Returning to Memory An Exhibition of Oracle Bone Script

Oracle bone script was the earliest form of Chinese characters carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones using a sharp tool. Oracle bone script was used for divination through fire in the Shang dynasty (c.1600-1046 BCE). This research explores ways to promote and enhance audience interest in the script through storytelling strategies that use interactive technology in an exhibition context. Through the course of this study, I found that there is a lack of publicity and cultural engagement with oracle bone script and that this has contributed to the general public knowing little about its historical importance. Therefore, I have created a proposal for an exhibition that showcases, through various means, this significant Chinese historical legacy.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Cultural and Creative Practice

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Research Projects

Grantor dc:publisher

Auckland University of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Li, Yaxiao

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Chen, Chen

• Oracle bone script
• Exhibition design
• Storytelling
• Interactive technology

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10292/12625

OAI record oai:identifier

https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/server/oai/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=dim&identifier=oai%3Aopenrepository.aut.ac.nz%3A10292%2F12625