“The Future of the Society is Hidden:” Whiteness, Commemoration, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
PROPOSAL TYPE
Orphan Paper in need of a wider group
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Government Historians
- Material Culture
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
This paper will address to founding of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) using their recently-opened museum archives. Read More
“Scrollytelling” as Generative Digital History
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Digital
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
In this presentation, I will use a digital capstone project as a case study to explore how public historians can use “scrollytelling” (long-form, interactive web publication), in conjunction with robust research and design, to not only communicate but also generate historical scholarship. Read More
The First Five Years: Finding Your Way After Graduation
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Labor and Economy
- Reflections on the Field
- Teaching and Training
ABSTRACT
While career resources for both new graduates and established professionals are plentiful, we have experienced a lack of resources for those in between. Read More
How do we read the world we live in as a cultural artifact?
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
SEEKING
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Memory
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
The physical world we live in is a cultural text—composed, inscribed, used, modified, and invested with meanings by its users on a daily basis. Read More
Empowering the Public History Workplace: Information, Advocacy, and Salary
PROPOSAL TYPE
Working Group
SEEKING
- Seeking Additional Presenters
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Labor and Economy
- Reflections on the Field
ABSTRACT
From Amazon unions to Covid layoffs American employees are talk about pay, and public history professionals are no different. The growing effort among art museum employees to speak honestly and openly about pay and other workplace issues, challenges public history professionals to act likewise. Read More
Improving Sustainability of Public History Careers
Paul C. Thistle, Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre (retired)
PROPOSAL TYPE
Working Group
Seeking
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Labor and Economy
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
Three major surveys 10 years apart of working Canadians with ‘knowledge worker’ characteristics similar to public historians found stress levels had increased and life satisfaction declined among the full-time employed. Read More
Playing around with Interpretation
Meighen Katz, Lovell Chen (Architects and Heritage Consultants)
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Place
- Public engagement
- Reflections on the field
ABSTRACT
How might encouraging visitors to a museum or public history site to play become part of an interpretive strategy? Read More
Oral History & COVID-19: What We’ve Learned about the Field, Our Practice, and Ourselves
Troy Reeves, University of Wisconsin-Madison Oral History Program
Proposal Type
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Oral History
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
This roundtable will allow the participants (& the audience) to discuss how the global pandemic has affected the field of oral history and our professional lives. Read More
Public History in Public Spaces
LUIS PAOLO FERRAZ, BROWN UNIVERSITY
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Place
- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
Abstract
“História ao Ar Livre (Open Air History): Public History in the Streets, Squares, and Parks of Recife, Brazil”
In 2015, the project of public history and dissemination of history História ao Ar Livre appeared in the city of Recife. Read More
Beyond #MeToo: How Public History Leaders Can Prevent and Respond to Sexual Harassment
chelsea miller, new york coalition against sexual assault
Proposal Type
Workshop
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Reflections on the Field
- Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination
Abstract
The #MeToo movement has shed light on the widespread prevalence of sexual violence, including in scholarly and professional communities. Read More