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Jim McGrath

Podcasts and public history

11 September 2019 – Jim McGrath

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

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

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

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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The Southern Cross of Honor: how insurrections become legitimized
26 September 2023 – Katie Owens-Murphy and Brian Murphy
memory, American Civil War, monuments, NCPH 2023 awards, whiteness, cemeteries
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a series of reflections from winners of NCPH awards in 2023. Katie Owens-Murphy and Brian Murphy are the recipients of the G. Wesley Johnson Award. This award is named in honor of the founding editor of The Public Historian. 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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