The meaning of studying and writing history changed episodically from ancient times until nearly the twentieth century. But generally, historians from the time of the Greek patriarchs Herodotus and Thucydides
Category: Public history & historical thinking
A recapitulation of my learning in a digital public history course, spring 2020A recapitulation of my learning in a digital public history course, spring 2020
The history and modern practices of public history show its rapid evolution and professionalization after the 1960s, though in some ways learning about its origins among national park rangers during
Some best practices in digital public historySome best practices in digital public history
An important methodology shaping digital public history work is an emphasis on collaboration among scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds. Social media boots, or reboots, in the last decade by the
New Orleans Historical: review of a mobile public history siteNew Orleans Historical: review of a mobile public history site
New Orleans Historical, a Curatescape project, is a project of the History Department of the University of New Orleans and the Department of Communication of Tulane University. First published in
Digital history project: a revised personaDigital history project: a revised persona
Name: Thomas Demographic: African American, middle class, educated male, socially liberal Descriptive Title: a father and community activist involved in programs to encourage inter-racial dialogue End Goals:Thomas would use this website because it
The Relationship Between Audience and Content in Public History ProjectsThe Relationship Between Audience and Content in Public History Projects
Public historians face several challenges when they think about the relationship between the content of their projects and the audiences that will experience them, which academic historians focused on classroom
Feedback from potential users of a proposed digital history project on Western Illinois’ Underground RailroadFeedback from potential users of a proposed digital history project on Western Illinois’ Underground Railroad
I’m thinking of a digital history projects that develops an open-access website that maps various kinds of evidence of the Western Illinois region’s underground railroad history and its possible ties
Review of the Western Illinois Museum physical and digital sitesReview of the Western Illinois Museum physical and digital sites
The Western Illinois Museum physical site, 201 South Lafayette Street, Macomb, Illinois The Western Illinois Museum takes its title from an area that historically was termed the Military Tract, comprised
The relationship between audience and content in public history projectsThe relationship between audience and content in public history projects
Historically, historians working in universities looked askance on individuals who worked in government service, museums, and parks – places today recognized as public history sites (Dichtl and Townsend, Figure 1)
Struggles with my very first digital history project: using Omeka to map a Civil War soldier’s lettersStruggles with my very first digital history project: using Omeka to map a Civil War soldier’s letters
In my proposal I wished to create a project, now titled “A Yankee Soldier’s Struggle with the Union Cause,” offering a digital representation of letters written by a Civil War
