“The Unmarked and Unremarked”: Interpreting the Neglected Spaces of the African American Freedom Struggle

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Place
  • Preservation
ABSTRACT

This session will focus on the issues that surround preserving and interpreting spaces of historic and cultural significance that existed temporarily or have gone unpreserved, and how the creation of permanent exhibits and structures that represent impermanent spatial and social practices can complicate prevailing memory narratives. Read More

Intersection of Documentation and Storytelling

PROPOSAL TYPE

Workshop/Conversation/Round-Robin

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Digital
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

We propose to conduct a 2hr working session with a hands-on, round robin component followed by open discussion focused on Documentation and Storytelling. Read More

How do we read the world we live in as a cultural artifact?

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • 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

Can You Hear Me Now? Effective Section 106 Consultation for Public Historians

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Archives
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

Local governments, tribes, nonprofits, and the public are increasingly asked to comment on federal activities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Read More

Black People Did Dope S@*#: New Ways I Found Their Voices and My Advocacy

PROPOSAL TYPE

Pecha Kucha

SEEKING
  • 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