Sustaining Projects Across Distances

Adina Langer, Curator, Museum of History and Holocaust Education

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Consulting
  • Inclusion
  • Theory
Abstract

What challenges are present when you attempt to sustain projects across distances, both physically and culturally? Read More

Public History and Hansen’s disease-related memories

Viviane Borges, Doutora, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
Abstract

The project proposes two lines of action. The first focused on the identification and enrollment of objects related to the leprosarium history and the second on patients commitment to creating the memorial. Read More

Virginia’s First Lunch Counter Sit-in Demonstrations: Hampton Institute Students and the Dismantling of Jim Crow

Zachary McKiernan, Professor, Cuesta College

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Memory
  • Oral History
Abstract

On February 10, 1960, students from Hampton Institute staged Virginia’s first lunch counter demonstrations; a movement that morphed into economic boycotts, picket lines, and voter registration drives.  Read More

Public vs. Private: Practical Applications of Public History in a Rural, Libertarian State

Jim Bertolini, Historian, Nevada State Historic Preservation Office

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Place
  • Preservation
Abstract

Ranching is an endemic part of Nevada’s history that symbolizes both the culture of the region and its political controversies, from the Sagebrush Rebellion to Bunkerville. Read More

Doing Public History in the Face of Community Resistance

Paul Ringel, Associate Professor of History, High Point University

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Teaching
Abstract

Our project on the history of a Jim Crow-era African-American high school in our home city of High Point, North Carolina has received tremendous support from some parts of the city’s black community. Read More

New Directions for Public Memory of California History

Michele Brewster, Graduate Student, UC Irvine

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
Abstract

Presenters to discuss new and future directions for public memory of California History

Description

I would like to discuss how the history of California is presented in spaces of public memory such as museums, historical societies, battleground sites (Mexican-American War in California), ranchos, etc. Read More

Archival Distortion

Shelby Kendrick, Recent graduate in Public History, Sacramento State

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Memory
  • Theory
Abstract

Archival professionals and academics have explored and developed standards and best practices for accessioning collections, but much of the existing literature on accessioning only pertains to appraisal and the ethics behind choosing which collections to acquire. Read More

Stories from the Borderlands: Possibilities, Limitations, and Challenges of Oral History

Judith Perera, Ph.D. Candidate, Arizona State University

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Inclusion
  • Oral History
  • Place
Abstract

The borderlands present a unique opportunity for exploration and documentation for the public historian. Read More

Insider/Outsider: Engaging Racial Bias & Positionality in Interpretation

GVGK Tang, Graduate Student, Temple University

Proposal Type

Working Group

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Inclusion
  • Theory
Abstract

Who gets to do what kind of work? We, as public historians, must engage the ethics of occupying/interpreting spaces to which we do not belong. Read More

THATCamp

Abby Curtin Teare, Grants Manager, Cleveland History Center

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Digital
  • Science and Tech
Abstract

THATCamp is a workshop for digital explorers and enthusiasts. It will consist of 6 to 9 concurrent mini-sessions, conversation, and networking at the intersection of digital technology and public history work. Read More