Filmmaking and LGBTQ History

MEGAN CRUTCHER, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Oral History
  • Social Justice
  • Film
Abstract

In general, filmmaking is an accessible, far-reaching, and interesting way to present history, especially LGBTQ history, for the public. Read More

Implications of Monuments in Southern Communities

Alissa kane, middle tennessee state university

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Memory
  • Place
Abstract

This presentation will focus on southern commemorative landscapes and the implications of building dominant symbols of collective memory on the physical landscape of communities. Read More

Podcasting as Public History

eLIZABETH KEOHANE-BURBRIDGE, FOOTNOTING HISTORY

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

Over the past decade, hundreds of millions of listeners downloaded podcast episodes about history. Podcasters interact with their listeners through blog post comments and social media exchanges. Read More

What does it mean to write for “the public?”: Best Practices, Ethics, Public Historians, and Writing for the “Public”

HOLLY GENOVESE, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation or Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

Who is writing for the public for? And who gets to do it? Read More

Bytes of Change: Fostering a Collaborative Culture of Planning and Evaluation for Digital Projects

aSHLEY bOWEN, sCIENCE hISTORY iNSTITUTE

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Data/Information Management
  • Digital
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

Few museums and historic sites have a chief digital officer but as more institutions try to coordinate their digital projects and check the proliferation of platforms, tools, and coding languages in use by their staff, managers need to be prepared to foster a culture in which everyone whose work touches the digital participates in the planning, development, and evaluation of digital projects. Read More

History as a Hobby

emily sullivan, history associates incorporated

Proposal Type

Either structured conversation or traditional panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Public Engagement
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

History can be a challenging field to break into, but there are many ways to get involved with the field and keep your resume fresh even if you’re struggling to find your dream job. Read More

Space Matters Alabama

Sharony Green, University of Alabama

Proposal Type

Experiential

Seeking

  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

In Fall of 2018, students at the University of Alabama explored how even the lowliest person made claims to power in the antebellum period. Read More

Going to Ground: Community Visualization Concerns

Zada Law, Middle Tennessee State University, Dept. of Geosciences

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • 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

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • 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

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • 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