Online Storytelling
I’m always on the lookout for cool new digital tools for public history, and an interesting one launched earlier this […]
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In Search of a Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture
In my travels to professional conferences around the Mid-Atlantic over the past year, one characteristic has been striking: We have […]
Recession Era Buffalo: Connecting People, Place, and Past
“The revolution will not be tweeted.” Or, so read the tagline on a recent Malcolm Gladwell article in The New […]
Sitting on the Other Side of the Desk: Conducting My First Interview
This past winter I was asked by my boss to schedule and conduct interviews of potential interns and volunteers for […]
The Commemorations of 2011 … and 1976
On April 12, the anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter came alive with the blasting of email promotions, Twitter […]
Making Digital Public History Useful
With a seemingly limitless list of interesting digital public history projects and innovative tools to talk about, I decided to start with a much more basic topic: audience. After all, what’s the point of a cutting-edge web site if no one uses it?
Prospects for Curators
Last December, U.S. News and World Report declared the occupation of curator to be a growth career in the next decade based on U.S Department of Labor reports. Reading through the short article led me to check out the DoL Occupational Outlook Handbook from which this information was gleaned http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos065.htm. A few things struck me which I will expand upon in this and future posts.
The Civic Museum
The 18th Annual History Issues Convention was held at the New Jersey State Museum last month; the theme was “The New Model for History Institutions: How to Become an Indispensable Community Resource for Schools and the Public.” The keynote speaker, David W. Young, Executive Director of Cliveden in Philadelphia, spoke about how a Revolutionary-era historic house museum in Germantown transformed itself into a site of active community engagement, a place where museum staff and visitors work together to interpret the site in the context of 20th century history.
Learn From My Mistakes: How to Trick Your Friends and Family into Paying for Half of Your Research Trip
Just because you have a term paper, article, or conference submission deadline quickly approaching doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a short getaway with your friends and family. The following tips and tricks will help you talk anyone into joining you on (and paying for half of) your research trip!