It’s More Than A Sign: Neighborhood Heritage Trails in Urban Spaces

Samantha Citarella, George Washington University

Proposal Type

Collaborative Conversation

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

My research is concerned with the use of public history in urban environments. Read More

Nature, Public History, and the Path to Holistic Health: Learning and Healing through Outdoor Public History Adventures

joseph Mcgraw, Stevenson University

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
  • Teaching and Training
Abstract

In 2017, I presented at a university humanities & social sciences forum on the holistic health aspects of the outdoor adventure segment of the heritage tourism industry.  Read More

Black Public History in the Age of (Neo) Emancipation

Angela Tate, Northwestern University

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Place
  • Social Justice
Abstract

Black people have long turned to public history–museums, temporary exhibits, walking tours, publications, etc–to educate, remember, and empower. Read More

Mapping the Archive: Mobile Technology as Access and Action in Cultural Heritage

Brigid Harmon, Urban Archive

Proposal Type

Collaborative Conversation

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Digital
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

Digitization projects at historical institutions have been active for over 15 years, yielding publicly accessible online databases. Read More

Beyond Granite: The Past and Future of Statues, Monuments and Plaques

Caroline Klibanoff, Northeastern University

Proposal Type

Panel

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

I propose a panel on re-envisioning memorials and monuments in the digital age. Given recent roiling debates about who and what should be commemorated, can we look beyond the limited, static, single-story nature of granite and bronze and leverage the digital to imagine a new future for this important form of public history? Read More

The Racial and Class Politics of Industrial Heritage

Steven High, Concordia University

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • Labor and Economy
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
Abstract

Much of the scholarship has focused on industrial heritage sites with little regard for their relationships with area residents. Heritage may have a vital role to play in recognizing the industrial past and in countering enforced forgetting, but is the politics of recognition enough? Read More

Advocacy from the Outside: Working for Community-based Organizations

Tanya Lane, Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum

Proposal Type

Panel

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

This proposal is inspired by the question: Who decides what is worth repairing? Read More

Recovered Histories and the Remaking of University Campuses

Andrew Denson, Western Carolina University

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Memory
  • Place
  • Social Justice
Abstract

This session will explore current public history projects that seek to reshape the identities of university campuses by interpreting lost or suppressed histories. Read More

Repairing Community Relationships

Leslie Leonard, Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

How can you breathe new life into a museum/historic site/program that has become stagnant or stale? Read More