Recommendations for Main House Redesign at Varner-Hogg Plantation

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dc.contributor.authorSowell, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorGao, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorAfsan, Hafsa
dc.contributor.authorJamal, Daanesh
dc.contributor.orgCenter for Civic Leadership
dc.contributor.orgAnthropology
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-26T14:43:24Z
dc.date.available2024-09-26T14:43:24Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionCreated by the Fall 2021 Houston Area Research Team (HART) under the direction of Dr. Molly Morgan. Related report: Carmona, Melissa, Galvan, Jesus, Gonzalez, Virginia, & Josephs, Lindsay. "Recommendations for Reinterpreting the Main House and Enhancing Anti-Racist Curriculum Practices and Community Outreach Strategies at Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site." (2021) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/117880
dc.description.abstractAs a community heritage site, Varner-Hogg Plantation (VHP) has been an integral part of transmitting the narratives of enslaved people. Our work on the Main House can expand the exhibited narratives further with a holistic, social history approach. The Houston Action Research Team (HART) designed a six-room exhibit for the Main House of the VHP. Synthesizing anti-racist museum curation practices, history, archaeological research, and existing displays at Varner-Hogg, the exhibition was developed to center the culture of enslaved Texans and their modern-day legacies. Furthermore, the proposed Main House redesign features a focus on cultural independence as a form of resistance. The 6 rooms of the exhibit are 1). an orientation space, 2). a day-to-day life room, 3). a food room, 4). a religion room, 5). an oral tradition room, and 6). an interactive reflective space. The reflection space guides visitors through the process of incorporating the narratives of enslaved life they just learned into larger narratives about Brazoria County, Texas, and the United States, particularly the connections of enslavement and convict leasing to the modern day. The entire exhibition is meant to serve as a collaborative tool to help visitors in the production and synthesis of knowledge. The reflection room is the apotheosis of that collaborative mindset. Drawing upon case studies of other museums, the exhibit prioritizes interactive opportunities, the centrality of enslaved life beyond their captor, and visitor reflection. It is our hope that this exhibit will shift understandings of plantations away from one-dimensional romanticization and act as an educational space for local schools. The aim of this project is to further the VHP’s function as a community resource and to preserve the Texas History of enslavement for generations to follow.
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dc.identifier.citationSowell, Sarah, Gao, Sophie, Afsan, Hafsa, & Jamal, Daanesh. "Recommendations for Main House Redesign at Varner-Hogg Plantation." (2021) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/117881
dc.identifier.digitalVarner-Hogg_House_Redesign-HART-2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/117881
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRice University
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dc.subjectVarner-Hogg
dc.subjectBrazoria
dc.subjectPlantation
dc.subjectAnti-Racism
dc.subjectCommunity Outreach
dc.subjectSlavery
dc.subjectMuseum Education
dc.subjectMuseum Curriculum
dc.subjectHeritage Site
dc.subjectOral History
dc.subjectNarrative
dc.titleRecommendations for Main House Redesign at Varner-Hogg Plantation
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