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
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
Seeking
- 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
Seeking
- 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