2018 Academic Festival Program

11 museums such as the National Museum of Mongolia face these challenges. In 2017 the Museum undertook a collaborative project with an educational NGO, their curator, and a conservator to retag and digitally catalog their collection to protect from theft. To make training incoming interns faster and easier, and to span language barriers, I produced an instructional video. The results have been that rotating interns and employees are able to understand, across language boundaries, efficient methods of object labeling. Creating “how to” videos and papers are a good way to not only teach diverse rotating personal but also to create standard practices that are sustainable for museum contexts with limited resources. A Case Study of Museum Culture in Vietnam: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology Caitria O’Shaughnessy ‘18 This study examines the issues of effectiveness of presentation and intention in museums, specifically if visitors are getting out of their experiences in museums what the museum is trying to convey. Is the way museums present their information effective in educating and engaging their audience? The purpose of this study was too answer this question on the basis of a case study done at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. The methods used included written surveys filled out by museum patrons, participant observation of the museum’s daily goings on, and formal and informal interviews of museum staff. My results produced a thorough understanding of the museum’s goals for its exhibits; patrons’ actions, identities, experiences, and suggestions; museum history; the museum’s financial situation; and staff frustrations. The principal conclusion of the study is that the museum’s goal and message do not always reach the patrons. Choice, alternative birth practices, and the effects of reproductive justice work in the capital region of New York State Rachel Turk ‘18 This paper explores how the prevalence of choices influences a woman's birth experience. My research examines why the midwifery model is not available to everyone, the ways in which widening the number of models available to women expands the rights of women, and how law pertaining to modes of birth disrupts women’s available choices. I look at why a woman might choose to have a home birth and use a midwife and the role of birth advocacy in expanding women's choices in birth. My analysis shows that in the New York State Capital Region, the rich history of midwifery has provided women with relative access to the practice. My analysis shows the benefits of making midwifery a viable practice while also accounting for the effects on the birth experience that occur when there is a lack of availability. Keeping the Soul of Borobudur: Local Community Engagement in Borobudur Cultural Heritage Preservation Qilin Zhao ‘18 This study examines how Borobudur temple, one of the World Heritage Site in Indonesia, is delocalized from its context and how local people have responded to the delocalization. Drawing from the concept of the Authorized Heritage Discourse (AHD), I argue that the management of Borobudur has separated the site from the local community. However, ethnographic field work with the Warung Info Jagad Cleguk community revealed how