Rethinking Revitalization: Intersection of Preservation and Gentrification

Denise Gallagher, Graduate Research Assistant, MTSU Center for Historic Preservation

Proposal Type

TBD, looking for feedback

Seeking
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Preservation
  • Memory
Abstract

In my own research I am looking at how preservationists interpret the history of urban neighborhoods and how those methods overlook local communities. Read More

In the Middle of Experiences and Outcomes: Storytelling in the Digital Age

Megan Harris, Senior Reference Specialist, Veterans History Project, Library of Congress

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
  • Theory
  • Digital
Abstract

We propose a roundtable discussion to build upo n oral history-focused panels at previous NCPH conferences by examining a f ew recent case studies, but more importantly, by opening a dialogue with th e audience members in order to identify common challenges, brainstorm poten tial solutions, and offer thoughts on a way forward. Read More

The FDR Memorial as 1990s Culture War

Keith Eberly, Assistant Professor of Education and History, Muskingum University

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Memory
  • Other: Monuments & Memorials
Abstract

Between 1974 and 1997, New Deal liberals designed, promoted, and ultimately built a memorial to FDR on the National Mall. Read More

The Politics of the Middle

Tim Rives, Deputy Director, Eisenhower Presidential Library

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Memory
Abstract

The panel will discuss the “politics of the middle.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower is a representative figure. Read More

Interpreting the Layers of Indian Removal

Savannah Grandey, Director of Interpretation, Historic Westville

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

“Indian Removal” as articulated by Andrew Jackson and comrades was a monumental idea and federal policy that irrevocably shaped the southeastern United States. Read More

Community Oral Histories

Elizabeth Gritter, Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Local and Oral History, Indiana University Southeast

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

I am seeking presenters involved in community ( defined broadly) oral history projects in order to present the results of t heir work. Read More

Repeat Photography: Understanding our Place through Sequential Observation

Craig S. Campbell, Dr, Youngstown State University

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Material Culture
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

About 1950, George R. Stewart, Professor of English at Berkeley, photographed many different types of landscapes along Highway 40. Read More

From Davis Bend to Mound Bayou

Sade Turnipseed, Executive Director / History Professor, Khafre, Inc / MVSU

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Material Culture
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

By studying the cotton plantation system of the Old South and operations owned by Joseph and Jefferson Davis, juxtaposed t o the self-determined agency of Benjamin Montgomery, and how Davis Bend became what was considered an “imagined community” in the historical township of Mound Bayou. Read More