Date Thesis Awarded
7-2011
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Art and Art History
Advisor
Alan Wallach
Committee Member
Susan Verdi Webster
Committee Member
Silvia Roxana Tandeciarz
Committee Member
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. Paper 440.
https://publish.wm.edu/honorstheses/440
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.