Documenting Sorrow: Condolence Projects in the Wake of Violence

Melissa Barthelemy, Doctoral Candidate Public History, UC Santa Barbara

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Archives
  • Material Culture
  • Memory
Abstract

This session aims to provide insight and guidance to librarians, archivists, and professors who must develop their own unique response to unanticipated and unthinkable tragedies, such as school shootings. Read More

Streamlining and Automating Metadata Creation for Digital Projects

Jane Davis, Vice President of Access and Digital Services, Linda Hall Library

Proposal Type

Workshop

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  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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  • Archives
  • Digital
  • Science and Tech
Abstract

This hands-on workshop will demonstrate free or under-utilized tools to automate or streamline metadata creation for digital projects.  Read More

Making the Inaccessible Accessible

Jamie Melissa Wilms, Director of Education, Molly Brown House Museum

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Panel

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  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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  • Civic Engagement
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Place
Abstract

The Molly Brown House Museum in Denver, CO is currently striving to make it’s 120+ year old home accessible to all.  Read More

Place, Memory, and the Challenges of Transformation

Pamela Curtin, Graduate Student – Public History, West Virginia University

Proposal Type

Working Group

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Place
  • Memory
  • Environment
Abstract

This working group or structured conversation aims to explore the power of place and public memory, the transformation of physical places, and the role of the public historian in the middle of this conversation. Read More

Telling Histories of Radicalism in Less-Than Radical Places

Devin Hunter, Assistant Professor of US and Public History, University of Illinois Springfield

Proposal Type

Roundtable

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

This round table will discuss general practices and case studies regarding the interpretation of radical history in places that are today less-than radical. Read More

Asian Women and Climate Change Adaptation

Peg Christoff, Lecturer, Stony Brook University

Proposal Type

Panel

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
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  • Place
  • Science and Tech
  • Environment
Abstract

In the Asia-Pacific region, where 80% of the disasters are climatological, meteorological, or hydrological, women are disproportionately affected, suffering from the impact of floods, droughts, and the effects of climate change. Read More

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

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  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
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  • 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

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

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  • 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