Finding Virginia’s Freetowns

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Digital
  • Memory
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

Plantation landscapes have been scrutinized by public historians, who have curated the lives of white slave-owners and enslaved Black laborers who called these landscapes home. Read More

“Scrollytelling” as Generative Digital History

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Digital
  • Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT

In this presentation, I will use a digital capstone project as a case study to explore how public historians can use “scrollytelling” (long-form, interactive web publication), in conjunction with robust research and design, to not only communicate but also generate historical scholarship. Read More

Intersection of Documentation and Storytelling

PROPOSAL TYPE

Workshop/Conversation/Round-Robin

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Digital
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

We propose to conduct a 2hr working session with a hands-on, round robin component followed by open discussion focused on Documentation and Storytelling. Read More