Best and Worst Practices in Descendant Engagement

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Archives
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
  • Museums
  • Oral History
  • Place
ABSTRACT

Descendant Engagement has become a buzzword throughout the museum field. There are established best practices, such as the 2018 “Engaging descendant Communities in the Interpretation of Slavery at Museum Sites rubric, published by The James Madison Montpelier Foundation, which can be a guiding force, however, it is also important to know what NOT to do. Read More

Strengthening Community Well-Being Through Public History

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Material Culture
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagemet
ABSTRACT

This session will present and discuss several projects that are deeply rooted in community-centered work. It will highlight projects that are:

  • Prioritizing collaboration work that amplifies the voices of community members.
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Queer History Community Walking Tours as Societal Project

PROPOSAL TYPE

Roundtable

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Place
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

Through a program of walking tours on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Close Friends Collective works to build a model of public history that prioritizes community partnership and social dialogue. Read More

Solidarity Posting: Digital Tools for Public Outreach

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
  • Digital
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

A museum blog can be a valuable source of information for sharing public history in a public space, but deciding what topics to cover can often be challenging. Read More

Stories and Structures

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Place
  • Preservation
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

How do you encourage support in your community for preserving and maintaining historic structures? This presentation will discuss projects that have engaged the panelists with local community stakeholders and helped them create meaningful connections. Read More

Building Bridges: Innovative Educational Collaborations Between Museums and the Local Community

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Community Outreach
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

This panel will feature various projects in which museums have partnered with local community members to enhance educational experiences. Read More

Mixing it Up: Collaborative Queer Public History

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
  • Social Justice
ABSTRACT

There is often strength in numbers when it comes to interpreting queer history during times of censorship, public pushback, and polarization. Read More

Accessible NCPH

PROPOSAL TYPE

Workshop

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Social Justice
  • Public Engagement
  • Accessibility
ABSTRACT

For several years, DEAI/IDEA (Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion) initiatives have become more prominent, promoting inclusion for many marginalized communities. Read More

Shared Memory: Interpreting the exhibitions of a liberation war museum

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
ABSTRACT

An important task for public historians of memorialization is studying the shared memory of a community. Interpreting exhibitions of a museum portraying the liberation of a country opens up opportunities for that particular community to share their “true” experienced memory of that event. Read More

Learning through the Act of Creation: Students, small case exhibits, and the power of historical thinking

PROPOSAL TYPE

Traditional Panel (90 minutes) or Individual (30 minutes)

SEEKING
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
  • Advocacy
  • Memory
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
  • Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT

One of the challenges facing public historians is communicating the importance of history and historical thinking to the general public. Read More