Madeline Brainerd, Ally Bruner, Brady Housley, Davis Kyser, Michael Liyengo, Rob Neill, Juda Ortega, Jonathan Paz Perez, Emma Reineke, Jacob Richardson & Lwam Tesfamicael

Beyond Labels: Excavating Identity and Culture at Bushnell University

This interactive exhibit explores identity and belonging within the Bushnell University community through student-led cultural excavation. Inspired by Dr. Paul Metzger’s talk on insignia, impulse, iPhones, and industry, students interviewed key stakeholder groups—athletes, commuters, faculty/staff, and administrators—and created artifacts reflecting their findings. The exhibit features a bookshelf display of these artifacts with explanatory paragraphs, a polaroid photo collage, statistical data, and a short film compiling voices from the campus. This Living Cultural Museum invites viewers to consider what it means to be seen beyond labels and to celebrate the richness of our shared identity. 

BTM/HIST 207/307, Back to the Future – Theologies of Culture

Stephen Andes & Agam Iheanyi-Igwe

11:30 – Noon

Pomajevich Lobby

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