EXHIBITION DESIGN MANAGEMENT FOR CROSS-BORDER MUSEUM COLLABORATION:

The Case Study of “A Never-Ending Stream – Taiwanese Hakka and Japan International Exhibition"

Abstract

This study focuses on A Never-Ending Stream – Taiwanese Hakka and Japan International Exhibition organized between 2017 and 2022, aiming to analyze the experience and practice of museums in managing exhibition design through cross-border collaboration. Case studies, participation observation, and textual analysis were adopted as the research methods to achieve the following purposes: 1) to analyze the background of international curation and the curatorial process to reveal the model of cross-border museum collaboration; 2) to analyze the key factors in the various stages of international curation, and to gain an in-depth understanding of these factors in the collaboration process. A comprehensive analysis shows that the museum adopted the “professional appointment" model to carry out cross-border collaboration. The model involves the establishment of a diverse benefit-sharing system, the construction of a Japanese research network on Taiwanese Hakka, the translation of the Japanese song culture, and the catalyzation of cross-border assistance in artifact interpretation, text proofreading, and artifact donation, as well as the demonstration of neighborhood friendship and the good wishes from Japanese Hakka, among others.