Emma Efkeman (3283)

The Effects of Space on Hindu Devotional Objects in Museums and Temples

Hometown: Germantown, Tennessee

Department: Art and Art History

Advisor: Susan Webster

My Honors Thesis will analyze the spaces in which devotional Hindu objects are presented and how these spaces create and affect the meanings of the objects themselves, and I will conduct research and interviews with museum and temple personnel. The opportunity to understand the history of display, the perspectives objects incite, and the role of the museum in a multicultural, multiethnic society have all contributed to my desire to educate the public through art.

All William & Mary Honors Fellowships fundraising supports the Charles Center Honors Fellowships Fund. Direct support for individual undergraduate research projects is distributed by the Roy R. Charles Center for Academic Excellence.