Hanging Mirrors: Reflections on Women of color, Leadership, and Representation within Museums
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Authors
Salguero, Brenda
Issue Date
2014
Type
Capstone
Language
en
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Abstract
My thesis is like a three-layer cake, the first layer examines women of color and leadership, the second is an exploration of what influences their decisions. and finally I look at how those decisions possibly affect audience engagement. In order to understand each layer and how they are linked, I employed the following methodologies: a literature review, thirteen in-depth interviews, and two case studies.
Overall, this thesis research hopes to increase audience diversity by exploring the ways in which the decisions of women of color in positions of leadership or authority affect museum content. Although there are hints that audience engagement is affected by increased representation, further visitor studies research is needed in order to solidify it as a finding. What is a solid finding is the fact that women of color in positions of authority have different perspectives and experiences that help promote diversity within the museums walls. They create and. hang mirrors so that others can begin to see themselves and others reflected within the institution.