Tellhistory offers occasional excursions to both the commonplace settings and the formal sites where we talk about, share, and imagine the past. Anthropologist Victor Turner held that storytelling is in our nature: “culture in general–specific cultures and the fabric of meaning that constitutes any single human existence–is the story we tell about ourselves.” Tellhistory will listen in and report back on the stories that we tell about the past in photograph albums, history museums, communities, landscapes, books, academia, Web sites, and everyday conversations. Tellhistory is produced by Marjorie McLellan, public historian, folklorist and associate professor of history at Wright State University.
When I launched this blog, my intent was to focus on the ways that we tell stories about the past; see Should a blog be like a magazine? for more about how the blog has evolved.
Photograph: The Doucet House, part of the Farmer’s Bank of Rustico Museum on Prince Edward Island.
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Contact Marjorie McLellan at margiemcl AT gmail DOT com
Marjorie McLellan,
Well I looked everywhere for a CONTACT ME button but as I can’t find anything this will have to do.
I’d sure like to talk to you about my blog Dumpdiggers and the possibiliy of us working together on some things…
I have some ideas.
RobC