iringa Region as the case study. Four independent variables: responsiveness, professionalism, friendliness and honesty were identified as possible constructs that can …
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Never Forgets: Traumatic Trace Within Public Space
… spontaneous subjectivity span are pieces of art, museums, memorials and even an augmented reality game. Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc will be framed using Michel Foucault’s theories of social control and space from Discipline and Punish. Tilted Arc was erased, permanently eradicated from Lower …
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Decolonial Museum Practice Through Performance Art and Activation: A Collective Autoethnography
Museums in general, but especially in Europe and white settler societies, are grappling with relevance as their colonial histories are contested. Within this context, performance art has emerged as a powerful tool for challenging dominant narratives and analysing oppressive systems within cultural …
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An Investigation of the key factors and processes that underlie the contemporary display of biological collections in British museums.
Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), museums are experiencing a longawaited redisplay renaissance in the early 21 st century. The thesis, prompted by the observed renaissance, explores and examines the factors and processes involved in the redevelopment of biological displays in British …
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Repatriation claims on cultural material from former British colonies in museums in Britain and Ireland: using experiences to effect change
… for the return of cultural belongings intensify, museums in Britain and Ireland continue to fall short of the expectations of the original custodians whose cultural heritage they hold. Rooted in colonialist structures, museums maintain hierarchies and assumptions of authority that conflict with …
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