Finding the intersection of technology and public history
13 April 2016 – Deborah Boyer 1
TPH 38.1, "Chasing the Frontiers of Digital Technology" responses, digital media, methods, public engagement, digital history, social media, The Public Historian
Digital technology has enabled public historians, cultural heritage professionals, and history students to collaborate with diverse audiences and explore history’s role in civic engagement in ways previously unimagined. The partnership between the Virtual City Project and the Restoration Group described by Andrew Hurley in “Chasing the Frontiers of Digital Technology: Public History Meets the Digital Divide” demonstrates the exciting possibilities as well as challenges advanced digital tools provide, especially in the face of limited budgets, long software development cycles, and varying levels of digital access. Read More