Constructed Nature: Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Public History through Historical Research and Exhibit Design

Megan Kendrick, Adjunct Faculty, Woodbury University

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Digital
  • Teaching
Abstract

This proposed panel will explore methodologies, challenges and outcomes of teaching public history in nontraditional settings. Read More

In the Middle of Experiences and Outcomes: Storytelling in the Digital Age

Megan Harris, Senior Reference Specialist, Veterans History Project, Library of Congress

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
  • Theory
  • Digital
Abstract

We propose a roundtable discussion to build upo n oral history-focused panels at previous NCPH conferences by examining a f ew recent case studies, but more importantly, by opening a dialogue with th e audience members in order to identify common challenges, brainstorm poten tial solutions, and offer thoughts on a way forward. Read More

Interpreting the Body: Sex, Reproduction, and Reproductive Labors in Public History

Danielle Dulken, PhD Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Material Culture
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Teaching
Abstract

Public historians have established the profession is tasked with interpreting celebratory histories as well as complicated, sometimes painful narratives that have contributed equally to our past. Read More

Performance! Bringing Public History to the Stage: Why, What and How

Trudy Williams, Program Co-Creator and Artistic Director, The Red Skies Music Ensemble

Proposal Type

Panel

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
Abstract

The goals of this panel are to bring awareness to the NCPH community about Public History performance models for making accessible the historical facts, interpretations, artifacts, archives, and cross-discipline connections that are not always available to the quotidian public; and to hopefully foster the seeds for a new community of interest focused on the practice of, and advocacy for, creating Public History performance models. Read More

Caught in the Middle: Public Historians, the Government, and the Public

Emily McEwen, Historic Resource Specialist, Orange County Parks

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Government historians
  • Preservation
Abstract

As public historians serving both the state and the public, we often feel “caught in the middle.” Read More

Unpaid Labor: A new perspective on American history and getting the history out that will change America

Clifton Berry, Member, Unpaid Labor LLC

Proposal Type

Working Group

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Material Culture
  • Teaching
Abstract

Our topic: 1) the indispensable contribution of the first 12 generations of Americans of African descent (1607-1865) to the U.S. Read More

The Middle or the Edge?: Sustaining and Transitioning Community Public History Projects

Rachel Boyle, PhD Candidate, Loyola University Chicago

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Oral History
  • Preservation
Abstract

This roundtable brings together public historians to explore ways to make community history projects sustainable and worthwhile for stakeholders while laying the groundwork for transitioning full leadership into the hands of the community. Read More

Inclusive Public History: Training and Practice

Camille Bethune-Brown, student, University of Maryland

Proposal Type

Working Group

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Teaching
  • Other: Diversity/Inclusion
Abstract

This working group seeks to continue the work and conversation from our roundtable, “Public Historians of Color”; we aim to examine the tools of public history training and practice as components of the discipline’s pipeline. Read More

Making History the New Sexy

Elisabeth Fricker, Graduate Student, University of South Dakota

Proposal Type

Structured Conversation

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Theory
  • Digital
  • Teaching
Abstract

The need for Public Historians to make a conscious efforts to learn about theories in fields like Communication and Political Science in order to engage their audiences and rally supporters with social media and community organizing techniques. Read More

Crowd Curating Workshop

Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Professor, IUPUI

Proposal Type

Workshop

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Teaching
Abstract

Shared authority sounds great, but how do you actually curate exhibits with a shared or even distributed authority model? Read More