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Showing 1 to 20 of 214 for “"museum studies."”.
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Museum Studies Capstone Project: Proposal for an Exhibition Development Project Management Plan
<p>This capstone is a proposal for an exhibition development project management plan for the National Japanese American Historical Society's (NJAHS) new exhibition gallery, the MIS Historical Learning Center (MISHLC), located at the San Francisco Presidio.</p>
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Pursuing a national agenda in academics : merging museum studies and library sciences.
Museums and libraries have been paired together throughout history. More recently, the formation of the Institute of Museum and Library Services further solidified this relationship. The repeated associations between these two types of institutions suggest that their respective training programs …
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The Pervert’s Guide to the Museum
… difficulties in the practice and theory of museums. Drawing upon research gathered from site visits, informational interviews, textual analysis, and an extensive engagement with the seminars of Jacques Lacan, I enumerate here a first attempt at what a Lacanian theoretical formation can …
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The Plot and The Archive: Curation, Provisional Histories, and Novels
The Plot and the Archive applies museum studies and curatorial techniques to post-1960s novels dealing with history and outlines the importance of a figure called the character-as-curator within such spaces. This figure exemplifies different strategies employed to interrogate, analyze and reconcile …
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Nonprofit Hiring and Retention Practices and the Representation of Women of Color in Museum Leadership
<p>Abstract</p> <p>This museum studies capstone project centers on the nonprofit hiring and retention practices with an emphasis on the lack of representation of women of color in museum leadership. The literature review encompasses peer-reviewed literature on nonprofit leadership and management …
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Through the Eyes of Our Neighbors: A collaborative model for cultural, educational, and community organizations to meaningfully address homelessness in San Francisco
… members of the homeless community, and encourage museum-goers to take action. Furthermore, the project aims to partner with the City of San Francisco to implement design solutions to homelessness. The project, while large in scope, was inspired by a rather simple idea: that the museum should …
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Towards a Definition of Digital Narratives in Art Museums
This thesis defines art museums’ online resources as narratives in response to the following question: How can online resources, such as online exhibitions, online publications, and similar resources, be accurately and systematically defined? The aim of this definition is to provide adetailed, …
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Museums in Collaboration: A Study of the Joint Relationships between Native Communities and Small Museums
… exhibitions built by Native communities and museums often seek to reposition Native peoples as the authors and experts of their own cultures. This capstone project, done for the Museum Studies Graduate Program at the University of San Francisco, explores what measures it would take for a …
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Towards an Indigenous Museology: Native American and First Nations Representation and Voice in North American Museums
The museum field has had a definite impact on the identity of Native American and First Nations peoples, perhaps more than on any other cultural group. Yet the dynamics and historical relations between museums and these populations have been contentious at best. This dissertation examines museums …
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Meaningful materialism : collectors relationship to their objects
… examined in light of the data. Implications for museum studies and museum education specifically, are considered.
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Improving Cal NAGPRA: Honoring Native American Rights
… and objects from their cultural heritage from museums and custodial institutions. Cal NAGPRA includes a number of shortcomings that have impeded the ability of tribes to successfully reclaim objects from their heritage. The ethical implications of museums retaining cultural objects and human …
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Settler Colonialism in U.S. Popular Media as Influencing Perceptions of Material Culture and Museum Ethics
… culture and collecting solely by visiting a museum. This MA Thesis seeks to look at how action-adventure "treasure-hunting" media introduces people to fields such as archaeology, anthropology, and museum studies through entertainment media. Frameworks of settler colonialism are used to …
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From the Seat of Authority: A Case Study in Exhibition Development
… University students enrolled in the graduate Museum Studies course on exhibition development collaboratively curated an exhibition entitled From the Seat of Authority, which opened at the Anderson Gallery in June 2006. This thesis project documents the exhibition and offers an account of the …
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Three Distinct Museum Achievements and Their Processes: Becoming a Non-Profit, Applying for 501 (c) (3) Federal Tax-Exemption, and Earning Accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums
<p>This Museum Studies Master of Arts capstone discusses three distinct achievements that a museum can achieve and the processes necessary to obtain them. These accomplishments must be completed in chronological order as follows: firstly, becoming a non-profit public benefit corporation in …
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Developing Children’s Education Materials for the SFO Museum at the San Francisco International Airport
… project developed as a result of my Summer 2016 museum studies internship with the SFO Museum at the San Francisco International Airport. This unique museum is located within the airport terminals and is the only airport museum in the United States accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. …
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The Huhugam Heritage Center: An Administrative History and Case Study in Tribal Museum Issues
The Museum Studies thesis project represented by this document entailed the compilation of a board of directors orientation packet for the Gila River Indian Community's recently established Huhugam Heritage Center (HHC) in Chandler, Arizona. The packet, including an administrative history of the …
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Dialogue in the Galleries: Developing a Tour about Contemporary Art for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
This museum thesis project considers the challenges involved in developing engaging museum tours. The purpose of this project was to develop a fifty-minute, guided gallery tour that uses inquiry-based instruction to engage participants in dialogue and critical thinking about artworks. The tour was …
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