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Words with a record.

46 subject access terms and 4 resource genres, with local definitions, relationships, and accountable editorial provenance.

How to use this register

A maintained local vocabulary for consistent access to this selected Museum of One corpus. Definitions describe how terms are used here; they do not replace source wording or claim external authority endorsement.

Preferred terms support consistent discovery. Alternative labels lead to the same concept. Broader and narrower terms express local hierarchy; related terms connect distinct ideas. Named subjects are access points and link to separate entity authority records where available.

Original Zenodo keywords remain in each item’s source metadata. These controlled terms describe the archive’s editorial access layer. An external reference is never an assertion that the entire local vocabulary has been approved by that institution.

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Vocabulary edition 4 · Reviewed 2026-11-04
Editorial owner: Museum of One Digital Archive Library. New labels require a documented scope, source warrant, and review before assignment. Stable local identifiers are retained when labels change. External mappings require a checked authority record and an explicit relationship.

50 terms

subject / aesthetic-theory

Aesthetic theory

Theoretical propositions about how art is encountered, understood, or valued.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for explicit theoretical argument; distinguish the wider field of Aesthetics.
Broader terms
Aesthetics
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:aesthetic-theory
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / aesthetics

Aesthetics

Philosophical inquiry into art, perception, and aesthetic experience.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Used as a broad disciplinary access term; no external vocabulary equivalence is asserted.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
Aesthetic theory
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:aesthetics
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / architecture

Architecture

Buildings and the built environment as subjects of critical study.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for the subject of a publication, not to classify the deposited document as a building.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:architecture
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / art-criticism

Art criticism

Critical examination and discussion of artworks and encounters with art.

Use for
Art Criticism
Scope note
Use for publications addressing criticism as a practice, method, or ethical responsibility.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
Art writing · Interpretation
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:art-criticism
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / art-writing

Art writing

Writing about art as a literary and critical practice.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use when the act and responsibility of writing are central; related to but distinct from Art criticism.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:art-writing
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / assemblage

Assemblage

Artistic practice involving the combination of existing objects or materials.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
In this catalogue, used for discussion of El Anatsui’s material constructions; does not classify the deposited PDF as an artwork.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
Material practice
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:assemblage
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / authorship

Authorship

The attribution and exercise of creative or intellectual agency.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for discussion of curatorial or critical authorship; named creators belong in agent authority records.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:authorship
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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genre / genre-book

Book

Book-length publication represented by a deposited digital edition.

Use for
Books; Digital book
Scope note
Describes publication genre. The local PDF is not being described as a physical bound volume.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:genre-book
External alignment
  • Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus: books · relatedMatch · checked 2026-11-04

    Getty’s concept concerns bound physical volumes. It is a related form reference for this digital-publication genre, not an exact equivalence or physical-holdings assertion.

Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing resource type. Source resource-type metadata remains separately available. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / coding-procedures

Coding procedures

Documented rules for assigning analytical codes to research material.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for methodological instructions, not as evidence that their reliability has been established.
Broader terms
Research methods
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:coding-procedures
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / conservation-ethics

Conservation ethics

Ethical questions about caring for, stabilising, or allowing change in artworks.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for discussion of conservation decisions and their relation to artistic impermanence.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
Impermanence
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:conservation-ethics
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / contemporary-art

Contemporary art

Art discussed within contemporary artistic and critical contexts.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
A broad local subject heading; specific chronology must be supplied in the item description.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:contemporary-art
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / critical-language

Critical language

The terms and linguistic choices through which critical claims are made.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for publications examining wording, descriptive authority, restraint, or the circulation of interpretation.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:critical-language
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / curatorial-practice

Curatorial practice

The selection, organisation, and presentation of art in exhibitions.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for inquiry into curatorial decisions and their effects on an encounter with art.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
Exhibition design
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:curatorial-practice
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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local framework concept / custodianship

Custodianship

A responsibility of care toward artworks within the author’s critical framework.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Local PIC concept. This intellectual use is distinct from legal custody, repository ownership, or archival transfer.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:custodianship
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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genre / genre-dataset

Dataset

A deposited body of research data, potentially accompanied by a report.

Use for
Datasets
Scope note
Describes the resource genre. This selected deposit includes a PDF report; the label does not promise machine-readable tabular files.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:genre-dataset
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing resource type. Source resource-type metadata remains separately available. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / displacement

Displacement

Dislocation from place or context as a subject of art and critical writing.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
In the current assignment, refers to displacement in the Sudanese art study; do not merge with the author’s named Aesthetic Displacement Theory.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:displacement
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / documentary-evidence

Documentary evidence

Documents considered as support for an interpretive or historical claim.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use when the evidentiary function of records is central, rather than the production of documentation alone.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:documentary-evidence
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / documentation

Documentation

The recording and preservation of information about art, events, or practices.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for discussion of documentary processes and their limitations; related to Documentary evidence.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:documentation
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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named subject / el-anatsui

El Anatsui

Named-subject access point for publications discussing the artist El Anatsui.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
This local heading supports subject discovery. Identity and external authority assertions belong in the separate entity register.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:el-anatsui
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / emirati-art

Emirati art

Art discussed in relation to the United Arab Emirates.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
A contextual subject heading, not a statement of any individual’s citizenship or an external geographic authority assignment.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:emirati-art
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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local framework concept / ethics-of-witnessing

Ethics of witnessing

Ethical responsibility in attending to artworks and the histories they engage.

Use for
ethics of witnessing
Scope note
Local access term used for the Museum of One corpus. Preserve the author’s framework attribution; no equivalence with an external philosophical school is asserted.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:ethics-of-witnessing
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / exhibition-design

Exhibition design

The spatial and material arrangements through which exhibitions present works.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for analysis of sequence, lighting, distance, and other presentation decisions.
Broader terms
Curatorial practice
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
Spatial experience
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:exhibition-design
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / exhibition-histories

Exhibition histories

Historical study of exhibitions, their events, and their documentary traces.

Use for
Exhibition history
Scope note
Use for publications examining what exhibition records allow a historical account to claim.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
Documentation
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:exhibition-histories
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / foundational-writings

Foundational writings

Writings presented within the corpus as introducing its foundational propositions.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Local editorial grouping for discovery; does not confer institutional canonisation or external recognition.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:foundational-writings
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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named subject / hassan-sharif

Hassan Sharif

Named-subject access point for publications discussing the artist Hassan Sharif.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
This local heading supports subject discovery. Identity and external authority assertions belong in the separate entity register.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:hassan-sharif
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / historical-evidence

Historical evidence

Evidence used to support or constrain accounts of past artistic activity.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for methodological discussion of what an art-historical claim can substantiate.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:historical-evidence
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / historical-memory

Historical memory

The retention and mediation of the past through art and its material histories.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Used for studies linking an artwork’s materials or practices to remembered histories; related to the broader subject Memory.
Broader terms
Memory
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:historical-memory
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / impermanence

Impermanence

The condition of change, transience, or non-endurance as an artistic concern.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for critical discussion of impermanence; material deterioration identifies a particular physical process.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:impermanence
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / institutional-critique

Institutional critique

Critical examination of the authority and practices of art institutions.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use as a subject heading for inquiry into institutional framing; it does not classify a deposited essay as an artwork in that tradition.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
Curatorial practice
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:institutional-critique
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / inter-rater-reliability

Inter-rater reliability

Agreement between independent coders applying a shared analytical procedure.

Use for
Interrater reliability; Inter rater reliability
Scope note
Use for research methods addressing such agreement. Assignment does not state that independent testing or successful validation has occurred.
Broader terms
Research methods
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:inter-rater-reliability
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / interpretation

Interpretation

The production and negotiation of meaning in encounters with art.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for discussion of interpretive activity and its limits; separate from the specific local Post-Interpretive Criticism framework.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
Art criticism
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:interpretation
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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genre / genre-journal-article

Journal article

A contribution issued as part of a journal or periodical.

Use for
Journal articles
Scope note
Describes publication genre based on the catalogued source record; peer-review status is a separate question.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:genre-journal-article
External alignment
  • Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus: articles · broadMatch · checked 2026-11-04

    Getty’s articles concept includes contributions to magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, and other works; journal article is the narrower local genre.

Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing resource type. Source resource-type metadata remains separately available. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / material-deterioration

Material deterioration

Physical alteration or weakening of materials over time.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for discussion of material fatigue and decay in artworks; no condition assessment of a held object is implied.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
Impermanence
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:material-deterioration
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / material-practice

Material practice

Artistic working with materials and their properties, histories, or uses.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use as a broad subject for material processes; techniques such as Assemblage may be assigned separately.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:material-practice
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / memory

Memory

The retention and continuing effects of experiences or histories.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for work addressing remembered encounters with art; Historical memory provides a narrower local access term.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
Historical memory
Related terms
Viewer response
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:memory
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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local framework concept / moral-proximity

Moral proximity

The author’s term for ethical responsibility through closeness and restraint in criticism.

Use for
Moral Proximity
Scope note
Local PIC concept. Attribute claims to the author’s framework; no standard measurement or external theoretical equivalence is implied.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:moral-proximity
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / museum-cataloguing

Museum cataloguing

The creation, revision, and circulation of descriptive records for museum objects.

Use for
Museum cataloging
Scope note
Use when catalogue titles, descriptions, or metadata are subjects of research; distinguish this from the archive’s own cataloguing activity.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
Title correction
Related terms
Critical language
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:museum-cataloguing
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / pedagogy

Pedagogy

Teaching and learning practices related to viewing, thinking, and writing about art.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for works containing exercises or explicit discussion of learning; does not imply an accredited course.
Broader terms
—
Narrower terms
—
Related terms
—
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:pedagogy
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / pilot-study

Pilot study

An exploratory study used to investigate a research approach on a limited sample.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
For this corpus, retain the source qualification that the quantitative study is a single-coder pilot; do not imply independent validation.
Broader terms
Research methods
Narrower terms
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urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:pilot-study
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  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
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local framework concept / post-interpretive-criticism

Post-Interpretive Criticism

The critical framework named and developed in the Museum of One publications.

Use for
PIC; Post Interpretive Criticism
Scope note
Local named intellectual framework. Used for records explicitly concerned with it; no Getty, Library of Congress, or other external equivalence is asserted.
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urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:post-interpretive-criticism
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subject / postwar-japanese-art

Postwar Japanese art

Art in Japan considered in relation to the period after the Second World War.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
A contextual historical access point. The item description identifies the practices and dates actually discussed.
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urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:postwar-japanese-art
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  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
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subject / power-and-institutions

Power and institutions

Relations of authority as exercised through institutional structures and spaces.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for inquiry into access, surveillance, ordering, and authority; not an institutional affiliation field.
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Architecture
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:power-and-institutions
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  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
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subject / repetition-and-labour

Repetition and labour

Repeated making and the work involved in artistic production.

Use for
Repetition and labor
Scope note
Use when repetition and labour are discussed together, particularly in the Hassan Sharif essay; not a universal synonym for either concept alone.
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Material practice
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:repetition-and-labour
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  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
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subject / research-methods

Research methods

Procedures for conducting, documenting, or evaluating an inquiry.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for methodological discussion; narrower local terms distinguish coding, agreement, and exploratory study.
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Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:research-methods
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subject / spatial-experience

Spatial experience

Bodily and perceptual experience of built or arranged space.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for critical study of scale, light, thresholds, and access; related to Architecture and Exhibition design.
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Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:spatial-experience
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / sudanese-art

Sudanese art

Art discussed in relation to Sudan and Sudanese histories or experiences.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
A contextual subject heading, not a statement about any individual’s citizenship or an external geographic authority assignment.
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Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:sudanese-art
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / title-correction

Title correction

Revision of an object title or identification in a descriptive record.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for research on corrections and their subsequent circulation; assignment does not state that every cited institution has adopted a correction.
Broader terms
Museum cataloguing
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Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:title-correction
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / viewer-response

Viewer response

The effects of encountering art on its viewer.

Use for
Viewer responses
Scope note
Use for response, lasting experience, and the viewer’s role within a critical account; not a claim of empirical audience research.
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Memory
Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:viewer-response
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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subject / witnessing

Witnessing

Attentive encounter with artworks and their effects within the corpus.

Use for
No alternative label recorded
Scope note
Use for discussion of witnessing as a critical practice. Ethics of witnessing identifies an explicitly ethical focus.
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Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:witnessing
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing editorial subjects. Original deposited keyword strings remain unchanged in item records. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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genre / genre-working-paper

Working paper

A research publication presented as a working or operational paper.

Use for
Working papers
Scope note
Preserve source version and programme stage. This genre does not imply peer review or final publication status.
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Persistent local identifier
urn:museum-of-one:vocabulary:genre-working-paper
External alignment
  • No external equivalence asserted. This term is controlled within the local scheme.
Term provenance
Preferred label retained from the archive’s existing resource type. Source resource-type metadata remains separately available. Definition and scope: local editorial description. Reviewed 2026-11-04 by Museum of One Digital Archive Library.
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