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Patricia Sawin
Publications - 2
Citations - 961
Patricia Sawin is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cultural diversity & Dance. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 949 citations.
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Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display
Ivan Karp,Steven D. Lavine,Svetlana Alpers,Michael Baxandall,Stephen Greenblatt,Maso Yamaguchi,B.n. Goswamy,Carol Duncan,John Beardsley,Jane Livingston,Peter C. Marzio,Tomas Ybarra-Frausto,Spencer R. Crew,James E. Sims,Elaine Heumann Gurian,Susan Vogel,Patrick T. Houlihan,James Clifford,James A. Boon,Richard Bauman,Patricia Sawin,Richard Kurin,Curtis M. Hinsley,Ted M. G. Tanen,Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett,Dawson Munjeri,Kenneth Huson +26 more
TL;DR: Exhibiting cultures as mentioned in this paper explores the often politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts, and implicit assumptions that govern how cultural differences and art objects are displayed in museums, and examines how diverse settings have appealed to audiences and represented the intentions and cultures of the makers of objects.
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Reflections on the Folklife Festival: An Ethnography of Participant Experience
TL;DR: The first ethnographic study of a folklife festival focuses on festival participants - those who cook, dance, tell stories, play music, or demonstrate crafts in a public display of folk culture as mentioned in this paper.