HISTORY AND FUNCTION OF MUSEUM
Work about a challenge related to the museum’s function
Goal :
- Identify and analyze a challenge in modern museum’s function.
- Develop some skills in research and communication.
It means: Choose a function and then spot a challenge related to that function.
You need then to define a problematic, a « search question » and try to answer it by relying on a relevant literature.
The main purpose is to explore and use the literature on the chosen subject.
The work is in 2 parts :
A – written work ABOUT THE PROBLEMATIC.
First of all, the student has to present his chosen « problematic », his « search question ».
- Identify the chosen function
- Present the subject, the theme, the context
- Ask the « search question »
- Show some arguments to support your work, those will need to be further developed in the text.
You’ll need to create a cover page and build your bibliography. This bibliography must have at least 5 sources, and you need to comment each of it :
- What is the kind of source? (Article, monography, report, etc.)
- Shortly describe what it says
- Why did you choose this source?
The works :
- 2 pages (+ cover, + bibliography), interline 1 ½ , recto-verso
B –written work FINAL.
- Introduction (contains the « problematic », the context, the question, present the structure of the text)
- Show all the arguments, the reflexion, and the documentation about the nowadays challenge relate to your chosen function.
- Conclusion
Written work:
- 10 to 13 pages, interline 1 ½ , recto-verso, cover page, bibliography. Print version only