Soot in the Mortar: Interpreting the Origins of the Climate Crisis at Historic Sites

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Labor and Economy
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

Climate change mitigation and advocacy are growing topics in museums, but it is rare for sites with historical connections to industry or fossil fuel to interpret the origins of the crisis. 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

The Rosetta Circle

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Archives
  • Public Engagement
  • Music and Audio Documentary
ABSTRACT

The ROSETTA CIRCLE is a singing collective of care celebrating our unsung foremothers of jazz and blues as archived by Rosetta Records. Read More

Hungry River Collective, Chapter 2

PROPOSAL TYPE

Collaborative Conversation

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Archives
  • Memory
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

The Hungry River Collective’s Community Viewpoints session at the 2022 conference was so meaningful to us. We were very proud to be a part of the NCPH community. Read More

“The Unmarked and Unremarked”: Interpreting the Neglected Spaces of the African American Freedom Struggle

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

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

This session will focus on the issues that surround preserving and interpreting spaces of historic and cultural significance that existed temporarily or have gone unpreserved, and how the creation of permanent exhibits and structures that represent impermanent spatial and social practices can complicate prevailing memory narratives. 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

Far From Formulaic: Artist-in-Residence Programs at Historic Sites

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  •  Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

Artist-in-residence programs can provide historic sites with fresh perspectives on their mission and story while addressing social issues of the present. This session will include a summary of primary research undertaken by Ken Turino of Historic New England and Rebecca Beit-Aharon of UMass Boston; case studies of successful AiR programs, including one that addressed race by telling a formerly untold history through art and public programming; and a review of virtual sample documents/contracts that you can use when creating an AiR program. Read More

American Girl Dolls and the Public Humanities

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  •  Material Culture
  • Public Engagement
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in American Girl Dolls as a cultural phenomenon. How do these dolls engage with and introduce people to public history? Read More

The First Five Years: Finding Your Way After Graduation

PROPOSAL TYPE

Structured Conversation

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Labor and Economy
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

While career resources for both new graduates and established professionals are plentiful, we have experienced a lack of resources for those in between. Read More

How do we read the world we live in as a cultural artifact?

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Memory
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

The physical world we live in is a cultural text—composed, inscribed, used, modified, and invested with meanings by its users on a daily basis. Read More