My goal for July is to research in more depth the rhetorical modes of studying museums, so I more firmly connect the two disciplines in my mind before I have to write my personal letter for the grad school apps. This is the first time I've really read anything in museum studies and I'm quite amazed at how much writing is out there. This should be a very interesting month!
Questions to ponder:
- Exactly what role do museums play in constituting culture? Is this role as valid as it was in the past? Will it be in the future?
- Will the goals of museums remain the same? Will the be valued in our future society?
- What rhetorical methods (or frames?) are being used museum's today?How does the public respond to these tropes?
- Exactly what ways does a museum function as a public space and what are the implications of these methods?
- How is the museum used as a rhetorical space?
- What future studies could be done to illuminate the connection between museums and the rhetoric?
- Or HOW CAN MUSEUMS BE STUDIED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMUNICATION FIELD?
