Attempting to pinpoint the development of the definition “culture” as it...
A few of these things I have read before, so I was prepared for what I was getting myself into; but a few things, admittedly, I was not prepared to get so frustrated over! Naming J.B. Jackson as the...
View ArticleFabulous Public History via Augmented Reality
It is difficult to summarize a project that is used in so many different ways by different groups of people, and developed for different groups of people. Augmented Reality is one of the most...
View ArticlePublic History Careers–how to do what you want.
Now a liaison for the United States with Croatia monitoring the maintenance of donated vehicles, Chris Borders started out with a History degree and a career in the National Guard. After graduating and...
View ArticleSpatial history and neat-o graphics
The spatial history site at stanford.edu was really interesting. The railroad project seemed like a huge undertaking when I first looked at the site, but then looking at other projects, it did not seem...
View ArticleOh, Museum Politics…
I suppose starting with the obvious first-chapter- Holocaust-issue would be, well, obvoious. However…this was a topic in last semester’s public history undergrad course and it still amazes me; this...
View ArticleAre we a Preservation Nation?
This topic makes it hard to pick a side, at the moment. After reading the chapters in the book (and skimming a bit), I can understand the arguments of he majority of the people mentioned, contradictory...
View ArticleHistory and Hoaxes
Ok…The Last America Pirate was awesome; the idea behind the course was spectacular, and I am not at all surprised at the amount of work her class put into the project. When something catches your...
View ArticleOOhhhh, boy. Where do I begin?
Here we go with another one of Kate’s semi-facetious, sometimes-off-topic-but-always-makes-her-way-back-around post! Hazzah! With an opener like that, I must first comment on the phrase that was...
View ArticleDon’t walk away mad…
First of all, I must agree with the frustrations at the amount of acryonyms in the writing. By the time I saw them again, I forgot what they meant. That I may be able to attribute to my early college...
View ArticleThe end of the road…
Ahhh sad to say, but true. The adventure I so foolishly sent myself on is over. I must say, however, I have probably made worse decisions in my life than doing the group project alone….maybe… As I...
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