Join the Ohio Humanities Council and other community and neighborhood activists, preservationists, and public historians for converstations about Civic Tourism this summer. Dan Shilling, former executive director of the Arizona Humanities Council, defines civic tourism:
Civic Tourism is about appreciating tourism as a public good . . . practicing it as a public art. Civic Tourism [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Conversations about Civic Tourism
Posted in Dayton, civic engagement, cultural heritage, history, museums, narrative, place, public history, tagged civic tourism, cultural heritage, Dayton, Ohio, Ohio Humanities Council on June 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
City of Memory
Posted in cultural heritage, digital-storytelling, documentary, history, memory, narrative, new media, oral history, place, popular history, public history, tagged City Lore, City of Memory, cultural heritage, digital-storytelling, place on June 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is a press release from New York City’s City Lore (“fostering our living cultural heritage”) about the launch of their City of Memory site.
Welcome to a new, grand repository for all New York’s stories and memories
www.cityofmemory.org
Imagine gazing at a map of New York City and suddenly being able to see not only all the [...]
CFP: Oral History in the College Classroom
Posted in Education, history, oral history, public history, tagged National Council on Public History, oral history association on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Working Group Session
Oral History Association 2008 Annual Meeting
October 15-19, Pittsburgh, PA
Borrowing from the National Council on Public History, the 2008 OHA Annual Meeting will introduce a new format, “Working Groups” lead by experienced practitioners. In sessions on Oral History and the Public in the Digital Age and Oral History in the College Classroom, [...]
Digital Scholarship Update
Posted in civic engagement, higher education, history, new media, public history, scholarship on June 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
T. Mills Kelly, author of thought-provoking, extended essays on teaching, has begun a new series, Making Digital Scholarship Count on his blog, edwired.
Cathy Davidson shared her thoughts in “Should Digital Scholarship Count for Tenure?” on her HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) blog. Davidson’s response seems to be a very, very qualified [...]
CFP: Oral History and the Public in the Digital Age
Posted in digital-storytelling, documentary, history, memory, museums, narrative, new media, oral history, tagged City Lore, oral history association on June 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Oral History Association 2008 Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
October 15-19, 2008
Working Groups
The 2008 OHA Annual Meeting will introduce a new session format. “Working Groups” lead by experienced practitioners, will involve up to eight participants who will allow conferees to explore in depth a subject of shared concern. In these innovative seminar-like conversations, participants will have a chance [...]
OLPC at THATCAMP
Posted in history, new media, oral history, tagged FLICKR, OLPC, thatcamp, vertov, zotero on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Originally uploaded by Dave Lester
I’m on the left, using the One Laptop Per Child XO at THATCAMP. My pc crashed so I switched over to the XO and it worked fine for everything except my campus email’s pop up window to send messages. I switched over to using my Gmail account instead. The keys [...]
Julia Reichert: Women in Independent Film at WSU
Posted in documentary, history, tagged independent film, women's studies, Wright State University on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Creative Genius: Inventions with Impact
Posted in Dayton, Ohio, public history, tagged Wright State University on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wright State University Public History Student Exhibit Opening Reception
National Afro American Museum and Cultural Center
Sunday, June 8, 2008
1-3pm
The National Afro American Museum and Cultural Center proudly presents Creative Genius: African-American Inventions with Impact, celebrating inventions by African Americans that continuously affect our everyday lives. Please join us for food, entertainment, and activities for children! Take [...]
