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

Beyond Data – Digital Methods as a Way to Present History

Michelle Davison, PhD Student, University of South Florida

Proposal Type

Roundtable

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Civic Engagement
  • Digital
  • Science and Tech
Abstract

The affordances of digital methods in presenting history and engaging with the public. Read More

Interpreting the Layers of Indian Removal

Savannah Grandey, Director of Interpretation, Historic Westville

Proposal Type

Pecha Kucha

Seeking
  • Seeking Additional Presenters
  • Seeking Specific Expertise
  • General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
  • Museums/Exhibits
  • Oral History
  • Place
  • Memory
Abstract

“Indian Removal” as articulated by Andrew Jackson and comrades was a monumental idea and federal policy that irrevocably shaped the southeastern United States. Read More