“The Future of the Society is Hidden:” Whiteness, Commemoration, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
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Orphan Paper in need of a wider group
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Government Historians
- Material Culture
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
This paper will address to founding of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) using their recently-opened museum archives. Read More
American Girl Dolls and the Public Humanities
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Roundtable
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
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- 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
How do we read the world we live in as a cultural artifact?
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Roundtable
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- 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
Black People Did Dope S@*#: New Ways I Found Their Voices and My Advocacy
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Pecha Kucha
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Material Culture
- Preservation
ABSTRACT
In the twenty-first century, curation, exhibition, and historic preservation has been part of an evolution. Since the 2020 social reckoning, historical and cultural institutions across the country pivoted in using ways to tell different stories about the injustices against African Americans. Read More