From War to Fire – Critical and Practical Views on Museum Interpretation and Engagement

Brian Failing, Executive Director, Aurora Regional Fire Museum

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Place
Abstract

Our culture is shaped by both public history and collective memory, allowing the public to interact with the past in the present. Read More

Public History and Hansen’s disease-related memories

Viviane Borges, Doutora, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

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Panel

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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  • Archives
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
Abstract

The project proposes two lines of action. The first focused on the identification and enrollment of objects related to the leprosarium history and the second on patients commitment to creating the memorial. Read More

Virginia’s First Lunch Counter Sit-in Demonstrations: Hampton Institute Students and the Dismantling of Jim Crow

Zachary McKiernan, Professor, Cuesta College

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Memory
  • Oral History
Abstract

On February 10, 1960, students from Hampton Institute staged Virginia’s first lunch counter demonstrations; a movement that morphed into economic boycotts, picket lines, and voter registration drives.  Read More

The Irish Decade of Centenaries: Digital History and Commemoration

MIKE CRONIN, PROFESSOR, BOSTON COLLEGE

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
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  • Digital
  • Government Historians
  • Memory
Abstract

Between 2013 and 2023 the Irish State is commemorating various events from a century ago that led to the formation of the modern independent state. Read More

New Directions for Public Memory of California History

Michele Brewster, Graduate Student, UC Irvine

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

Presenters to discuss new and future directions for public memory of California History

Description

I would like to discuss how the history of California is presented in spaces of public memory such as museums, historical societies, battleground sites (Mexican-American War in California), ranchos, etc. Read More

Archival Distortion

Shelby Kendrick, Recent graduate in Public History, Sacramento State

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Memory
  • Theory
Abstract

Archival professionals and academics have explored and developed standards and best practices for accessioning collections, but much of the existing literature on accessioning only pertains to appraisal and the ethics behind choosing which collections to acquire. Read More

Hegemonic Power, Fantasy Heritage, and the Legacy of Juan de Onate in Southwest Tourism

Frank G Perez, Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Inclusion
  • Memory
  • Place
Abstract

The proposed paper examines the First Thanksgiving of the Americas Festival in San Elizario, Texas using hegemonic theory and Carey McWilliams’ (2016) concept of fantasy heritage to argue the event distorts history, erases the mestizo/Mexican/Mexican American peoples from history, and serves as a vehicle that promotes Eurocentrism in a metro area that is 83% Mexican/Mexican American. Read More

Social Media as a Research Tool

Barbara Myers, Graduate Student, Wichita State University SPH

Proposal Type

Workshop

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Memory
  • Teaching
Abstract

To sent techniques for using social media as a tool to gather and shape research. Read More

Documenting Sorrow: Condolence Projects in the Wake of Violence

Melissa Barthelemy, Doctoral Candidate Public History, UC Santa Barbara

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Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
Abstract

This session aims to provide insight and guidance to librarians, archivists, and professors who must develop their own unique response to unanticipated and unthinkable tragedies, such as school shootings. Read More

Hidden Costs of History

Julie Hawks, Doctoral Student, American University

Proposal Type

Panel

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  •  Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

History museums that portray war tend to focus on brave soldiers and technology without problematizing battle scenarios or revealing how people and environments are adversely affected. Read More