Breaking Barriers: Challenges and Opportunities of a Multi-Year Digital Documentary Editing Project
Carrie knight, Seward Family Digital Archive
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Digital
- Public Engagement
Abstract
How do we balance providing access to users and contributors while maintaining archival expectations and digitization standards? What are some of the unique challenges and opportunities of a multi-year, student-led, and volunteer-supported digital project? Read More
Digital Humanities Lab
Abby Curtin Teare, NCPH Digital Media Group
Proposal Type
Workshop
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Digital
- Teaching and Training
Abstract
The NCPH Digital Media Group is organizing the Digital Humanities Lab – a workshop that provides opportunities for collaborative learning and professional networking around digital resources, skills, and strategies for public historians and professionals working in adjacent fields (e.g. Read More
Reinterpreting Tilden
allison horrocks, national park service
Proposal Type
Working Group
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Labor and Economy
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
- Theory
Abstract
For more than sixty years, Freeman Tilden’s Interpreting Our Heritage has been widely relied upon by many historical interpreters as a classic, benchmark text on how to work with the public. Read More
From War to Fire – Critical and Practical Views on Museum Interpretation and Engagement
Brian Failing, Executive Director, Aurora Regional Fire Museum
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
Abstract
Our culture is shaped by both public history and collective memory, allowing the public to interact with the past in the present. Read More
Distinguishing “historic” from just plain “old”
Michael Binder, Technical Advisor, Air Force Declassification Office
Proposal Type
Open for discussion/debate
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Government Historians
- Material Culture
- Preservation
Abstract
Government historians cannot save everything, be it historical documents or an old building, but they are often called upon to separate the historic “wheat” from the just plain old “chaff.” Read More
When History Isn’t Optional
Michael Binder, Technical Advisor, Air Force Declassification Office
Proposal Type
Open for discussion/debate
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Government Historians
Abstract
While Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches have documented their activities over centuries, compiling their voluminous history is permissive and could be halted at any time. Read More
Working in a Classified Environment
Michael Binder, Technical Advisor, Air Force Declassification Office
Proposal Type
Open for discussion/debate
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Government Historians
Abstract
In contrast with most public historians, government historians frequently find themselves working in one of a wide variety of classified environments. Read More
Document Dumps in the 21st Century: How Leaks and Hacks Could Change Historical Research
Constantin Eckner, PhD Researcher, University of St Andrews
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Archives
- Digital
Abstract
My topic is the phenomenon of leaks and hacks in the 21st century, as this phenomenon could change the way historians can and will conduct research when confidential documents are available soon after they have been authored. Read More
Saving Underrepresented Voices: Failures & Successes of Diversity in Oral History
Matthew Coody, Executive Director, New York Preservation Archive Project
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Inclusion
- Oral History
- Preservation
Abstract
We propose a panel discussion that explores the failures and successes of initiatives working to document underrepresented voices across America today. Read More
Public Histories of Poverty
Ethan Sribnick, Consultant, Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Consulting
- Inclusion
Abstract
As a consultant, I have been engaged in writing institutional histories of social welfare and advocacy organizations that have focused on the needs of the poor and dispossessed. Read More