Diasporic Desires: The Role of Public History in Queer API Community Building
GVGK TANG, INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
Abstract
History is a lens through which we reflect on and conceptualize our own lives. Read More
Budgeting for Change
JESSICA KNAPP, JESSICA KNAPP CONSULTING
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Labor and Economy
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
- Finance
Abstract
Have you heard public history organizations or their employees use their budgets as an excuse to not include diverse and underrepresented voices, to keep their programming in the past, or to not pay employees what they deserve. Read More
Commemoration and the Act of Omission
TIMOTHY KNEELAND, NAZARETH COLLEGE
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
Abstract
The public commemoration of key moments or eras in the past has often served as a tool to reinforce existing social hierarchies and to exclude or negate the history of marginalized groups. Read More
Meet Your Future Career: An American Girl Story
MARK SPELTZ, WELLS FARGO
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
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- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
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- Public Engagement
- Reflections on the Field
- Social Justice
Abstract
Scores of public historians attribute their budding interests that led to studying, interpreting, and preserving the past to the iconic American Girl books and dolls. Read More
“Marching Forward”: A Film and Community Public History Project
ROBERT CASSANELLO, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Proposal Type
Film Screening and Discussion
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Oral History
- Place
- Social Justice
Abstract
“Marching Forward” is a film and public history project. This film (60 min) is a window into a moment of the civil rights movement in Orlando Florida as the city was transitioning from an old south outpost to a sunbelt city. Read More
Filmmaking and LGBTQ History
MEGAN CRUTCHER, DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY
Proposal Type
Workshop
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Digital
- Oral History
- Social Justice
- Film
Abstract
In general, filmmaking is an accessible, far-reaching, and interesting way to present history, especially LGBTQ history, for the public. Read More
Transient Tapestries: Unraveling the Stories of Displaced Communities in Tennessee
DANIELLE SHELTON, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Place
- Social Justice
Abstract
This panel will explore how public history can tell the stories that have been rendered invisible due to displacement. Read More
Institutional Histories & the Construction of Memory
PAIGE MITCHELL, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES
Proposal Type
Traditional Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Memory
- Social Justice
Abstract
In the Fall of 2018, an exhibit called “A Campus Divided,” which opened at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, caused a stir on campus and in the larger Twin Cities community. Read More
The New Gentrification: A Thin Line Between Economic Development and Urban Displacement of Black People
ARI GREEN, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Place
- Public Engagement
- Social Justice
Abstract
When U.S. cities become so run down, the first response is to revitalize and redevelop. Read More
Representing Subjugated Perspectives of Milwaukeeans through Oral History
paul newcomb, university of wisconsin-milwaukee
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Advocacy
- Oral History
- Social Justice
Abstract
Our project is a series of oral history interviews conducted with immigrant rights organizers and advocates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin such as Voces de la Frontera, Youth Empowered in the Struggle, Young People’s Resistance Committee, and other local organizations for immigrants, undocumented citizens, and refugees. Read More