Histories of Our Own
gvgk tang, Temple University
Proposal Type
Point-Counterpoint
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- 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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- 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 Specific Expertise
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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
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
Is Living History Dead?
Zachary Stocks, Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- 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 Specific Expertise
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- 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
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- 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 General Feedback and Interest
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- 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