cultural programming

Here is the photo I mentioned in my previous post. The comments are very interesting and telling. Some people are disgusted, some are happy, some are supportive and others are not. This is a very interesting discussion to both participate in and observe. Hope this helps to connect some dots..

Here is a link to a great example of what we discussed in class yesterday - fakelore vs. appropriation. I would say this is fakelore because Starbucks took a traditional Mexican culture/food item and commercialized/re-branded it so it is now mass-marketed and sold. People eat them all the time and many probably have no idea of the cultural meaning or symbolism attached to a sugar skull for Dia de los Muertos. I did a search for this after seeing the famous author, Sandra Cisneros, post a photo of Pande Muerto being sold at Starbucks on her Instagram page!!! I put so many exclamation points because it is really a theft of culture to do something so outright, in my opinion. I will link the photo in an additional post.

"This paper examines the current state of museum guide technologies and applications in order to develop an analytical foundation for future research on an adaptive museum guide for families. The analysis focuses on three critical areas of interest in considering group and social interaction in museums: tangibility - the role of tangible user interfaces; interaction - visit types and visit flows; and adaptivity-user modeling approaches. It concludes with a discussion of four interrelated trajectories for interactive museum guide research including embodied interaction, gameplay, transparent and opaque interaction and the role of personal digital assistants."

"The way that the museum is seen in the nowadays society came to be reconsidered due to the change in its "core role" -- preservation of cultural heritage and education of the public. This is a result of the growth in the number of museums during last few years, of the pressure put on these cultural organizations to generate their own revenue and of the wide variety of leisure activities offered to all types of public. Therefore, it becomes more and more difficult for museums to establish a clear role for themselves and to create a unitary image and communicate it in a continuous, coherent way. The paper presents an analysis of cultural marketing in Romanian museums, with a focus on the communication process initiated by art museums. Adapted from the source document."

This gives information about King Tutankhamen, this is helpful to go along with the exhibit post

OMSI in Portland will have the King Tut exhibit until January 27th. The exhibit will include various replica artifacts

To go along with the link shared about the all-black version of Oklahoma! produced by The Denver Center, I thought it would be interesting to include some historical references and context to all-black towns in Oklahoma. Please check the study guide out, it's very informative and has further links to info about these towns!

"With a spring in their step and a song in their hearts, cowboys and farmers alike have chased their destinies to a land that promises love, opportunity and a brighter future. This joyful production is set in an all-African American town in the early days of the Oklahoma Territory."

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is showcasing 116 masterworks from 50 native cultures from across North America.