A recent issue of The Public Historian contained an interesting article, "#VirtualTourist: Embracing Our Audience through Public History Web Experience" by Anne Lindsay. The article highlighted the ongoing challenges that cultural heritage sites in engage new and diverse audiences. Lindsay focused on the potential of institutional web presence in the development of audience and donor … Continue reading Virtual Tourism and Audience Engagement
Community Knowledge and Active Listening
This week I am spending a lot of time outside of the archive. The archive is hosting a group of concurrent education students as part of a trial summer institute experience. The basis for this summer institute is providing an education setting that focuses on experiential learning in relation to Aboriginal heritage and Northern Ontario. … Continue reading Community Knowledge and Active Listening