My latest piece, "Breaking down NCPH's First Twitter Mini-Con" was written in collaboration with Christine Crosby. Head over to History@Work to our reflections on #NCPHactive. We take a behind the scenes look at the Twitter mini-con organizing, provide reflections on successes, and consider changes we might make to a similar event in the future. Personally, … Continue reading Breaking down NCPH’s First Twitter Mini-Con
As part of the "(re)Active Public History" Twitter mini-con hosted by the National Council on Public History I presented a presentation on the role of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre as a place of community building and activism. The complete Twitter presentation is below. Archives As Activism: Community Narrative Building
The NCPH (Re)Active Public History mini-con schedule is now live! There are some fantastic presentations planned including two great keynotes. The Thursday October 18th keynote by LaTanya Autry is titled "Beyond Conversations: Transforming Museums through Social Justice Action" and the Friday October 19th keynote "Memory to Action" is by Allison Tucker from the International Coalition … Continue reading (Re)Active Public History Twitter Mini-Con
NCPH is having it’s first virtual mini-con! Modeled after last year's Beyond 150 Twitter Conference organized by Andrea Eidinger and I, the “(Re) Active Public History" Twitter mini-con will take place October 18-19, 2018. The CFP for this mini-con is now live and is open to submissions until September 7, 2018. Like #Beyond150 the #NCPHActive mini-con … Continue reading (Re) Active Public History Twitter Mini-Con