“Understanding our Past, Shaping our Future” is a series of panels, each detailing a different topic relating to the Cherokee people, be it European influences, tribal games or the future of the Eastern Band.
“We want to honor that culture and understand it,” said Anna Fariello, a research associate professor with Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library who worked on the exhibit.
People can not only read the panels of information, they can also take advantage of the QR code technology incorporated into the exhibit.
QR codes, similar to bar codes on store-bought goods, can be scanned. People must simply have a smart phone and download a QR code scanner application. The codes, when scanned, take the user to a website link where they can listen to someone tell stories about the Cherokee and even speak the native language, making it a more dimensional exhibit.
“We started out with more of a historic approach,” Fariello said. Then “we realized that maybe we can play with the language a bit.”
As for what to tackle in the Cherokee’s vast history, the group considered broad but important topics — such as family values and identity — and from there decided what
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