A QUESTION OF VOICE: THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM'S AFRICAN GALLERY AND THE MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
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Authors
LUCKER, K. A.
Issue Date
2008
Type
Capstone
Language
en
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Abstract
This thesis explores these two different approaches by means of a case study. I undertook a deep user experience of two museum exhibitions: The Jeanne and Sanford Robertson African Art Gallery of the de Young Museum, and the Africa.Dot.Com exhibition at the Museum of the African Diaspora. The former is a permanent exhibition of African art at a traditional art museum that has attempted to be self-critical and conscientious in reformulating its strategies for exhibiting and interpreting this material. The latter is an exhibition on the effects of communications technology in Africa on African art and culture at a new museum striving to interpret the art, history, and culture of the African Diaspora for museum users of diverse identities and backgrounds.