The Art Museum as a Socio-political Actor: El Museo del Barrio and the Museo de Arte y Memoria as Activist Cultural Productions in their Respective Communities

Author

Erin C. Sexton, College of William and Mary

Date Thesis Awarded

7-2011

Access Type

Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only

Degree Name

Bachelors of Arts (BA)

Department

Art and Art History

Advisor

Alan Wallach

Committee Members

Susan Verdi Webster

Silvia Roxana Tandeciarz

Sibel Zandi-Sayek

Abstract

This work compares the methods by which two socio-politically active museums, El Museo del Barrio in New York, NY, and the Museo de Arte y Memoria in La Plata, Argentina, attempt to create change related to specific social justice issues within their respective communities.

Recommended Citation

Sexton, Erin C., "The Art Museum as a Socio-political Actor: El Museo del Barrio and the Museo de Arte y Memoria as Activist Cultural Productions in their Respective Communities" (2011). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 440.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/440

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Comments

Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.