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

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • 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

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

How do we interpret disability in our National Parks?

Perri Meldon, Candidate for MA in History, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

I intend to understand how we interpret disability in the National Park Service (and possibly local institutions, as well). Read More

More than Crossed Wires: How do we Create a Collaborative Power Grid?

Zachary Hottel, Archivist, Shenandoah County Library- Truban Archives

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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

Creating sustained collaboration in the historic community is often difficult. Museums, historic sites, archives, and other institutions often struggle to do this due traditional, vertical lines of power. Read More

Successes and Challenges of User-Generated Content

Monica M. Smith, Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation, Lemelson Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

User or visitor-generated content has been a hot topic of discussion in many fields, including in history museums where we, “the experts,” often have concerns about sharing historical authority with members of the “general public” who come through our doors and visit our websites. Read More

Usage as Authenticity at House Museums and Historic Sites

Ted Maust, M.A. Student, Temple University

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Material Culture
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Preservation
Abstract

The Chamounix Mansion in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, has been a youth hostel since 1964. In 1967, the women’s committee undertook the project of decorating much of the ground floor in period furnishings. 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

Disability in Public: Creating Accessible and Community-Engaged Virtual and Physical Exhibits on the History of Disability

Beth Robertson, Research Associate / Sessional Lecturer, Carleton University

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Inclusion
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

This roundtable seeks to stimulate dialogue between public historians, activists and academics invested in and with past experience in researching, designing and developing virtual and physical exhibits on the history of disability that are both accessible and built upon strong community engagement. Read More

Death and Display, Bodies and Boundaries

Katie Stringer Clary, Public History Instructor

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

This roundtable explores the ethics, public reactions, and responsibilities of pubic historians in the display and exhibition of human remains. Read More