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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ohio’
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 »
Landscapes of Dayton History
Posted in Dayton, cultural heritage, history, museums, tagged American Memory Project, Dayton, Dayton History, Dayton Metro Library, Library of Congress, Ohio, OhioLink, OPLIN, Sanborn Insurance Maps on April 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I write about the museums and parks of Prince Edward Island with an eye to what lessons I can carry away to Dayton and Ohio’s Miami Valley. We are a city of rivers, set in a valley with hills rising away on either side. I love the view of the city spread out before [...]
Between Fences Exhibit
Posted in Ohio, Ohio Humanities Council, history, museums, oral history, place, tagged Between Fences, exhibit, farming, landscape, Museums on Main Street, Ohio, Ohio Humanities Council, Smithsonian on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Ohio Humanities Council presents the Smithsonian Museums on Main Street traveling exhibit, “Between Fences” in 2009. In 2007, the Ohio Humanities Council brought the Museums on Main Street exhibit “Key Ingredients: America by Food” to the Boonshoft with a linked program “Key Ingredients: Ohio by Food” at the Cityfolk Festival (along with sites in [...]
One Laptop Per Child in Ohio
Posted in Ohio, tagged Ohio, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are looking to form an Ohio Users Group for the One Laptop Per Child xo computer. If you are interested, please visit: http://en.forum.laptop.org/viewtopic.php?f=1304&t=150709
