For this blog post, I want to reflect on this semester and the work I’ve done so far. As is probably the case for many people, our lives were blindsided by a viral pandemic that sweep across the world in a heartbeat and it has disrupted our normal routines. I suppose the convenient thing me and...
Author - Kyle
As the deadline of my project approaches, I have been prompted to explain my rationale for this project. In this explanation, I will summarize my motivations for choosing this subject; I will highlight the arguments it makes; and I will propose the intellectual and practical justifications for my...
The National Council on Public History (NCPH) dedicates itself to organizing work, activities, and understandings of what we call “public history.” The NCPH helps us to understand what is meant when talking about this particular field. They say Public history describes the many and diverse ways...
The means of doing public history have adapted with time. Sometimes moving at a slower pace, and sometimes moving at a rapid rate. The reality is that for those involved in the field of public history to retain employment and fulfill their desires of connecting the public to a practical means of...
Since my last blog post, I have made significant strides in dealing with the challenges presented along the way with completing this project. While inconveniences abound due to the ongoing pandemic in my state, I am happy with what I am to report on this in this update. Interviews I have now...
In my last blog post, I covered the challenges I was facing with my current exhibit project for the next step in my Digital Public Humanities program. Unfortunately, these problems have continued to persist, resulting in a slowdown of project momentum. Thankfully, it is not all woes this time...
One thing that I have come to learn in a very poignant way about digital projects is that they need time: time to develop, time to change, time to succeed. While this is true of virtually any project, digital projects sometimes have this appearance of mystic ease throughout all its stages (at least...
To expand public interest in American Indian communities, histories, and issues, this digital history project proposal defines the importance of developing a source that presents content regarding the 1970 Fort Lawton Takeover in where American Indian activists occupied a decommissioned federal...
To help properly gauge the audience my project aims to cater to, I have created two example personas that I believe encompass an accurate representation of an average person in my audiences. I originally created these personas according to an identified primary and secondary audience. After going...
When “doing” public history, there are numerous factors to consider. Of the many, the most prominent is the balancing of the content in relation to the audience engaging with it. Public history projects exist to bring their historical content to the public in an accessible, informative...
