Doing Public History in the Face of Community Resistance
Paul Ringel, Associate Professor of History, High Point University
Proposal Type
Structured Conversation
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Oral History
- Teaching
Abstract
Our project on the history of a Jim Crow-era African-American high school in our home city of High Point, North Carolina has received tremendous support from some parts of the city’s black community. Read More
Visitor-Centered Interpretation: Research, Results, and Practices
Brian Forist, Lecturer in Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Human Ecology, Indiana University
Proposal Type
Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Teaching
- Theory
Abstract
Public historians and other scholars are engaged in a variety of research that illuminates the vital role visitors to heritage sites play in constructing their own understandings of the past. Read More
Graphic Novels and History
Andrea Wilson, Graduate Teaching Assistant/Student, Wichita State University
Proposal Type
Roundtable
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Inclusion
- Teaching
Abstract
When most people hear about graphic novels they think of childish comic books that are only meant for light reading. Read More
Social Media as a Research Tool
Barbara Myers, Graduate Student, Wichita State University SPH
Proposal Type
Workshop
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Digital
- Memory
- Teaching
Abstract
To sent techniques for using social media as a tool to gather and shape research. Read More
“Other Duties as Assigned” or “They didn’t teach me that in grad school”
Anne Lindsay, Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento
Proposal Type
Pecha Kucha
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking Specific Expertise
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Teaching
Abstract
This session explores the skills we can’t teach in the classroom and celebrates the realities of work in the field. Read More
Public History for Undergraduates: Local history, preservation, and hands-on learning
Donna Donald, Assistant Professor, Liberty University
Proposal Type
- Panel
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- Seeking Additional Presenters
- Seeking General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Preservation
- Teaching
Abstract
To share successes and failures in the process of launching our first public history offerings, a few introductory classes for undergraduates. 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 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
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
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
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
A Sense of Place
Doreen Uhas Sauer, Education Outreach Coordinator, Columbus Landmarks Foundation
Proposal Type
Pecha Kucha
Seeking
- General Feedback and Interest
Related Topics
- Civic Engagement
- Preservation
- Place
- Teaching
Abstract
Historic Preservation, Public History and the Public School – What do school kids thinks about being in “the Middle.” Read More