Animals and Audience: Opportunities and Obstacles for Public History in a More-than-Human World
Alison Laurence, M.I.T.
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Museums/Exhibits
- Public Engagement
- Animals
Abstract
The “animal turn” is well established across the humanities. Public historians, too, think with and about the non-human world. Read More
Theorizing the Public
Holly Genovese, University of Texas at Austin
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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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
Recovered Histories and the Remaking of University Campuses
Andrew Denson, Western Carolina University
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Memory
- Place
- Social Justice
Abstract
This session will explore current public history projects that seek to reshape the identities of university campuses by interpreting lost or suppressed histories. Read More
Repairing Community Relationships
Leslie Leonard, Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- 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
Digital Humanities Lab
Abby Curtin Teare, NCPH Digital Media Group
Proposal Type
Workshop
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Digital
- Teaching and Training
Abstract
The NCPH Digital Media Group is organizing the Digital Humanities Lab – a workshop that provides opportunities for collaborative learning and professional networking around digital resources, skills, and strategies for public historians and professionals working in adjacent fields (e.g. 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
Historical Precedents for Public History Overseas: The Power of Exporting History-Making Models
Joana Arruda, Independent Historian
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Government Historians
- Preservation
Abstract
This panel will explore past and present examples of American cultural institutions that collaborated internationally in public historical contexts. In the post-World War II period, several governmental and nongovernmental organizations such as UNESCO, ICOMOS, and the National Park Service Division of International Affairs were formed to work together on the newly constructed idea of World Heritage and offered technical assistance overseas. Read More
From War to Fire – Critical and Practical Views on Museum Interpretation and Engagement
Brian Failing, Executive Director, Aurora Regional Fire Museum
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Memory
- Museums/Exhibits
- Place
Abstract
Our culture is shaped by both public history and collective memory, allowing the public to interact with the past in the present. Read More
Distinguishing “historic” from just plain “old”
Michael Binder, Technical Advisor, Air Force Declassification Office
Proposal Type
Open for discussion/debate
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Government Historians
- Material Culture
- Preservation
Abstract
Government historians cannot save everything, be it historical documents or an old building, but they are often called upon to separate the historic “wheat” from the just plain old “chaff.” Read More
When History Isn’t Optional
Michael Binder, Technical Advisor, Air Force Declassification Office
Proposal Type
Open for discussion/debate
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Government Historians
Abstract
While Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches have documented their activities over centuries, compiling their voluminous history is permissive and could be halted at any time. Read More