Histories of Our Own

gvgk tang, Temple University

Proposal Type

Point-Counterpoint

Seeking

  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Advocacy
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Social Justice
Abstract

Can history be contrived within the bounds of the white institution – an exhibit, an archive or historic site? Read More

Going to Ground: Community Visualization Concerns

Zada Law, Middle Tennessee State University, Dept. of Geosciences

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
  • 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

Theatre as Commemorative Space

Rebekah Bryer, Northwestern University

Proposal Type

Experiential

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • 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

Repairing Archives

Eric Hung, Music of Asian America Research Center

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • 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

Is Living History Dead?

Zachary Stocks, Grays Harbor Historical Seaport

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
Abstract

How do “living history” institutions maintain relevancy as society becomes more and more removed from the skills, lifeways, and technologies on display? Read More

Theorizing the Public

Holly Genovese, University of Texas at Austin

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Theory
Abstract

We hope to use the new “Theses on Theory and History” by Ethan Kleinberg, Joan Wallach Scott, and Gary Wilder as a provocation to reflect on the relationship between critical theory and public history. 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

Reinterpreting Tilden

allison horrocks, national park service

Proposal Type

Working Group

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Labor and Economy
  • Public Engagement
  • Reflections on the Field
  • Teaching and Training
  • Theory
Abstract

For more than sixty years, Freeman Tilden’s Interpreting Our Heritage has been widely relied upon by many historical interpreters as a classic, benchmark text on how to work with the public. Read More