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Jim McGrath

Podcasts and public history

11 September 2019 – Jim McGrath

collaboration, archives, sense of place, media, digital history, community history, methods, digital media

The medium of podcasting is two decades old, but this digital form of storytelling still seems full of untapped potential for public history practitioners. Sensing this opportunity, our professional organizations have created spaces for training, critique, and reflection on all things podcast-related. Read More

Our Marathon, five years later: Reflections on the work of digital public humanities

30 April 2018 – Jim McGrath

collaboration, archives, memory, digital history, community history, methods, digital media

Five years ago I was watching the Boston Marathon in Coolidge Corner with my brother Brian. He had recently moved to the city and had never experienced a Marathon Monday, so the lively spectators and runners in Brookline—combined with the perfect spring weather—seemed like a fine introduction to this Boston tradition. Read More

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Advocacy is not a choice
13 January 2025 – Denise Meringolo
advocacy, NCPH Board Member Posts
Editor’s note: This post was published in Volume 44 Number 4 of Public History News, NCPH’s quarterly newsletter. It is cross-posted here in response to History@Work‘s current Special Call for posts on “advocacy in the field.” During this past election year there was a predictable uptick in the number of opinion pieces regarding historians’ work as public intellectuals, particularly as political commentators. Read More

Jim McGrath

Podcasts and public history

Our Marathon, five years later: Reflections on the work of digital public humanities

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