‘The real other? Museum objects in digital contact networks’ by C. Hogsden and E.K. Poulter In ‘The real other? Museum objects in digital contact networks’ Hogdsen and Poulter go into the idea of virtually portraying objects in museums and beyond the borders of museums. Using examples of projects at the University of Cambridge Museum of Archeology […]
Author: Public History Student
Gathering history online
In an age of technological improvement, history seems no longer solely to be found in books and documents in archives, museums, universities and other traditional institutions. We have reached a moment when most people in the Western world have a computer with connection to the internet which they know how to use. This instrument is […]
History screams for less screens
Author: José Boon In ‘Technology becomes the object’, the American anthropologist Gwyneira Isaac discusses the role of electronic media at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The main question is to what extent new technology can help in transferring a message. Besides the fact that the history of American Indians is a […]
Amsterdam – Public history sound
Our main concern with these lectures are their lack of a public approach, with the exception of Manon Parry. They were more focussed on the historical aspect of the sound archives and less on the pragmatic solutions to make them more approachable for the larger public. The presentations lacked interactive components that a vivid presentation, […]
Session 2: Scholarly Editing in a Digital World: Pushing the Boundaries
In this session three leading American scholarly editors, all experienced proponents of born-digital scholarly editions, address questions central to the future of scholarly editing. It generally dealt with the future, possibilities and problem of scholarly editing in a digital world. The three speakers have extensive experience in the world of born-digital scholarly editions which allows […]
IFPH
One of the most difficult dilemma’s a public historian can find on his path is the one which concerns the role that people might play in making history. In respect of the central theme of this conference, the participants of this session tried to show how the internet and digital tools might strengthen the participatory […]
On Genealogy
The keynote lecture delivered by Jerome De Groot was quite an energetic kick-off to the IFPH 2014 conference on ‘Public history in a digital world’. De Groot focused on the topic of genealogy to unlock a broad field of themes relating to historical practices outside academia. In this blog, we want to elaborate on three […]
Session 1: Making history public
In this first session we heard lectures by Hinke Piersma, Petra Links and Kees Ribbens, all associated to NIOD, the institute for war, holocaust and genocide-studies in the Netherlands. The aim of the session was to reflect on the ways sensitive topics about war have been made public in the 20th century. Also the panel […]
Telling History in Print and in Digital Form
During the lecture titled “Telling history in print and in digital form”, three public historians hailing from the United States of America elaborated on their experiences in using either digital or printed media to reach a certain public for their research. Firstly, Charles Romney explained briefly the app he developed to give a new approach […]
Tweets and memories
We live in a time when our information landscape is quickly changing. We can access information via internet more easily and quickly. As public historians we try keep up the pace to reach our public via social media. For me, as an historian, I find it hard to tell stories through social media. I love […]