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Duijn, Isabella (2024)

Sustainable Initiatives in Material Realms: Curating Fashion and Textile Exhibitions in Museums for Environmental Advocacy

Master thesis | Arts and Culture (MA)

This paper opens a discussion into sustainable practices and their influences on museums. It specifically examines how museums have used fashion and textile exhibitions to advocate for sustainability while further presenting suggestions on how museums can proceed with sustainable goals in mind. Understanding that sustainability in museums needs collaborative and international aid to be implemented successfully, this research hopes to deepen scholarly pursuits in this subject by analysing how European museums have fostered environmental awareness and how they have used collective action to educate audiences on the interplay of materials and sustainability ethics.

Sustainable promotion, sustainable development, textile curation, museums, exhibitions

Author

Duijn, Isabella

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Museum Studies

Supervisors

E.J.G.M. Huits

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en