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Bounia, Alexandra. "The nature of collecting in the Classical world : collections and collectors, c.100 BCE - 100 CE." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31160.

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Contrary to general traditional belief, the origins of collecting, as a systematic activity that refers to the satisfaction of symbolic rather than actual needs, was not an invention of the Renaissance. Collecting made its first appearance in European prehistory, was a subject of interest and debate for the ancient Greeks and Romans, and has been present continuously ever since. This thesis aims to address a gap in the history of collecting and to contribute to the discussion of its origins and nature through an analysis of collecting in the classical Graeco-Roman world. As a result, the subje

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Wills, David. "Cultural Mulch : an investigation into collectors who create collections of mass produced objects and of the potential significance of those objects in relation to consumer culture." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/8036.

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Collecting is an activity that stems from humankinds roots as hunters and gathers, when necessity rather than want, was key. This dissertation considers the strategies and motivations behind collecting in the 21st Century and what the significance is of collected objects. It considers the many guises, aims and reasons for collections being made, from the attainment of wealth and status, to the filling of personal voids, or the simple pleasures of belonging to a like-minded group of people. The dissertation charts contemporary influences in collecting behaviour, from an increased interest in ce

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Bracken, Susan Caroline. "Collectors and collecting in England c.1600-c.1660." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2011. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45343/.

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Samson, J. O. (James Oliver), and n/a. "Cultures of collecting: Maori curio collecting in Murihiku, 1865-1975." University of Otago. Department of Anthropology, 2003. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070504.115610.

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The ambivalence of many prehistorians toward curio collections has meant that, although they recognise some of their shortcomings, they nevertheless use collections as if they had qualities of archaeological assemblages. In this dissertation it is posited and then demonstrated that curio collections are very different entities to archaeological assemblages. In order to use collections in valid constructions of New Zealand�s pre-European past, the processes that led to their formation need to be understood. It is only then that issues of representation can be addressed. In order to better und

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Cummings, Catherine. "Collecting en route : an exploration of the ethnographic collection of Gertrude Emily Benham." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3138.

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In the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century the collecting of objects from colonized countries and their subsequent display in western museums was widespread throughout Western Europe. How and why these collections were made, the processes of collection, and by whom, has only recently begun to be addressed. This thesis is an exploration of the ethnographic collection of Gertrude Emily Benham (1867-1938) who made eight voyages independently around the world from 1904 until 1938, during which time she amassed a collection of approximately eight hun

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Karpathakis, George. "Rock stories: The discourse of rocks and rock-collecting." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/218.

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Humanity's relationship with rocks is a long-standing one. Belk (1995, p.2) describes archaeological evidence of early assemblages of rocks found in Cro-Magnon caves that would not be out of place in contemporary rock-collections. Historically, apart from being used as material for tools and buildings. rocks were also used for magical, pharmaceutical and decorative purposes. During the Renaissance and Enlightenment, the practice of collecting rocks became associated with the sense of discovery and the colonial expansion of western European civilization across world, and with advances in mining

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Cleveland, Larissa. "Collector : collection/possession/persona /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/6186.

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Allsop, Jessica Lauren. "Curious objects and Victorian collectors : men, markets, museums." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14976.

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This thesis examines the portrayal of gentleman collectors in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century literature, arguing that they often find themselves challenged and destabilised by their collections. The collecting depicted contrasts revealingly with the Enlightenment practices of classification, taxonomy, and commodification, associated with the growth of both the public museum and the market economy. The dominance of such practices was bound up with the way they promoted subject-object relations that defined and empowered masculine identity. In the Dialectic of Enlightenment Theodor

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Kell, Patricia Ellen. "British collecting, 1656-1800 : scientific enquiry and social practice." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670252.

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Wear, Eric Otto, and 華立強. "Patterns in the collecting and connoisseurship of Chinese art in Hong Kong and Taiwan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43894392.

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Li, Peiwen, Jeong-Pill Ki, and Hong Liu. "Analysis and optimization of current collecting systems in PEM fuel cells." SpringerOpen, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610164.

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This paper presents analytical and experimental studies on optimization of the gas delivery and current collection system in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell for the objective of reducing ohmic loss, thereby achieving higher power density. Specifically, the dimensions of current collection ribs as well as the rib distribution were optimized to get a maximized power density in a fuel cell. In the modeling process, the power output from a fixed area of membrane is calculated through analysis of an electrical circuit simulating the current from electrochemical reaction flowing to the cu

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Summerfield, Angela. "Interventions : twentieth-century art collection schemes and their impact on local authority art gallery and museum collections of twentieth-century British art in Britain." Thesis, City, University of London, 2007. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/17420/.

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In the twentieth century, collecting became a core activity of local authority art galleries and museums in Britain. A key feature of these art collections was the representation of Twentieth Century British Art. The aim of this study is to examine, for the first time, this development as abroad cultural phenomenon, through the distinctive roles played by central government-funded, and independent national and provincial art collection schemes. The central government-funded art collection schemes are the V. & A Purchase Grant Fund, War Artists' Advisory Committee and the National Heritage Memo

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Boyd, Louise Anne. "Art, sex, and institutions : defining, collecting, and displaying shunga." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2016. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7546/.

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In Edo-Japan (c.1603 – 1868) shunga, sexually explicit prints, paintings and illustrated books, were widely produced and disseminated. However, from the 1850s onwards, shunga was suppressed by the government and it has largely been omitted from art history, excluded from exhibitions and censored in publications. Although changes have taken place, cultural institutions continue to be cautious about what they collect and exhibit, with shunga largely remaining a prohibited subject in Japan. Since the 1970s there has been a gradual increase in the acceptance of shunga outside Japan, as evidenced i

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Maclennan, Heather Mary. "Antiquarianism, master prints and aesthetics in the new collecting culture of the early nineteenth century." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325552.

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Grey, Anne C. "The collector as arbiter of art a phenomenological investigation of collectors' critical judgment development and their understanding of art toward a theoretical model for appreciation and criticism in art education." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2011. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4770.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate art collectors' specific method of developing and making critical judgments in the context of their understanding of art. Phenomenological research methods were employed to obtain data through interviews with collectors of Contemporary African American art, Latin American art, and Minimalist and Conceptual art. Based on the findings, collectors' approaches to critical judgment can be categorized into three areas. First, critical skills are both intuitive and developed over time, through a holistic and aesthetic process set in the art world. Collecto

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Herrick, Jason N. R. "Louis Robert de Saint Victor (1738-1822) : a case study on collecting paintings in France from the 1770s to the 1820s with particular reference to Dutch and Flemish art." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365564.

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Baston, Karen Grudzien. "Library of Charles Areskine (1680-1763) : Scottish lawyers and book collecting, 1700-1760." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/6417.

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The thesis uses the study of an individual’s book collection to examine wider themes in eighteenth century Scottish legal, social, political, and intellectual history. Charles Areskine’s library was made up of the books he needed as an advocate and judge, the texts he wanted to use to better understand the law and its history, and the books he used to enhance his ability to participate in the intellectual milieu of early eighteenth century Britain. Charles Areskine of Alva, Lord Tinwald (1680-1763) was an important Scottish lawyer and judge. Following a legal education in the Netherlands, he b

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Walker, Alexandra. "Beyond the Looking Glass : object handling and access to museum collections." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2013. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/374734/.

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For many, a museum visit may consist of gazing at objects locked away in glass a cabinet accompanied by signs forbidding touch, and complex and often confusing text panels. But what message does this present to the visiting public? How can the public connect with museums and their collections if objects are beyond their reach? Why is handling reserved for the museum elite and not the general public? The value of touch and object handling in museums is a growing area of research, but also one that is not yet fully understood. Despite our range of senses with which we experience the world around

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McLeod, Ann Elizabeth. "The Western ceramics in the collections of the Dukes of Hamilton, 1720-1920." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5801/.

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This inter-disciplinary examination assesses the European ceramics in the collections of the Dukes of Hamilton over a number of generations. The study is based principally on the evidence found in the Hamilton and other archives, comprising both textual and visual sources. The second element that forms the foundation for the research is the connoisseurship of ceramics, both extant and those known only through documents. Evidence has revealed that the Duchesses of Hamilton play a major role in this work. A significant number of Hamilton ceramics have been newly identified and located, while the

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de, la Rocha Mille Raymond. "Museums without walls : the museology of Georges Henri Riviere." Thesis, City University London, 2011. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/2154/.

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This thesis explores important aspects of the debates and practices that since the First World War have both extended the meaning of museums and museology, and renovated what was seen by many as a stagnated 19th century model of museum policy and communication. For the purpose of illustrating the manifold nature of these debates this thesis examines the life and work of French museologist and innovator of modern French ethnographical practice, Georges Henri Rivière (1897 – 1985). It draws on the conceptual distinction made in some international museum literature between museology and museums.

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Hewitt, Peter. "The material culture of Shakespeare's England : a study of the early modern objects in the museum collection of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5870/.

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This thesis investigates the material culture of early modern England as reflected in the object collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon. The collection consists of nearly 300 objects and six buildings dating from the period 1500-1650 representing 'the life, work and times of William Shakespeare', with a particular emphasis on domestic and community life in Shakespeare's Stratford. Using approaches from museum studies and material culture studies together with historical research, this thesis demonstrates how objects add depth and complexity to historical and mus

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Cole, Edward. "Handle with care : historical geographies and difficult cultural legacies of egg-collecting." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2016. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7800/.

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This thesis offers an examination of egg-collecting, which was a very popular pastime in Britain from the Victorian era well into the twentieth century. Collectors, both young and old, would often spend whole days and sometimes longer trips in a wide variety of different habitats, from sea shores to moorlands, wetlands to craggy mountainsides, searching for birds’ nests and the bounty to be found within them. Once collectors had found and taken eggs, they emptied out the contents; hence, they were really eggshell collectors. Some egg collectors claimed that egg-collecting was not just a hobby

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Knittler, Konstanze Amelie. "Motivations and patterns of collecting : George Salting, William G. Gulland and William Lever as collectors of Chinese porcelain." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2811/.

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The collecting of Chinese ceramics had become an increasingly popular activity in late 19th-century Britain. Whereas the 18th century was characterised by an interest in porcelain for the purpose of interior design, the political developments between China and Britain enabled a new approach to Chinese cultural identity; different Chinese material became available in the wake of the Second Opium War (1856-1860) and the subsequent sacking of the Imperial Summer Palace of Yuanmingyuan, and this material entered Britain for the first time. Due to the opening of China to foreign merchants, Britons

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Escutia, Sánchez Erika. "Poseer e inventar: los objetos y la interpretación de las prácticas estéticas americanas en las casas reales europeas (1493-1565)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/673458.

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El presente estudio indaga en las interpretaciones y usos que las familias reinantes de Europa dieron a los artefactos americanos incorporados a sus posesiones entre 1493 y 1565. A través del análisis de documentos, imágenes y objetos, la tesis explora tres dinámicas: a) los procesos de descontextualización y recontextualización de los artefactos; b) las relaciones materiales, afectivas e intelectuales entre los objetos y sus poseedores; y c) las especulaciones europeas sobre los grupos humanos de América a partir de sus producciones estéticas. La tesis demuestra que los objetos americanos fun

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Silver, Sean R. "The curatorial imagination in England, 1660-1752." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1720866751&sid=20&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Gaughan, Evan M. "NATURALISTS, CONNOISSUERS AND CLASSICISTS: COLLECTING AND PATRONAGE AS FEMALE PRACTICE IN BRITAIN, 1715-1825." Thesis, Connect to resource online, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2228.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2010.<br>Title from screen (viewed on July 28, 2010). Department of History, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Jason M. Kelly, Melissa Bingmann, Eric L. Lindseth. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-91).

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Terjesen, Lori Ann Martin. "Collecting the Brücke: Their Prints in Three American Museums, A Case Study." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1291164225.

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Onol, Isil. "Haptic interaction with visual information : tactile exhibition as inclusive interface between museum visitors and the Bronze Bust of Sophocles." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2011. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/16817/.

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Through creative practice research this thesis investigates the concept of touch and its application to museums with the process defined as ‘practice of touch’. The main practical outcome of this thesis is an interface between the museum visitor and an untouchable museum object as part of the object interpretation. The implementation of this idea is realised with the ‘Tactual Explorations’ project. The format of this project is a tactile exhibition consisting of virtual and conventional artworks combined. The subject of the study focuses on interaction between museum visitors and exhibits in o

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Perez-Alvaro, Elena. "Challenging the taken-for-granted in the management of underwater cultural heritage : ethical and legal perspectives." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6178/.

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Management of cultural heritage depends on ethical decisions. These ethical decisions will bestow the heritage with a value and will protect it by establishing legal frameworks. However, sometimes, these legal frameworks can have the opposite effect and damage the heritage if they are not continuously revised and updated according to the new ethical challenges of the development in the field of cultural heritage. Although underwater cultural heritage has a legislative element that protects it from the relatively minor threat of treasure hunters, it pays little attention to ethical concerns tha

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Sogbesan, Oluwatoyin Zainab. "The potential of digital representation : the changing meaning of the Ife 'bronzes' from pre-colonial Ife to the post-colonial digital British Museum." Thesis, City, University of London, 2015. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/17212/.

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For many years, meanings and interpretations of artefacts that are taken to represent African culture including the Ife bronzes have been predominantly produced and fixed by a team of western curatorial experts (Ciolfi, 2012). Such museum practices have prevented visitors and the people being represented by the artefact from participating in the process of interpretation and meaning-making. In the particular case of the ‘Ife bronzes’, the previous meaning and implications of the Ife ‘bronzes’ as part of ‘the cradle of the world’, according to Yoruba oral traditions, are yet to be given the amo

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Luxford, Naomi. "Reducing the risk of open display : optimising the preventive conservation of historic silks." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/162153/.

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English Heritage properties contain a wealth of textiles on open display, however these are ephemeral objects. Amongst the natural fibres found in historic houses, silk is reported to be the most vulnerable to damage, especially from light. The critical deterioration factors for silk deterioration have been reassessed highlighting the important role of humidity, which has previously been overlooked. Monitoring behind a number of tapestries has recorded the formation of high humidity microclimates. This is a possible reason for the similar condition of brightly coloured samples taken from the r

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Rutland, Francoise. "The lost gallery : John Garstang and Turkey : a postcolonial reading." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2014. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/18859/.

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This research aims to evaluate the construction of Turkey and the “Oriental other” in Colonial Britain at the turn of the 20th century through a post-colonial theoretical perspective presented through the analysis of various data regarding the 'Aegean & Hittite Collections' gallery at the Public Museum Liverpool (now World Museum) from 1931 till the Blitz of June 1941. The sources include undocumented archives such as field notes, postcards and correspondence and what remains of the 'Garstang Hittite Collection' held at National Museums Liverpool (NML). A full investigation into how the collec

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Barnett, Teresa. "The nineteenth-century relic a pre-history of the historical artifact /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1562129951&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Harvie, Ron. "The spectre of Buckingham : art patronage and collecting in early Stuart England." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35895.

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This thesis examines the relationship of George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham (1592--1628) to the art and aesthetic ideas of his era. As the intimate and all-powerful favourite of two successive kings, James I and Charles 1, Buckingham profoundly influenced the course of English politics, both at home and abroad, and it is as a political force that he is generally viewed. But, as a major patron of many artists and the builder of one of the largest art collections of the time, his influence in the cultural sphere must have been equally significant. Yet no modern study of this aspect of Buc

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Marquez, Jessica. "A natural history /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/6249.

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Hammond, Georgina. "Using supercritical carbon dioxide as a tool for preserving culturally significant items." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7464/.

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Conservators treat and repair a huge array of damaged and degrading materials on a regular basis. As such, there are many techniques and protocols in place to deal with these problems successfully, be that via preventative or interventive methods. However, there is need for new and innovative techniques that offer long term stabilisation to materials and objects that are prevalent within museum collections. As an alternative to some of these conservation techniques, hydration with supercritical carbon dioxide was investigated here. Both modern and historic, hardwood and softwood samples were s

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Santos, Admeire da Silva [UNESP]. "A influência do colecionismo na representação da memória social: análise da coleção Amidicis Tocantins." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/128131.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-06T13:03:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-04-17. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-10-06T13:18:29Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000850547.pdf: 607121 bytes, checksum: 6b494bb9c8c80b2d72174816eb12fedc (MD5)<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)<br>A Biblioteca Central da universidade federal de Mato Grosso conta com um acervo de coleção de obras raras e especiais que recebe o nome do colecionador: Coleção Amidicis Tocantins - CAT. O colecionador, um homem comum, mas que gostava de colecionar livros de relevânci

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Santos, Admeire da Silva. "A influência do colecionismo na representação da memória social : análise da coleção Amidicis Tocantins /." Marília, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/128131.

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Orientadora: Maria Leandra Bizello<br>Banca: Ana Cristina Albuquerque<br>Banca: João Batista Ernesto de Moraes<br>Resumo: A Biblioteca Central da universidade federal de Mato Grosso conta com um acervo de coleção de obras raras e especiais que recebe o nome do colecionador: Coleção Amidicis Tocantins - CAT. O colecionador, um homem comum, mas que gostava de colecionar livros de relevância social, faleceu e deixou a coleção aos cuidados da família, que decidiu doar a coleção. O processo de doação foi intermediado pelos membros da família e a reitoria da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, que

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Bueno, Delgado Patricia. "Towards a professional learning dialogue in Mexican contemporary art museums." Thesis, City, University of London, 2014. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/17618/.

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Dialogue is a tool that can be used to promote learning experiences amongst audiences in contemporary art museums, in particular due to the potential difficulty of interpreting this type of art. This study argues that when dialogue between the museum and audience promotes balanced opportunities to express ideas and information, the museum can also learn. The museum can share the learning findings about audiences with the rest of the staff members through a professional dialogue, which may impact, creating positive change on future museum practice, in order to facilitate exhibitions, programmes

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Mikasa, Princess Akiko of. "Collecting and displaying 'Japan' in Victorian Britain : the case of the British Museum." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669978.

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Aydin, Mahmut No. "Animals At Burgaz In The Classical Period From The Evidence Of Faunal Remains." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605502/index.pdf.

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For this thesis the animal bones collected from the archaeological excavations at the ancient site of Burgaz have been analyzed for the study of animal exploitation, human diet, social differentiation and the environment of Burgaz and Dat&ccedil<br>a during the Classical Period. Comparison of the results with evidence from other sites to determine the extent to which there might have been local trends in animal husbandry. Because this kind of a research is not common among archaeologists specialising in the classical period the methodology and each process of the laboratory work has been set

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Galani, Areti. "Far away is close at hand : an ethnographic investigation of social conduct in mixed reality museum visits." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2005. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3918/.

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This thesis investigates how museum companions organise their conduct regarding their engagement with the exhibition and their social interaction with each other in the course of a visit. The main objectives of the thesis are the empirical investigation of social conduct in casual group museum visits and the exploration and understanding of social conduct in real-time distributed museum visits through mobile mixed reality technology. A third area of interest is the application of qualitative methodology, based on ethnomethodology and ethnographic methods, for the fulfilment of the above object

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Hall, Alison. "The Shelter photographs 1968-1972 : Nick Hedges, the representation of the homeless child and a photographic archive." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6534/.

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The thesis examines the work of photographer Nick Hedges (b. 1953) who made photographs for the housing charity Shelter between 1968 and 1972. It concentrates on Hedges’ methodology, his representation of the homeless child, and how this was deployed in Shelter’s campaign strategy. Moreover, it examines the wider political, sociological and cultural debates surrounding the conception, production, dissemination and reception of the Shelter photographs. The thesis argues that Hedges’ photographs, although contextualised by an ostensibly radical charity agenda, were shaped by an established photo

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Mitchell, Sarah. "The Kunstkammer object in seventeenth-century Salzburg : a case study, early modern collections, transformation and materiality." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=83130.

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The phenomenon of princely and scientific collections that proliferated in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries has become an important focus for modern historical analysis. These collections provide a microcosm of contemporary political, economic and philosophical ideas, often characterized by geographical and cultural differences. The mid-seventeenth century Kunst- and Wunderkammer studied here, instituted by the archbishops of Salzburg, brings forward themes sometimes neglected in the literature. The archbishops' collection was part of broader efforts to reinvent the

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Tan, Ceyda Basak. "Educational Function Of Art Museums: Two Case Studies From Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608742/index.pdf.

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This thesis analyzes the educational function of art museums, how education in art museums evolved and how an art museum can conduct an educational mission. The concept of the material collections as the educative origin of art museums will be discussed alongside the history of collections in Europe. In addition to the concept of collection, the importance of educational programmes of art museums will be highlighted. Having derived a general notion of the educational function of art museums, the thesis will seek to answer questions such as how museology evolved in Turkey and whether the turkis

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Watson, Carly Emma. "The legacy of an eighteenth-century gentleman : Alexander Thistlethwayte's books in Winchester College Fellows' Library." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4954/.

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This thesis investigates the donation of books made by Alexander Thistlethwayte (?1718–1771), a Hampshire grandee and bibliophile, to the Fellows’ Library of Winchester College, the oldest of the English public schools. The first two chapters demonstrate the largely untapped potential of two unique books in the Thistlethwayte benefaction to advance scholarly understanding of topics relating to the copying and transmission of early modern literary texts. The second part of the thesis examines the collecting habits which shaped the physical configuration of Thistlethwayte’s books and the content

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Beel, David E. "Reinterpreting the museum : social inclusion, citizenship and the urban regeneration of Glasgow." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2668/.

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This thesis considers the contemporary work of the museum in the post-industrial setting of Glasgow. It interprets and understands how the museum as a space gives voice to New Labour’s concepts of social inclusion and citizenship whilst being embroiled in the wider process of urban regeneration and city enhancement. This research has been conducted using a mixed methodology incorporating policy analysis, participant observation and interviews, engaging with policy documentation, museum professionals and museum users in its goal to understand how the museum has been and is positioned within soc

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Wingfield, Chris. "The moving objects of the London Missionary Society : an experiment in symmetrical anthropology." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3437/.

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An experimental attempt to consider the history of the London Missionary Society (LMS) from the lens of the artefacts that accumulated at its London headquarters, which included a museum from 1814 until 1910. The movement of these things through space and over time offers a rich perspective for considering the impacts on Britain of its history of overseas missionary activity. Building on anthropological debates about exchange, material culture, and the agency of things, the biographies of particular objects are explored in relation to the processes involved in the assemblage, circulation and d

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Minkley, Hannah Smith. "Photographing other selves: collecting, collections and collaborative visual identity." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12669.

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This study is situated in a social documentary photography context, and is concerned to explore whether the collaborative interaction between photographer, subject (as collector) and material object (as collection) might enable a practice that presents a more mutual and subject-centred visual identity emerge. In particular, photographers Jim Goldberg and Gideon Mendel have focused more on the subject themselves, using collaborative processes such as photo-voice and photo elicitation, as well as the use of peoples’ handwritten captions on photographic prints themselves. Claudia Mitchell’s overv

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Dickenson, Rachelle. "The stories told : indigenous art collections, museums, and national identities." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98919.

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The history of collection at the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, illustrates concepts of race in the development of museums in Canada from before Confederation to today. Located at intersections of Art History, Museology, Postcolonial Studies and Native Studies, this thesis uses discourse theory to trouble definitions of nation and problematize them as inherently racial constructs wherein 'Canadianness' is institutionalized as a dominant white, Euro-Canadian discourse that mediates belonging. The recent reinstallations of the permane

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