Museum & Material Culture Research
This course offers direct experience with anthropological research methods and analysis using material culture and archival holdings from the May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection. Grounded in object-based studies and using examples from the collection, this course will examine collecting contexts, formal and technical analyses, operational sequences, cultural contexts, and interpretation.
Outcomes: Students gain knowledge of research techniques for working with museum-held objects while contributing to the permanent documentation and interpretation of the May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection through object research.
Outcomes: Students gain knowledge of research techniques for working with museum-held objects while contributing to the permanent documentation and interpretation of the May Weber Ethnographic Study Collection through object research.