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Donor decision-making, motivations, and meaning-making in the context of a historic fashion and textiles museum on a university campus: a case study

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dc.contributor.authorBenjamin, Brooklyn, author
dc.contributor.authorPaff, Jennifer, advisor
dc.contributor.authorHyllegard, Karen, committee member
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Elizabeth, committee member
dc.contributor.authorAlaszkiewicz, Paula, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-09T20:51:09Z
dc.date.available2026-08-16
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis study explored the decision-making processes, motives, and meaning-making experiences of individuals who enacted a passive donation of objects to a historic fashion and textiles museum on a university campus. The work was informed by theory on the extended self and extended object. I adopted an exploratory, qualitative case study methodology to collect in- depth interviews from 13 donors. The major contribution of this study is a grounded theory model illuminating the Decision-Making Process to Donate Objects to a University Historic Fashion and Textiles Museum. Unique to the decision-making model developed for the present study are the incorporation of the meaning of the object to the overall decision-making process and the identification of motives specific to the donation of historic fashion and textiles objects (e.g., Educational and Relational Motives). The work also highlights the way in which participants extended their sense of self and identity through object donations to the Museum.
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dc.identifierBenjamin_colostate_0053N_18471.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/239140
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectdonor motives
dc.subjectfashion and textiles
dc.subjectdecision making
dc.subjectuniversity museum
dc.subjectextended self
dc.titleDonor decision-making, motivations, and meaning-making in the context of a historic fashion and textiles museum on a university campus: a case study
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thesis.degree.disciplineDesign and Merchandising
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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