Listening to Shells and Discovering a Lost World; Epiphanic Experiences at the Museum

Authors

Catherine M.C. Closet-Crane, Kent State University - Kent CampusFollow

Abstract

This paper aims to entertain the possibilities for analysis, interpretation, and learning offered by evocative autoethnographic texts for LAM and LIS user studies. The focus in this paper is on storytelling as autoethnographic writing. To illustrate facets of a particular cultural experience and start a conversation about the transformative power of museum objects as documents, the story told in this paper recounts a series of events and experiences from the life of two visitors after their museum encounter with an engraved shell artifact from the archeological site of Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma.

Recommended Citation

Closet-Crane, Catherine M.C. (2014) "Listening to Shells and Discovering a Lost World; Epiphanic Experiences at the Museum," Proceedings from the Document Academy: Vol. 1 : Iss. 1 , Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/1/1/9
Available at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol1/iss1/9

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.35492/docam/1/1/9