You Can’t Handle the Truth!: Reconciling Painful Histories
Courtney Hobson, Maryland Lynching Memorial Project
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Memory
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
Abstract
With the recent opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, as well as the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, in Montgomery, Alabama, there have been national discussions about confronting America’s history of racial violence. Read More
Public History and the Engaged University
mark barron, Iowa State University
Proposal Type
Working Group
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Public Engagement
- Teaching and Training
Abstract
This working group will explore how public history fits into the model of an engaged university, defined as an institution of higher learning whose mission is to educate and improve the lives of citizens, both inside and outside of a classroom setting. Read More
Going to Ground: Community Visualization Concerns
Zada Law, Middle Tennessee State University, Dept. of Geosciences
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Structured Conversation
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- Digital
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
In our practice of public history, we perceive that mapping histories is an engage-able method of highlighting historically underrepresented voices and making these stories visible and relevant to the modern public. 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 General Feedback and Interest
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- 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
This Happened Here: Institutions Building Awareness With Communities
jack pittenger, ObjectIDEA
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Consulting
- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
Abstract
In order to stay relevant to their communities, agile cultural institutions must be ready to adapt and change their tactics to connect and repair ties with any number of groups. Read More
Theatre as Commemorative Space
Rebekah Bryer, Northwestern University
Proposal Type
Experiential
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- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Memory
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
There has been a lot of discussion in the public history field on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, how it has captured the cultural imagination, and the impact it has had. Read More
Museums, Monuments, and the Memory of War
Greg waters, New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
Abstract
The Vietnam War has long been an open wound on the national psyche. The continuous flow of documentaries, books, academic papers, and other media confirms that our country has not yet made peace with the conflict in Vietnam. Read More
Repairing Archives
Eric Hung, Music of Asian America Research Center
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Archives
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
Over the past three decades, archival theorists have developed various theories that aim to repair archives through decolonizing and increasing representational belonging of marginalized groups. 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 General Feedback and Interest
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- 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
Remembering Camp Devens during World War I
Kara Fosey, Fort Devens Museum
Proposal Type
Collaborative Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
Abstract
The Fort Devens Museum, a private non-profit organization, collects, preserves, and shares historic photographs, documents, and artifacts that tell the histories of Camp Devens and Fort Devens from 1917 to the present. Read More