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  • In praise of multistory places

    […] in Berkeley, California. She develops interdisciplinary public history projects that emphasize social equity and sense of place. Recognitions for Graves’s work include the Vernacular Architecture Forum’s first Advocacy Award, the National Park Service’s Home Front Award, the California Preservation Foundation’s Trustees Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation, and the California Governor’s Historic Preservation Award. […]

  • Make queerness relevant again

    […] Ironically, it’s largely the success of that movement for equality and integration that’s made visible, radical queerness nearly obsolete in the twenty-first century. Moreover, the activism and advocacy that we often use to frame our historical narratives was a direct response to the oppressive forces of the era. The problem with making Roanoke (or […]

  • New Year’s update from the History Relevance Campaign

    […] today’s society. Evidenced-based inquiry and discussion is more important than ever. The History Relevance Campaign was busy in 2016. We held an evening event during AAM’s Museum Advocacy Day and introduced more organizations to our efforts. We gave several presentations at state, regional, and national conferences. In May we convened a gathering at the […]

  • Learning to see what service learning means

    […] the value of our work if we can document its real and present day impact. This year, I am initiating a new partnership with a local preservation advocacy organization, Baltimore Heritage. They recognize history as one of several tools for encouraging smart growth and community-centered revitalization. My students will work with them to identify […]

  • Cultural resources and climate change: bridging the relevancy gap

    […] forestry techniques to helping the overgrazed and overforested lands recover. Mary and Laurance Rockefeller took the Marsh and Billings legacy of conservation across the nation with their advocacy for national parks and protected lands. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP has become a model for sustainable building and energy practices. The park’s landscape is a working forest, the […]

  • Peer review in a world of professional practice

    […] history professionals assert “academic freedom” at their own risk. We must be diplomatic in tone and focus, or we really do risk alienating our tenuous community of advocacy and support. I agree that there’s a sense that we’re “all in this together,” but, at the same time, I think that communities benefit from a […]

  • The American Civilization Institute: A case study in radical public history education

    […] opportunities. Rather, founders of the ACIM recognized that growing interest in historic preservation provided them with an opportunity to connect research and interpretation to political activism and advocacy. The 1960s was a period of tremendous activity in the realms of historical commemoration and preservation. In New Jersey, the state’s tercentennial celebration coincided with national […]

  • Around the field Oct. 11, 2016

    […] a talk for the Public History Discussion Group by Jordan James, Play Heritage Worker – 11 a.m. Oct 22, 2016, UCL Institute of Archaeology, London, U.K. “Archives, Advocacy and Change: Tales from Four New York City Collections” – Oct. 26, 2016, New York, New York, U.S. History Day presents student projects, research clinics and […]

  • Ask a consulting historian: Morgen Young

    […] historians–we have to determine our hourly fees, we have to market our services, and we have to balance doing historical work with running a business. Beyond the advocacy component, I love historical consulting because I get to constantly work on new projects. For many of the exhibits I’ve curated, I have had to become […]

  • Building an interdisciplinary discipline

    […] The time is ripe to innovate, to unify these practices under the umbrella of history communication, and to enhance it with best practices from history, journalism, communications, advocacy, business, and the Web. That is where we are headed, with the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Purdue University as the willing co-pilots. Soon students at […]