ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the performative writing techniques to explore modes of scholarly representation. The Gaias Centre Museum approaches heritage as not only a means of the protecting local culture from the threat of globalization, but also as a way of producing affective and economic value. The Peter Eisenman exhibit explicates the museum's position with a larger network of elite cultural entities. Festivals provide opportunities for tourists and locals alike to make the everyday strange, celebrate heritage, and reinforce the importance of cultural practices as place-making activities. Traditionally, museums rely on the auratic quality of their exhibits—people travel to museums because of their historical or artistic importance, such as artifacts from Ancient Greece and Michelangelo's David. As a both tour guide and educator, Guimatur booth connects environmental sustainability with traditional methods of the food cultivation; while advocating for the professionalization of historically feminized labor.
