Eleven brilliant undergraduates presented at the annual Museums and Cultural Heritage (MUCH) Capstone Symposium yesterday led by co-directors Professor Molly Morgan and Professor Leo Costello. This is the largest number of presenters we’ve had for the symposium since the inception of the MUCH program.
·Jasmine Hunter | “Oral History as a Means to Strengthen Historical Narratives”
·Kathy Men | “The Role of Museums in Constructing Narratives: From Collections to Exhibitions”
·Mariella Gonzalez Molina | “Altering National Narratives Through Public History”
·Annie McKenzie | ““Privately Erected and Federally Maintained”: The Question of Presidential Libraries and Museums”
·Mingo Almazán | “They Won't Smoke Us Out: Analyzing the Radical Sustainability Politics of River on Fire”
·Jessica Shi | “Behind the Scenes at MFAH Mod&Con Department: Curatorial Insights & the Legacy of Tamara de Lempicka”
·Alayne Ziglin | “Ancient Bodies, Modern Constraints: Curating Gendered Sculptures in Italian Museums”
·Mary Margaret Speed | “Curatorial Research and Community Input: Museum Practice at the MFAH”
·Evan Joachim | “Constructing Community: The Role of Archaeology and Museum Curation in Connection”
·Daniela Bonscher | “Understand, Undertake, Uplift: Public History and the Inclusivity of Storytelling”
·Abby Antinossi | “Grounding Heritage: Using Informational Banners to Recenter Local Narratives in Belize’s Archaeological History”
The MUCH program draws from an array of disciplines and departments, from Anthropology and Art History to Religion, Architecture and Cultural Studies to study the identification, preservation, and (re-)presentation of heritage materials.
