Preserving Memory, Protecting Privacy: Challenges and Successes in Creating Meaningful Public Spaces in Digital Environments
Sarah Scarlett, Michigan Technological university
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Digital
- Place
- Public Engagement
- Data/Information Management
ABSTRACT
Public historians using online digital or spatial platforms to engage communities with the shared histories of a particular space are encountering new ethical questions and elevated anxiety levels about privacy. Read More
Public History for the Public, by the Public: An Exploration of Government-funded Public History Programs
Brandi Burns, Boise City Dept. of Arts and History
PROPOSAL TYPE
Collaborative Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Advocacy
- Government Historians
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
Government historians form a fascinating sphere of the public history field. Read More
Revolutionary Houses / Revolutionary Narratives: Working Towards America’s 250th Anniversary
Amy Speckart, independent scholar
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Material culture
- Memory
- Place
ABSTRACT
This panel will convene contemporary voices working to examine and change narratives about Revolutionary Era historic houses broadly conceived around the Atlantic world, circa 1750-1830. Read More
Reconciliation & Contested Commemoration
Taylor Chadwick Noakes, Duquesne University
PROPOSAL TYPE
Traditional Panel
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Contested commemoration
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
Moving a commemorative stone on the McGill University campus was done in the spirit of reconciliation and meant to make Indigenous history more visible. Read More
Cursive Writing Disappearance Impact & Solutions
Paul C. Thistle, Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre (retired)
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Teaching and Training
- Archives
ABSTRACT
Given that a significant proportion of archival holdings accessioned to date are in cursive handwriting format, has anyone at all begun thinking about, or planning for, the disappearance of the ability of future researchers to read cursive handwriting—to say nothing about new generations of archives staff? Read More
Improving Sustainability of Public History Careers
Paul C. Thistle, Langley Centennial Museum & National Exhibition Centre (retired)
PROPOSAL TYPE
Working Group
Seeking
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Labor and Economy
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
ABSTRACT
Three major surveys 10 years apart of working Canadians with ‘knowledge worker’ characteristics similar to public historians found stress levels had increased and life satisfaction declined among the full-time employed. Read More
Digital Public History Lab
Megan Smeznik, College of Wooster and the NCPH Digital Media Group
PROPOSAL TYPE
Workshop
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Digital
- Teaching and training
ABSTRACT
The NCPH Digital Media Group is organizing the second annual Digital Public History 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
Playing around with Interpretation
Meighen Katz, Lovell Chen (Architects and Heritage Consultants)
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Place
- Public engagement
- Reflections on the field
ABSTRACT
How might encouraging visitors to a museum or public history site to play become part of an interpretive strategy? Read More
And you may ask yourself “Where did religion go?”
Wendy Soltz, Ball State University
PROPOSAL TYPE
Roundtable
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Memory
- Place
- Preservation
- Public Engagement
ABSTRACT
This proposal invites participants to engage in a presentation and conversation about the changing nature of religious landscapes and the effects of these changes on the local communities, the historical record, and the built environment. Read More
Maximizing Divergent Voices for Community Engagement
James Newberry, Kennesaw State University Department of museums, archives, and rare books
PROPOSAL TYPE
Structured Conversation
Seeking
- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
- Seeking Specific Expertise
RELATED TOPICS
- Archives
- Museums/exhibits
- Public engagement
ABSTRACT
Staff members in the Kennesaw State University Department of Museums, Archives and Rare Books (MARB) will share their experiences developing community exhibit projects and facilitating collections development and community engagement for diverse stakeholders and audiences. Read More