Genre Buffalo Bill’s Defunct is a short poem; it tells a story and creates a picture of a hardworking cowboy named Bill. The poem is about a dead‚ handsome blue eyed cowboy. It is written in the narrative form and in the first person. The author personifies death and he is upset with death for taking away Bill the cowboy: “… and what i want to know is how do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death.” (Clugston‚ 2010) Theme The theme is about death; however the author did not take
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The Universal Museum – a valid model for the 21st century? Introduction In October 2002‚ the International Group of Organisers of Largescale Exhibitions‚ also known as the Bizot Group — a forum comprising directors of 40 of the world’s major museums and galleries — gathered in Munich for their annual informal discussion.1 The meeting was convened specifically to address the problem of how to confront the growing number of requests for repatriation of objects from ‘universal’ museums and in particular
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of news about Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) drew my attention. It said that this nonprofit museum suffered decreasing investment and donation since the worldwide financial crisis in 2008; indeed‚ it lost about 18% money. It is no doubt that the great power of financial crisis damages the development of nonprofit museums‚ which rely on the endowments and donations from the individuals‚ institutions‚ government‚ etc. There may be some negative expectation on the future of nonprofit museums because of the
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In this essay‚ I will argue that ethnographic museums privilege viewing‚ at the expense of other senses. I will further argue that by privileging the visual‚ ethnographic museums become problematic in two ways- firstly‚ by not accurately representing the cultures they are supposed to be exhibiting‚ and secondly‚ by limiting the experience of museum-goers who may be visually impaired or otherwise unable to visit museums that are purely mono-sensorial. After outlining and discussing the problems associated
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very beginning of the novel in Shadow’s dream where the buffalo man offers him the following advice: “Believe‚” said the rumbling voice. “If you are to survive‚ you must believe.” “Believe what?” asked Shadow. “What should I believe?”… “Everything‚” roared the buffalo man. (p. 18) This passage holds a very important significance as it captures the theme of the novel. There is a reason why it was introduced so early and not later. The buffalo man doesn’t merely offer this advice to make Shadow curious
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The Kennedy Museum of Art is the university museum at Ohio University in Athens‚ Ohio. The Museum is known for their Southwest Native American Collection that comprises extensively on weavings‚ jewelry‚ and silverwork from the cultures of the Diné (Navajo)‚ Zuni‚ and Hopi peoples‚ respectably. Additionally‚ the collections include a renowned print and photo collection‚ 20th century American art‚ and a notable African art collection. Together the staff executes exhibitions to be used as pedagogical
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In the Folk Museum The concept of belonging The Museum A museum is a place of past. A folk museum celebrates the lives and lifestyle of a bygone era. This particular ‘folk museum’ is displaying the culture and life of the early Australians. The persona feels disconnected from the experience – the almost deathly scene betrays his‚ and others‚ lack of interest. Through the use of imagery‚ the poet sets a cold‚ stale‚ dark and a silent place and this highlights the persona’s feeling of not belonging
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A. Soldiers Bodies Sarah Wagner‚ “The Making and Unmaking of an Unknown Soldier‚” Social Studies of Science‚ 43(5): 631-656‚ 2013. The article describes the military identification technology in the 1990s and the decision to remove the remains from the Vietnam crypt of the Tomb of Unknowns and the subsequent work on the previously unidentified remains in previous wars. It argues that naming the dead soldiers and returning their remains personalize the ideals of sacrifice and honor embodied in the
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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO Bilbao—today one of the top tourist destinations in Europe—was such a backwater in the 1990s that‚ according to Gehry‚ the 265‚000-square-foot museum‚ beside the Nervión River‚ went up almost unnoticed by the press. That only contributed to the drop-dead impact it created with its unveiling. “I like to work under the radar as much as I can. It’s been harder since I’ve gotten notorious‚” says Gehry. The first photos of the near-complete structure‚ which resembles a gargantuan
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Museum I’m going to tell about one of the oldest museum in Kazakhstan. West Kazakhstan Regional History Museum was founded in 1832. In his organization were directly involved well-known scholars of the time Karelin and Berg. Now the museum is located in the historical and architectural building built in 1879 in the eastern style of Russian-Kazakh school. The museum has its own branches: House-Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Mametova‚ House Museum of E. Pugacheva‚ The House-Museum
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