Community, Public History, and the Failure of the Whaling Ship Progress

13 August 2020 – Dan Gifford 1

The importance of community undergirds nearly every corner and crevice of public history. From spatial communities bound by common geography to cultural communities of shared identity and lifeways, we almost instinctively understand that museums, archives, oral history projects, and other public history products require community engagement and engagement with communities. Read More