The final session I attended on Thursday at NCPH was "Competing Narratives, Competing Needs: The Roles and Responsibilities of a National Archive and its Audiences." The panel was comprised of staff from Library and Archives Canada (LAC) including: Rebecca Giesbrecht, Jenna Murdock Smith, Jennifer Wilhelm and Katherine Comber as facilitator. Giesbrecht began the session by … Continue reading National Archives at NCPH
Cultural Landscapes at NCPH 2013
Tongariro National Park, NZ Thursday afternoon I attended the "Whose Public? Who speaks for Cultural Landscapes" session at NCPH featuring Susan Gray, Elizabeth Pishief and Aurelie Gfeller. This session was a more traditional format with the presenters each reading a formal paper. The common theme in the session was the preservation of cultural landscapes and … Continue reading Cultural Landscapes at NCPH 2013
Conference Engagement: Presentations and Papers
Anyone who has attended Canadian Historical Association or Association of Canadian Archivists or any other mainstream academic conference is familiar with what more traditional conference sessions look like. There are typically two or three presenters per session and the majority of presenters simply read a formal paper. These papers are at times accompanied by a … Continue reading Conference Engagement: Presentations and Papers
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
Canadian Public History
My earlier lament about the state of the Canadian public history community needs an update. Some great news for public history in Canada was announced yesterday. The National Council on Public History is coming to Canada in 2013. The annual NCPH conference will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 17-20, 2013. The call for … Continue reading Canadian Public History