Going to Ground: Community Visualization Concerns
Zada Law, Middle Tennessee State University, Dept. of Geosciences
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Structured Conversation
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- Digital
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
In our practice of public history, we perceive that mapping histories is an engage-able method of highlighting historically underrepresented voices and making these stories visible and relevant to the modern public. Read More
Mapping the Archive: Mobile Technology as Access and Action in Cultural Heritage
Brigid Harmon, Urban Archive
Proposal Type
Collaborative Conversation
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Archives
- Digital
- Place
- Public Engagement
Abstract
Digitization projects at historical institutions have been active for over 15 years, yielding publicly accessible online databases. Read More
Beyond Granite: The Past and Future of Statues, Monuments and Plaques
Caroline Klibanoff, Northeastern University
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Digital
- Memory
- Place
Abstract
I propose a panel on re-envisioning memorials and monuments in the digital age. Given recent roiling debates about who and what should be commemorated, can we look beyond the limited, static, single-story nature of granite and bronze and leverage the digital to imagine a new future for this important form of public history? Read More
3D Scanning and Printing – New Technologies of Repair and Reconstruction
Rebecca Perry, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Specific Expertise
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- Digital
- Preservation
Abstract
Digital 3D scanning and 3D printing are two of the digital technologies that are entering the museum as tools for capturing and reconstructing individual physical artifacts – or even capturing entire physical locations and creating digital models. Read More
“Inside the Counting House”: the Brown Brothers records and serving new communities in digitized archives
Thomas Lannon, New York Public Library
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Archives
- Digital
- Labor and Economy
- Public Engagement
Abstract
In 2017, The New York Public Library received a CLIR Hidden Collections grant to digitize the historic records of the mercantile firm and bank, Brown Brothers & Co. Read More
Breaking Barriers: Challenges and Opportunities of a Multi-Year Digital Documentary Editing Project
Carrie knight, Seward Family Digital Archive
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Digital
- Public Engagement
Abstract
How do we balance providing access to users and contributors while maintaining archival expectations and digitization standards? What are some of the unique challenges and opportunities of a multi-year, student-led, and volunteer-supported digital project? Read More
Digital Humanities Lab
Abby Curtin Teare, NCPH Digital Media Group
Proposal Type
Workshop
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Digital
- Teaching and Training
Abstract
The NCPH Digital Media Group is organizing the Digital Humanities Lab – a workshop that provides opportunities for collaborative learning and professional networking around digital resources, skills, and strategies for public historians and professionals working in adjacent fields (e.g. Read More
Peaks and Valley: Balancing Preservation and Access-Oriented Digitization through Public Partnerships
Owen rogers, library of congress
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation (session)
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Digital
- Public Engagement
Abstract
Digitization initiatives reflect an opportunity to rehabilitate audiovisual holdings in the context of both access and preservation. Read More