Undergraduate Internships: Adding A Dose of the Theoretical while Instructing in the Practical

HOLLY CROFT, GEORGIA COLLEGE

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

In Fall 2019, four undergraduate history majors on the public history track will be placed in an internship course in Special Collections to digitize photographs from a local community, add what metadata is known to the photographs, and then place these digital photos in online galleries. Read More

Change for the Better: A Case Study in Decolonization

Cynthia Gresser, The Smoki Museum of American Indian Art and Culture

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

Seeking

  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Archives
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
Abstract

A fast paced presentation outlining one museum’s challenges and successes in stripping its ingrained institutional colonialism. Read More

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church: Bringing Our History into Our Future

Robert Cowles, blessed sacrament catholic church historian

Proposal Type

Traditional Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Data/Information Management
  • Oral History
Abstract

My Basic Topic will be my efforts as Church Historian for Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Jonesboro Arkansas, preserving the History of the 84 year old Church which was Closed October 1, 2017. Read More