Sustaining Projects Across Distances
Adina Langer, Curator, Museum of History and Holocaust Education
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Consulting
- Inclusion
- Theory
Abstract
What challenges are present when you attempt to sustain projects across distances, both physically and culturally? Read More
Archival Distortion
Shelby Kendrick, Recent graduate in Public History, Sacramento State
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- 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
Insider/Outsider: Engaging Racial Bias & Positionality in Interpretation
GVGK Tang, Graduate Student, Temple University
Proposal Type
Working Group
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Inclusion
- Theory
Abstract
Who gets to do what kind of work? We, as public historians, must engage the ethics of occupying/interpreting spaces to which we do not belong. Read More
Visitor-Centered Interpretation: Research, Results, and Practices
Brian Forist, Lecturer in Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Human Ecology, Indiana University
Proposal Type
Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Teaching
- Theory
Abstract
Public historians and other scholars are engaged in a variety of research that illuminates the vital role visitors to heritage sites play in constructing their own understandings of the past. Read More
Gender in Public History: Using Public History to tell Untold or Forgotten Stories
Sara Sanders, Student Member
Proposal Type
Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Inclusion
- Memory
- Theory
Abstract
In 1956 20,000 women of all races gathered in Pretoria to demand that Pass Laws not be extended to women. Read More