Collaborative Meaning-Making: Programming Collections with Source Communities
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Date
2013-05-10
Authors
Bradley, Savanna
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Abstract
Museums are seen to be shifting towards an increasingly participatory structure, and museum
staff are always looking for new ways to engage community-based audiences. This capstone
research examines ways that museums support community engagement through polysemic
meaning-making opportunities, specifically in relation to Alaskan source communities,
suggesting that polysemic meaning-making can take place through collections-based
programming, resulting in ongoing relations through these spaces of contact. These concepts are
examined through the lens of capstone course work, bolstered by an extensive literature review.
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34 p. Examining committee chair: Dr. Phaedra Livingstone
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Polysemic, Source Communities, Collections Programming, Contact Zones