附註:103年科技部補助人文及社會科學研究圖書設備計畫規劃主題 : 藝術學 : 博物館蒐藏與文化展示.
"Department of Anthropology."
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-257).
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2012.
摘要:This work focuses on the use of anthropological and museum theory, methods and practices in the development and construction of a museum. It also illustrates how museums can be used as active research sites for anthropologists. This dissertation uses the Hotel Metropolitan Museum, a new African American museum in Paducah, Kentucky, as an example to demonstrate this research process. The author approaches this work as a museum professional and academic making a living outside the safety of the "Ivory Tower." The author examines how the use of anthropological theories, case studies and methods can be used to help independent consultants understand interpersonal interaction/communication, community development and political structure. Also, the author examines how these theories and methods can be applied and/or modified to construct situations that result in outcomes beneficial to the consultant and to the group for which s/he is working.
