“The Future of the Society is Hidden:” Whiteness, Commemoration, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
PROPOSAL TYPE
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
Reclaiming Rejected People
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
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- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
As historians work towards a more complete narrative of the past we are seeing greater efforts to center and uplift populations society once rejected. 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