ETHNIC TEXTILES AND CLOTHING EXHIBITIONS IN LOCAL MUSEUMS: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH APPLIED TO THE PAIWAN MINORITY

• Main Authors: Wu Hsu-Min, 巫習民
• Other Authors: Angela Sheng ; Maryta Laumann, S. Sp. S
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1994
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27328469452819778187

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 織品服裝學系 === 83 === The thesis is composed of five chapters. Following Chapter One of introductory content, Chapter Two focuses on the various local museums currently exhibiting Aborigines textiles and costumes. The exhibitions are analyzed in terms of their contents and character, are assessed in terms of their degree of cultural interpretation, and generally classified on the basis of the prevailing display methodology used, including (1) the traditional anthropoligical approach (2) the model culture approach and (3) the fine arts approach. In Chapter Three, these approaches are further discussed in terms of their merits and limitations. Additional limitations and problems of cultural interpretation encountered by local mu- seums featuring Aborigines' textiles and clothing are discussed. Based on concepts of interpretation of cultures put forward by anthropologist Clifford Geertz, a more integrated approach to exhibiting traditional textiles is proposed. In Chapter Four these concepts are applied to Paiwan ethnic textiles and clothing, examplifying the cultural interpretation approach to museum exhibition, comprising : 1. Social and cultu- ral background of the Paiwan Minority. 2. Material resources, manufacture, and uses of Paiwan ethtnic textiles and clothings. 3. Symbolism and meaning of ornamental designs applied to Paiwan costumes. 4. Paiwan ethnic textiles and clothing : changes and modern developments.　Chapter Five concludes that museums do play a decisive role as cultural interpreters for our society. Their specific perspective and approach to staging exhibition will definitely influence the public's concept and appreciation of the role and cultural significance of the textiles and clothing characteristic of our Taiwan ethnic minorities. In conclusion, it is pointed out that using a cultural inter- pretative approach to Paiwan textiles and clothing has manifested the merits of this particular approach to museum exhibits.