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Closure as Perception and Interpretation: Ikeda Manabu's Negative Space Through Comics Studies

Newell, Christin (University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)

Ikeda Manabu (b. 1973) creates monumental images that emerge from an aggregate of unrelated miniature motifs. These small motifs are made from an accumulation of short, colorful lines drawn on paper canvases. Taking Buddha ...
Complexity of Celtic Culture and Museum Practices

Barry, Shannon (University of Oregon, 2016-06-07)

Presenting cultural communities in museums is challenging. Each of these groups has nuances that make them difficult to accurately display in an exhibit. I chose to look at this particular issue through the lens of Celtic ...
"For This and Future Generations": Cultivating Meanings at Crater Lake National Park

Lester, Sarah (University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)

The National Park Service strives to connect the natural and cultural resources located within its national parks to the visitors that experience them. These connections must be on personal, meaningful levels to fulfill ...
Power and dialogue at the art museum: Sharing authority at issue-based exhibitions

Blankenship, Megan (2010-06)

Within the art museum, diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and interpretations converge and at times clash. Exhibitions of taboo subjects can set the stage for conflicts between the institution and community expectations ...
Sites of Suffering: Dark Tourism and the National Park System; A Case Study of Kalaupapa National Historical Park

Borthwick, Anna (University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)

This study examines solutions to interpretive challenges at dark tourism sites. The academic field of dark tourism explores travel to and the nature of heritage sites that have gained significance from a past of tragedy ...
Subculture & Popular Culture: Negotiations of Alternative Communities in 21st Century Museums

Hadsell, Andrea (2017-06-05)

Museums, as social institutions, have a responsibility to communities to act as a public space where museum visitors can interact with source communities. To incorporate accurate representations of communities, museum ...
What's the Point of Labels? Interpretive Labels and Visitor Engagement in the Museum

Lallier-Barron, Megan (2012-06)

Museum interpretation is used in various forms to allow visitors to learn and understand museum topics. This research capstone will investigate the effect museum exhibit labels have on visitor engagement. Through an ...