Preservation or Demolition? It All Depends…

Michael binder, Air Force Declassification Office

Proposal Type

Open to discussion; perhaps Point-Counterpoint?

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Government Historians
  • Material Culture
  • Preservation
Abstract

Whether a historic building gets preserved or demolished often rests on the historic context on which its significance is evaluated.   Read More

Food History & Foodways: Have your cake and think on it too

nicole orphanides, independent historian and National Library of Medicine

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking

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

In an age of “stay-at-home dads,” dieting fads, and mobile ordering food delivery, how has the food industry changed over the years and what does this say about our lives? Read More

On Archiving Rubble

Leen katrib, princeton university

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Material Culture
  • Preservation
Abstract

In 1903, Alois Riegl distinguished between ruins & rubble through the recognition of an original form. He defines rubble as a formless pile that reveals no trace of the original creation, thereby no longer conveying age-value. Read More

Reacting to the (Public) Past

Katie Clary, Coastal Carolina University

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Material Culture
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

Reacting to the Past (RTTP) is an innovative pedagogy used in college classrooms across disciplines. Read More