History@Work

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• Around the field Dec 30, 2016

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  […] on MuseumStudy.com Online courses in January from City of Angels Conservation on metals conservation, intellectual property, more “Learning to Look, Looking to Learn: A Workshop on Visual Literacy” – Feb 17, 2017, Colorado Springs, Colorado, US Heritage Management Field Program – May 27-July 8, 2017, Cambodia Ten-day Program on the Heritage of Islamic Persian […]

• Project Showcase: Mapping the Fourth of July

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  […] their unique ability to uncover diverse first-hand perspectives on the transformation of American national identity and race relations during the Civil War era. Funded by a “ Literacy and Engagement with Historical Records” grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, Mapping the Fourth draws on expertise across the Virginia Tech campus: Civil […]

• Building an interdisciplinary discipline

  Jason Steinhauer

  […] this is currently covered in existing programs. So while some historians may, indeed, be doing these things in a number of professional settings, cultivating such a well-rounded literacy in the next generation under the term that we call history communication is the near-term objective. The time is ripe to innovate, to unify these practices under […]

• Finding the intersection of technology and public history

  Deborah Boyer

  […] with a digital project will require many of the traditional community-engagement activities familiar to all of us and that our projects may become opportunities for teaching digital literacy as much as for sharing historical information. Understanding the digital divide and how people access the Internet are only two of the issues facing digital humanities […]

• Meeting our audiences where they are in the digital age

  David Hochfelder

  […] most pressing concern is to meet our audiences where they are. As his Virtual City Project demonstrates, inner-city, low-income, and elderly populations will not have the digital literacy to exploit the latest techniques and tools. We must therefore shape our projects to suit the needs and capabilities of our audiences. Governor Nelson Rockefeller and […]