Social Responsibility and Awareness in the Museum: a Case Study of the Empowering Women Exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Authors

Jessica Wingen, The College of Wooster

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand how museums can be used as a means of promoting social awareness through the reflection of different societal values. Through participant observation and in-depth interviews, this project explores the values exhibited by Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities and the strategies used by museum administrators to convey these values to the greater community.

Advisor

Adams, Abigail

Department

Sociology and Anthropology

Recommended Citation

Wingen, Jessica, "Social Responsibility and Awareness in the Museum: a Case Study of the Empowering Women Exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Natural History" (2013). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 1134.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/1134

Disciplines

Gender and Sexuality

Keywords

museum, cooperatives

Publication Date

2013

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis