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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Museum ethnography"”.
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Relics of Battle: War, Memory, and New Museum Theory in Military Museums
<p>The anthropology of museums, or museum ethnography, is a useful tool for critically analyzing the representational strategies of museums and their collections. This thesis focuses on the anthropological discussion of military museums and analysis of the material culture of conflict, and …
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Manifestations: Displays of Internal Beliefs and Perspectives
… influences, and insights of specific Field Museum staff in regard to exhibitions and the future of the Field Museum. It is people that make up museums and create exhibitions, and their beliefs not only influence and guide them, but also their institution and what they develop. Grounded in …
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Representing the Mixed Plate: Involving Descendant Communities and Kānaka Maoli in Hawai’i Plantation Museums
… of diverse stakeholders at Hawai’i plantation museums affects representations of Hawai’i’s plantation history. Plantations in Hawai’i had a direct colonizing effect on <em>Kānaka Maoli</em> (Native Hawaiians), displacing them from their lands, replacing them with immigrant laborers, and putting …
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Queer Is Here, Hopefully to Stay: The Incorporation and Reception of LGBTQ+ History at the History Colorado Center
… and accomplishments has been absent from museum collections and exhibitions. Scholars argue that given the authoritative nature of museums and their influence on the public, exclusions of LGBTQ+ history can mount to institutional erasure of queer identities. However, in the past decade, …
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'Wow, what's that Dad?' Fresh and Dynamic Perspectives of Young Children's Museum Experiences
… of age) during the flow of unstructured family museum visits. Two of the children visited a museum of art and archaeology, two a museum of natural history and two a museum that is dedicated to children’s literature. Drawing on the field of childhood studies and in order to provide a means to …
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Objects As Polyagents: Tracing The Histories Of The Gweagal Spears
… owned by Trinity College and held at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. This application illustrates the impact that innovations in theory and repatriation cases can have on the perceived role of museums regarding object return, decolonisation and reconciliation …