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COURSE SCHEDULE\u00a0 (Subject to change)<\/strong><\/p>\n

August 22:\u00a0 Course overview, introductions, discussion of assignments and a discussion of the question \u201cWhat is a Museum?\u201d\u00a0 Read in advance of first meeting:\u00a0 Wexler, Mr. Wilson\u2019s Cabinet of Wonder<\/em><\/p>\n

August 29: Revisiting the Question: What is a Museum? Reading:\u00a0 Weil, Making Museums Matter<\/em>, Chapters 1-13.<\/p>\n

September 5:\u00a0 Museums as Community Institutions & in the Public Sphere–Meet at Levine Museum of the New South.\u00a0 Read: Weil, Making Museums Matter<\/em>, Chapters 14-24.\u00a0 Short paper on the role of museums. <\/strong>(Guidelines online)<\/p>\n

September 12: Interpreting Heritage
\nTilden, Interpreting Our Heritage<\/em>, Parts I & II<\/p>\n

September 19:\u00a0 Read Siloam School news articles; Mary Newsom, Chairman of the Board of the Charlotte Museum of History will meet with class during first hour.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0 Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage<\/em>, Part III; Part I (Ch. 1-4) of The Participatory Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

September 26:\u00a0 NO CLASS.\u00a0 You are to use this week to visit a museum to fulfill the Exhibit Review Assignment if you haven\u2019t already.\u00a0 If you are not busy, you are encouraged to attend the Personally Speaking series at UNC Charlotte\u2019s Center City Campus.\u00a0 Details TBA.<\/p>\n

October 3: Audiences and Exhibits.
\nRead:\u00a0 Exhibit Labels<\/em> (other readings may appear online)
\nExhibit Review Due<\/strong> (Guidelines online)<\/p>\n

October 10:\u00a0 Fall Break. No class.<\/p>\n

October 17: \u00a0Museum Education.\u00a0 Watch this video<\/a> from the Center for the Future of Museums. Read the 4 PDFs on education.Guest: Lauren Wallace, Education Specialist, Charlotte Museum of History.<\/p>\n

Museums & Cultural Tourism<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sources from a Committee on Education<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Developing Educational Resources<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Building the future of education<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

October 24:\u00a0 Rosenwald Schools
\nRead:\u00a0 Hoffschwelle, The Rosenwald Schools of the American South<\/em> and the PDF on Preserving Rosenwald Schools by the same author.\u00a0 *Formulation of groups.\u00a0 Meet in special collections on the 10th<\/sup> floor of Atkins Library for some instruction on UNC Charlotte\u2019s resources on Rosenwald Schools and the history of Charlotte education.<\/p>\n

October 31:\u00a0 Museums and the use of Digital and Social Media.\u00a0 Readings linked below:<\/p>\n

At the Met<\/a><\/p>\n

Singapore<\/a> (short news video)<\/p>\n

Museums, the New Social Media Darlings<\/a><\/p>\n

How Do Museums Adapt<\/a><\/p>\n

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)<\/a><\/p>\n

One regional history museum & social media<\/a><\/p>\n

November 7: \u00a0We will begin work in class working on storyboards for the project.<\/p>\n

November 14:\u00a0 No Class. Continue to develop group presentations.<\/p>\n

November 21:\u00a0 Class time will be spent in group work.\u00a0 Each group will report on their portion(s) of the project followed by discussion of how groups can tie the project altogether<\/p>\n

November 28:\u00a0 Preliminary Group Presentations\/Submit drafts of written work<\/p>\n

Week of December 5:\u00a0 Group meetings with Dr. Cox<\/p>\n

December 12:\u00a0 Final Presentation and Reception at the Charlotte Museum of History; Final written work on your projects due.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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