Museum Critical Review - Best Research Writers

Museum Critical Review | Brief and instructions
Due Date: Week 7 – Sunday @ 10pm.

Weight: 20%
Length: 500 words. Refer to the word limit penalties in the AHIS / AHIX 1250 Unit Guide.

Submission method: Submit a PDF file to the Turnitin inbox.

Your task in this assessment is to write a 500 word review of one room or gallery in the British Museum, London, for the Centre for Cultural Heritage and Environment website.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON | https://www.britishmuseum.org/
Cropped colour photograph of the Great Court in the British Museum, London. Image from Max Pixel.

To complete this task please visit (physically or virtually) the galleries of the British Museum, London, which display cultural objects and remains of Egyptian and Near Eastern origin.
In developing your review, you will need to analyse and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your chosen room/s from the British Museum, because you need to explain why equitable and accessible representation in museums is important for contemporary archaeology AND for Indigenous communities.
Explore and write your critical review based on your analysis of ONE (1) of the galleries listed below:

GUIDELINES

The review for the Centre for Cultural Heritage and Environment website should provide a critical analysis of the representations, aims, and limits of the choices made by the curators in your chosen room/s and refer to the required resources listed below. Please consider the following structure and word limits for your submission:

PART 1 | The Museum context? (roughly 200 words)

Present an account of: the rooms’ location in relation to other exhibits in the museum; how the heritage from Egypt and the Near East is separated and/or organised in the museum; what kinds of objects are displayed in the room, as well as referring to the spatial layout of the room. Refer to this map of the British Museum to locate each of the rooms listed above.
PART 2 | Whose voices and stories? (roughly 100 words)

Present an analysis of: the theme, voices and/or stories told in the room and, if applicable, which “experts” are quoted to explain the overall narrative.
PART 3 | What information is included and excluded? (roughly 100 words)

Present an interpretation of: what information is included or omitted (e.g. consider if information about the provenance of the objects on display is provided); and what stereotypes are reproduced or challenged in your chosen display.
Part 4 | Concluding remarks (roughly 100 words)

In your conclusion, based on your analysis in Parts 1-3 above, account for: whose past is represented and for whom?

Required Resources

Thompson, E.L., Museums Should Consider Why Theyve Become Targets of Attack and Protest. Hyperallergic. 11 June 2018. Accessed 15 March 2022. .

Kassim, S., The Museum Will Not Be Decolonised, Media Diversified. 15 November 2017. Accessed 15 March 2022. .

Wajid, S., & Kasmani, S., How Can You Decolonise Musems?, museumnext.com. 2 June 2020. Accessed 15 March 2022. .

IMAGES
Images are not required for this review, however you will not be marked down for including any. If you choose to include images, please ensure you provide a reference to demonstrate where you obtained the images from.
REFERENCING

All assessment tasks will be marked according to the Macquarie University Academic Integrity Policy. To learn more, visit the MQ student “Academic Integrity” webpage and the Academic Integrity Module, which will help you fully understand what is acceptable and what is not acceptable in terms of academic practice.
Accordingly, you need to acknowledge all the materials you draw upon, quote, paraphrase or mention. Referencing is a standardised way to acknowledge all the ideas and concepts you have used in your task and allows the read to trace and verify the sources you have engaged with.
For this task, to support your claims and acknowledge the source/s of information you *must* include the following:

regular hyperlinks = linking specific words to the relevant source;

a bibliography = a complete list of all sources (books, journal articles, blogs, websites etc) you used to produce your assessment, including those you did not quote or paraphrase. The list should include a full “citation” of each source according to a “Citation Style” (see below), be presented in alphabetical order (following the primary author’s name) and provide information needed to find the full text of a publication.
Citation Styles
The citation style you choose determines how the citation information is ordered, what punctuation is required and any other formatting that is needed. Examples of citation styles include APA, Harvard, AGLC or Vancouver style.

There is no prescribed Citation Style in this unit, meaning you can choose the style you are most comfortable with, however please ensure you use the one citation style consistently in each individual task.

Please consult the Queensland University of Technology webpage, cite|write, for guidance on when and how to reference according to the listed citation styles. If you are unsure which citation style to adopt, I would recommend 1 of the following 4 styles:
APA: an author-date style.
Harvard: an author-date style.
AGLC: a numbered footnote style.
Vancouver: a numbered style.
Inserting Hyperlinks
Refer to these resources if you are unsure how to insert a hyperlink.
Microsoft Word Support Create or Edit a Hyperlink.; Create accessible Links in Word.
SUBMISSION

You can write your review using an application of your choice. e.g. you could use a word processor application such as Microsoft Word or Pages for Mac and convert the file to a PDF to and submit via the Turnitin submission inbox.

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