Are Seltz’s new Japanese museums ‘counter-museums’ by Patterson’s definition? Patterson and Seltz introduce new museums differing in subject matter‚ context and methodology‚ but sharing analogous goals. The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia (JCM) in the United States is touted by Patterson as a ‘counter-museum’ that ‘seek[s] to engage visitors as active participants in dynamic‚ continuing memorial processes’ (66)‚ and one that ‘seeks to use products of intolerance to teach understanding’ (68)
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Museums and tourism Stakeholders‚ resource and sustainable development Master’s Dissertation International Museum Studies Museion/Göteborg University Spring term 2004 Author: Guðbrandur Benediktsson Supervisor: Cajsa Lagerkvist LIST OF CONTENTS FOREWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1. Aims and objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2. Theoretical approaches and sources. . . . . . . .
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Running head: VISTING A MUSEUM Visiting a Museum Victoria Johnson Dr. Gerald Franz Humanities – World Cultures II March 16‚ 2014 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to share the experience I had visiting a museum for the first time. I believe it was a great event and feel every person should go to one in their life. During my visit I learned about the author of the classical novel‚ about the many artifacts on display‚ and about different characters‚ and their achievements. After you read
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During our visit to the Blanton Museum on Thursday we analyzed Francisco de Goya’s series of prints including La tauromaquia (1815-1816)‚ Los desastres de la guerra (1810-1820)‚ Los disparates (1815-1823) and other paintings selected to be featured in the exhibit. The first room was headed by a self portrait of Goya in Traje de luces introducing the La tauromaquia series. I was taken aback when I walked into the first exhibit room and saw the amount of detail in each of Goya’s pieces. We can only
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Museum visit paper The piece of art I chose is “Landscape” (Garden at St. Tropez) by Henri Edmond Cross (French‚ 1856–1910) this piece was done in oil on canvas. This was Marjorie Tiefenthaler Bequest and partial gift of Louise Uihlein Snell Fund of the Milwaukee Foundation M1996.29. As I took my time walking around the Art Museum‚ it was very difficult for me to choose just one. Nonetheless when I saw The Garden at St. Tropez by Henri Edmond Cross‚ I was amaze at how well the painter
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The Henderirum Museum is creating a new exhibit that deals with psychology of the mind and how it handles life experiences. The Art pieces can show symbolic representations of how the indivual minds process everyday events to extremely traumatizing ones. The exhibit will be focus on helping people see this events in a physical medium‚ inspiring people to observe theses changes in a different perspective. This commission asks for an art piece that asks for creative work on how the human nature deals
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At the cooper Hewitt museum‚ a few pieces stood out to me in the Scarps and Kravis exhibits. On the first floor of the Cooper Hewitt museum‚ there is the “Scraps: Fashion‚ Textiles and Creative Rescue” exhibit. The exhibit reveals the work done by three designers; Luisa Cevese‚ Christina Kim‚ and Reiko Sudo. I truly enjoyed this exhibit‚ because it contained fabrics‚ fashion‚ and textiles‚ which are all intriguing to me. As a fashion designer‚ I was very interested in the textures and patterns incorporated
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Upon coming across my decision on what my paper would be about‚ it was very evident that I would be discussing the Asian cuisine‚ due to me often watching a clips on YouTube of them eating live octopus‚ squid or fish. It amazes me to see some of the things they eat and how they eat it. In their tradition‚ it is polite to slurp your food while eating. It lets the chef know you are enjoying it or they prepared it just right. Food is very important to them‚ when they are walking on the street often
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Our class had a fieldtrip to the Ayala museum to control inspiration and to observe the vintage filipinana costumes. I havent been in a museum since grade-school‚ so I got precise mad when I arrived there. Before we went upstairs‚ where the main exhibits argon‚ we walked around the lobby theater of operations where there are pictures from Cory Aquinos memorial and articles of bloodstained habit that Ninoy wore. Also in the ground floor is an exhibit of new(a) art‚ which I find very interesting. We went
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Asian Literature and Philosophy Jennifer Barzona ENG/301 June 3‚ 2013 Marc Bonanni Asian Literature and Philosophy Asia‚ the world’s largest continent‚ expands from the area formerly known as the U.S.S.R. to the Bering Strait and as far south as the Indian Ocean. Scholars limit the areas of Asia to focus predominantly on the Eastern Asian area in regard to Asian American literary guidelines. Asian American literature allows a further exploration of the past and traditional Asian philosophies
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