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Museum Spaces as Psychological Affordances:Representations of Immigration History and National Identity
Published 2015-05-01“…Specifically, we examine the association between representations of history at Ellis Island Immigration Museum and identity-relevant concerns. Pilot study participants (N = 13) took a total of 114 photographs of exhibits that they considered as most important in the museum. …”
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Defining and Redefining American Indian Identity: an Examination of the Role of the Museum in Contemporary Ethnogenesis in the United States
Published 2013-11-01“…In this context, the acceptance of the generalized designation ‘American Indian’ as an ethnic identity is seen not only in national museums, but also in private museum exhibits and in local museums constructed by source communities. …”
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Review Article: “Documenting Immigrants, Boarding Houses and Ethnographers” <i>Burdosház Amerikából – Balogh Balázs néprajzkutató nyomában</i> ('A Boarding House from America - in...
Published 2016-10-01“…Also featured in the film is the acquisition process of some thousand items of this store by the Open Air Museum of Szentendre, Hungary, in order to replicate the boarding house in the museum and thus illustrate some aspects of Hungarian-American immigrant life in this United States coal-region during the 1920s and 1930s.…”
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"Spain in Argentina". Luis Olariaga and his Impressions about spanish Immigration
Published 2019-12-01“…Endeavored to reduce the adverse stereotypes of immigrants, he insisted on the construction of the Spanish-American scientific community with a concrete commitment from the Spanish State: his main concern was to present a modern an scientific image of Spain in America.…”
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Science and the City: Valentine Gottlieb, immigrant engineer of Lambeth: his trade card of c. 1810 unpacked
Published 2021-06-01“…In addition to uncovering the life and work of a relatively unknown immigrant engineer, this paper indicates how a detailed study of a small ephemeral museum object can unlock wider historical horizons.…”
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A Community of Many Worlds
Published 2005-10-01“…Jonathan Friedlander reveals that the first Arab-American immigrant, Antonio Bishallany, visited from Lebanon in 1854 to gather evangelical teachings for use back home. …”
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Politika identit v čínských enklávách amerických měst: muzejní narace
Published 2023-05-01“…The text briefly introduces the history of Chinese immigration and the establishment of the Chinese as a minority within the American nation. …”
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Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation: Creating Public Sentiment
Published 2021-09-01“…Creating a broad, expansive, and inclusive coalition engaging Native and indigenous groups, Asian American, Pacific Islander, immigrant groups, Latino and Hispanic, African American, Arab American, and European or white Americans is a second core principle of the TRHT work. …”
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Journeys – an introduction
Published 2012-08-01“…Halloran in his discussion of the American perception of lack of modernity in the postcolonial Africa; and by John S. …”
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Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): Briefing on Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing Toward a Unified Future Thursday, July 18, 2019
Published 2021-09-01“…The protracted history of enslavement of African Americans and its aftermath often leads people to view racial hierarchy as only a black?…”
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