Conference Alert: Making History Public
From H-Material Culture:
Join the American Association for History and Computing (AAHC) and Brown University's Public Humanities Program for an innovative look at how technology allows increased dialogue between historians and a broad public audience. This conference will be of interest to anyone concerned with bringing history to a general audience, including museum professionals, archivists, librarians, historic preservationists, filmmakers, as well as academic historians.
The conference will explore:
* The role of technology in breaking down the barriers between historians and the public
* Ways that historians have used technology to communicate with diverse audiences
* How the practice of ³academic history² changes when made public
* New forms of collaboration between historians, archivists, librarians, historic preservationists, teachers and students
* New forms of display and historical representation
If you are an historian (academic, public, secondary education, graduate student), or engage history through a related discipline (librarian, archivist, publisher, editor, etc.), this conference will provide a chance to meet other professionals to discuss technology¹s use in history. We hope you can join us in Providence!
April 19-21, 2007
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Special Events:
* Brewster Kahle, Director and Co-founder, The Internet Archive, presents the keynote address: ³Universal Access to Human Knowledge (Or Public Access to Digital Materials)² -
* Mark Tribe, professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown, and founder of Rhizome.org, on The Port Huron Project
* Workshops on digital libraries, video in historic preservation, 3-D laser scanning. text encoding, Zotero, and GIS!
* Papers on on-line history, using geographic information systems in historical and historic preservation work, preserving digital collections, archives, and more!
For more information: http://theaahc.org/cfp.htm
Join the American Association for History and Computing (AAHC) and Brown University's Public Humanities Program for an innovative look at how technology allows increased dialogue between historians and a broad public audience. This conference will be of interest to anyone concerned with bringing history to a general audience, including museum professionals, archivists, librarians, historic preservationists, filmmakers, as well as academic historians.
The conference will explore:
* The role of technology in breaking down the barriers between historians and the public
* Ways that historians have used technology to communicate with diverse audiences
* How the practice of ³academic history² changes when made public
* New forms of collaboration between historians, archivists, librarians, historic preservationists, teachers and students
* New forms of display and historical representation
If you are an historian (academic, public, secondary education, graduate student), or engage history through a related discipline (librarian, archivist, publisher, editor, etc.), this conference will provide a chance to meet other professionals to discuss technology¹s use in history. We hope you can join us in Providence!
April 19-21, 2007
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Special Events:
* Brewster Kahle, Director and Co-founder, The Internet Archive, presents the keynote address: ³Universal Access to Human Knowledge (Or Public Access to Digital Materials)² -
* Mark Tribe, professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown, and founder of Rhizome.org, on The Port Huron Project
* Workshops on digital libraries, video in historic preservation, 3-D laser scanning. text encoding, Zotero, and GIS!
* Papers on on-line history, using geographic information systems in historical and historic preservation work, preserving digital collections, archives, and more!
For more information: http://theaahc.org/cfp.htm
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