Interpretive Planning as a Tool for Change
KATE AITCHISON, HALEY SHARPE DESIGN
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Museums/Exhibits
- Preservation
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
A round table discussion focused on the opportunities and limitations of interpretation and interpretive planning as tools to facilitate community engagement and prompt institutional and community change. Read More
Interpreting Enslaved Plantation Museums
WILL HIOTT, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
Plantation History in the 21st Century: Dialogues of Rediscovering the Enslaved Voices in Historic House Museums
Seeking additional presenters to share their experiences in researching and re-interpreting other historic house museums with plantation histories and their case studies sharing their experiences and successes. Read More
Budgeting for Change
JESSICA KNAPP, JESSICA KNAPP CONSULTING
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Labor and Economy
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
- Finance
Abstract
Have you heard public history organizations or their employees use their budgets as an excuse to not include diverse and underrepresented voices, to keep their programming in the past, or to not pay employees what they deserve. Read More
Commemoration and the Act of Omission
TIMOTHY KNEELAND, NAZARETH COLLEGE
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
Abstract
The public commemoration of key moments or eras in the past has often served as a tool to reinforce existing social hierarchies and to exclude or negate the history of marginalized groups. Read More
Meet Your Future Career: An American Girl Story
MARK SPELTZ, WELLS FARGO
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
Abstract
Scores of public historians attribute their budding interests that led to studying, interpreting, and preserving the past to the iconic American Girl books and dolls. Read More
“That’s Something You Do After Research”: Public History in a Traditional Graduate Program
ANGELA TATE, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Advocacy
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
Abstract
Career diversity! alt-ac! transferrable skills! Public humanities will save the discipline!
These are conversations cropping up across academia in the wake of the Jobs Crisis. Read More
Who Isn’t Afraid Of The Dark: Probing Paranormal Public History
MEGAN CULLEN TEWELL, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Place
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
This panel offers an opportunity to discuss the interpretation and implications of paranormal public history, including ethical, financial, social, and environmental considerations. Read More
Sparking Change By Incorporating Music in Public History
ERIC HUNG, MUSIC OF ASIAN AMERICA RESEARCH CENTER
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
- Theory
Abstract
Music can help us heal, grow, form community, and open difficult conversations. Read More
Presenting Racial Histories at Predominately White Institutions
JILL FOUND, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
As more historically white and white-majority colleges and universities study their own racist histories, how do they present this past to the public? Read More
In Defense of Public History – 40 Years Later
PATRICE GREEN, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Advocacy
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
Defining public history has been a challenge in the last forty years. Read More