The Spring 2014 issue of The Public Historian focused on contested histories, addressing controversy through public history, and the relationship of controversy and commemoration. Christine Reiser Robbins and Mark W. Robbins' piece "Engaging the contested Memory of the Public Square, Community Collaboration, Archaeology, and Oral History at Corpus Christi's Artesian Park" is an excellent example … Continue reading Contested Public History and Public Engagement
Representation of the Indian Wars and Networking Galore
The second session I attended as part of #ncph2012 focused on the reinterpretation of the Indian Wars by the National Parks Service (NPS). The panel contained a number of NPS service staff who worked at specific parks and at the upper management level.The main desire to reinterpret many historic sites has arisen from many Forts … Continue reading Representation of the Indian Wars and Networking Galore