“TALKING STORY” TO SUSTAIN COMMUNITY HERITAGE: CONNECTING MUSEUMS AND RURAL HAWAIʻI ISLAND COMMUNITIES THROUGH COLLABORATION AND PARTICIPATION

dc.contributor.advisor Mills, Peter R.
dc.contributor.author Garcia, Nicole
dc.contributor.department Heritage Management
dc.date.accessioned 2022-02-01T18:42:34Z
dc.date.available 2022-02-01T18:42:34Z
dc.date.issued 2021-12
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10790/6862
dc.subject Cultural anthropology
dc.subject Museum studies
dc.subject Cultural resources management
dc.subject critical museology
dc.subject digital heritage
dc.subject Historypin.org
dc.subject new museum
dc.subject participatory museum
dc.subject talk story
dc.title “TALKING STORY” TO SUSTAIN COMMUNITY HERITAGE: CONNECTING MUSEUMS AND RURAL HAWAIʻI ISLAND COMMUNITIES THROUGH COLLABORATION AND PARTICIPATION
dc.type Thesis
dcterms.abstract This thesis investigates participatory collaborative relationships between a heritage center on North Hawaiʻi Island and two community groups, the Hāmākua Jodo Mission (HJM) and the Camp Tarawa Foundation (CTF). Using multi-disciplinary lenses including feminism, critical museology, and the New Museology, I examine museum trends toward democratic approaches in exhibit development through physical and online platforms. These approaches reposition “experts” in museums to better represent the voices of those being featured. Qualitative methods involve semistructured interviews and employ the local conversational style of “talk story” to engage with participating communities (both local and those with local connections). Two modes of collaborative exhibits are presented, including the online platform, Historypin.org and physical exhibits. This thesis positions the voices of the participants as the authority by focusing on topics they chose and guided. I demonstrate that a small, regional heritage center can successfully collaborate with and build positive relationships with local communities around exhibit-building and heritage-sharing.
dcterms.extent 233 pages
dcterms.language en
dcterms.publisher University of Hawaii at Hilo
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dcterms.type Text
local.identifier.alturi http://dissertations.umi.com/hilo.hawaii:10209
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