Month: January 2017

I remember the box being set in front of me, the anxiety and excitement swelling within.  Because our box had

Objects and Identity: Challenges Facing Museums and Collections in the Digital Age Museums today are struggling to balance their timeless

During my introduction with the special collection pertaining to George P. Johnson, I had the interesting opportunity to peruse through

As demonstrated in the material/materiality article by JeeHee Hong, the concept of materiality has been hotly debated for centuries. But

The Hong reading provides many definitions for materiality and discusses how those definitions have evolved over time. The word “material”

Material and materiality are defined as both the physical aspect of objects or the potential for elaboration in non-physical matter. The

In Special Collections, my group examined a unique exhibit titled “Miscellaneous” that was comprised of photos of different people, families,

Materiality, as described by Steven Conn, offers “the simple pleasure of looking at and the thrill of being in the

While interrogating materiality and the importance of objects in a museum space, I began thinking about why objects are used

In the traditional sense, the word “material” implies something physical or tangible. But scholars such as Walter Benjamin and Marx