Black Public History in the Age of (Neo) Emancipation
Angela Tate, Northwestern University
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Place
- Social Justice
Abstract
Black people have long turned to public history–museums, temporary exhibits, walking tours, publications, etc–to educate, remember, and empower. Read More
Mapping the Archive: Mobile Technology as Access and Action in Cultural Heritage
Brigid Harmon, Urban Archive
Proposal Type
Collaborative Conversation
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Archives
- Digital
- Place
- Public Engagement
Abstract
Digitization projects at historical institutions have been active for over 15 years, yielding publicly accessible online databases. Read More
Remembering Camp Devens during World War I
Kara Fosey, Fort Devens Museum
Proposal Type
Collaborative Conversation
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
Abstract
The Fort Devens Museum, a private non-profit organization, collects, preserves, and shares historic photographs, documents, and artifacts that tell the histories of Camp Devens and Fort Devens from 1917 to the present. Read More
Food History & Foodways: Have your cake and think on it too
nicole orphanides, independent historian and National Library of Medicine
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Material Culture
- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
Abstract
In an age of “stay-at-home dads,” dieting fads, and mobile ordering food delivery, how has the food industry changed over the years and what does this say about our lives? Read More
Stonewall @ 50
Christine Ridarsky, City of Rochester, NY/Rochester Public Library
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
Abstract
I would like to propose a session focusing on the 50th anniversary in 2019 of the uprising at the Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969. Read More
Repair, Reuse, Recycle: Exhibition Construction and Repair on a Budget
Katherine Crosby, McKissick Museum – University of South Carolina
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Museums/Exhibits
- Teaching and Training
Abstract
Most museums today are struggling with budget issues that make purchasing new exhibition equipment impractical or impossible. Read More
Beyond Granite: The Past and Future of Statues, Monuments and Plaques
Caroline Klibanoff, Northeastern University
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Digital
- Memory
- Place
Abstract
I propose a panel on re-envisioning memorials and monuments in the digital age. Given recent roiling debates about who and what should be commemorated, can we look beyond the limited, static, single-story nature of granite and bronze and leverage the digital to imagine a new future for this important form of public history? Read More
Uncomfortable Conversations: Interpreting Sexuality at Historic Sites and Museums
Heather Munro Prescott, Central Connecticut State University
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
Abstract
The importance of examining sites and collections through the lens of the history of sexuality. Read More
3D Scanning and Printing – New Technologies of Repair and Reconstruction
Rebecca Perry, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
Related Topics
- Digital
- Preservation
Abstract
Digital 3D scanning and 3D printing are two of the digital technologies that are entering the museum as tools for capturing and reconstructing individual physical artifacts – or even capturing entire physical locations and creating digital models. Read More
“Inside the Counting House”: the Brown Brothers records and serving new communities in digitized archives
Thomas Lannon, New York Public Library
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
Related Topics
- Archives
- Digital
- Labor and Economy
- Public Engagement
Abstract
In 2017, The New York Public Library received a CLIR Hidden Collections grant to digitize the historic records of the mercantile firm and bank, Brown Brothers & Co. Read More