An Examination of the Psychological Underpinnings of Human-Object Relationships with Implications for Museum Exhibitions

July 2017

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Phase 3

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Case Study with Object Donors and Visitors to The War Childhood
Museum, Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzgovina

Objects of Resilience, Defiance and Endurance: Healing Self and Society via a Museum

Conducted by Brenda Cowan
Associate Professor of Exhibition & Experience Design,
School of Graduate Studies at SUNY/FIT,

and Melisa Delibegovic

Research Associate, Department of Exhibition & Experience Design, Bosnian War Survivor

School of Graduate Studies and SUNY/FIT

Final Report Read by

Ross Laird, PhD, Interdisciplinary Creative Process, MA, Counseling Psychology; Jason McKeown, MS, LMFT, CPE, DCC, Director of Clinical and Family Services Trails Carolina

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