Amplifying the Field Trip Experience: Integrating Audio Recordings into On-Site and Classroom Learning

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Oral History
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

Audio recordings offer powerful ways to connect students with history, deepen learning during field trips, and extend engagement into the classroom. Read More

Revolution in Preservation: Community Voices and BIPOC Heritage Sites

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

Las Barracas, a WWII-era barracks turned Latinx farmworker housing in Boulder County, Colorado, highlights the urgent need to preserve BIPOC heritage sites. Read More

Opening the Doors: Creating Opportunities for Teachers and Museums to Collaborate in Telling History

PROPOSAL TYPE

Experiential

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Preservation
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

As an experienced teacher, I see the importance of taking my students on field trips.  Many kids share the commonality of never leaving the radius of their neighborhood or school, and as a result, they often lack opportunities to try new things.   Read More

Angolans in Maine

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
ABSTRACT

I wish to present about the Angolans in Maine Oral History Project. The project has two aims: a) to hear from Angolan immigrants about why they decided to emigrate to the U.S. Read More

After the Revolution: Preservation, Heritage, and Public Memory

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Material Culture
  • Place
  • Preservation
ABSTRACT

I would like to present on issues of ownership, stewardship, use, and interpretation that surfaced surrounding the San Carlos of Key West between the years 1960-1996. Read More

Public History and Public Archaeology in West Africa: Best Practices, Challenges, and Community Narratives from the Field

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

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

The roundtable brings together researchers, community members, and other heritage practitioners working in and/or originating from West Africa to discuss how public history and public archaeology methodologies can be uniquely applied, adjusted, and implemented in the West African context. Read More