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Shifting Sands., Rachid Tagoulla
Shifting Sands., Rachid Tagoulla
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Shifting Sands is a re-exploration of the presentation of North Africans in colonial postcards, an examination of identity, and a critique of the modern Western museum. Since the inception of photography, colonizers used this medium- especially in the form of postcards- to categorize and exoticize Eastern peoples in order to more easily subjugate them. Shifting Sands is a series of reconstructed colonial postcards which challenges colonial-era stereotypes of North African peoples. The colonial gaze, represented by the camera lens, is subverted through a lensless image-making process in which sand is used to remove the subject from the colonial gaze and …
Hudson Museum_Home Webpage, University Of Maine Hudson Museum
Hudson Museum_Home Webpage, University Of Maine Hudson Museum
Hudson Museum
Screenshot of the University of Maine Hudson Museum website homepage, with a statement regarding being closed to the public and showing options for virtual tours during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Northwest Coast Native American Art: The Relationship Between Museums, Native Americans And Artists, Karrie E. Myers
Northwest Coast Native American Art: The Relationship Between Museums, Native Americans And Artists, Karrie E. Myers
Museum Studies Theses
Museums today have many responsibilities, including protecting and understanding objects in their care. Many also have relationships with groups of people whose items or artworks are housed within their institutions. This paper explores the relationship between museums and Northwest Coast Native Americans and their artists. Participating museums include those in and out of the Northwest Coast region, such as the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, the Burke Museum, the Royal British Columbia Museum, the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum. Museum professionals who conducted research for some of these museums included Franz Boas, …
Norris Dam: To Build Or Not To Build? A Museum Outreach Program, Jeanette Patrick
Norris Dam: To Build Or Not To Build? A Museum Outreach Program, Jeanette Patrick
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
Norris Dam: To Build or Not to Build? A Museum Outreach Program was designed to provide high school teachers with primary sources that can used to teach students about Norris Dam, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the New Deal. Through analysis of these documents and classroom discussion students are encouraged to come to their own conclusions about Norris Dam. The project is housed online at http://jeanettepatrick1.wix.com/norrisdam and teachers can either direct students to the site or print off the materials as needed. A brief history of Norris Dam and the Tennessee Valley Authority can also be found at this site.
Accommodating Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Museums, William S. Tyler
Accommodating Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder In Museums, William S. Tyler
History Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the question of how current museum access programs meet the needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD is an umbrella classification that presents many challenges for individuals in terms of social development and academic growth. It is important that all individuals are given the opportunity to experience the museum setting to their full ability. With this population of individuals at the forefront, an analysis will be done to examine what needs are present and how museum programming serves them. There are a variety of strategies and accommodations that museums can …
Eliza Buffington And The Early Years Of The Library, Carol Terry
Eliza Buffington And The Early Years Of The Library, Carol Terry
Infinite Radius: Founding Rhode Island School of Design
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The Ursinus Weekly, May 7, 1962, John B. Piston, Karen Entrekin, Roy Christman, Suzanne Brungart, Lore Hamilton, Craig Garner
The Ursinus Weekly, May 7, 1962, John B. Piston, Karen Entrekin, Roy Christman, Suzanne Brungart, Lore Hamilton, Craig Garner
Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978
Curtain Club's "The Girls in 509" scheduled Friday and Saturday • Fraser & Dingman selected head soph rulers to enliven '62 frosh customs program • Canterbury Club features speaker, CBS church film • Awards highlight waiters' banquet • Dennis recovering from heart attack • Moyer attends ISC meeting at E-town • World traveler slated to address IRC tonight • "Yippee-i-o" theme of Spring Festival featuring queen, festivities Saturday • Campus politicers reconcile riffs at annual banquet • Hudnut & students plan jazz seminar • Cub & Key Society meets at Staigers • Editorial: Beauty versus popularity; Turning the tables • …