BlogHide Resteemsgvgktang (51)in history • 7 years agoNCPH 2018: A RecapRead people's livetweets of our working group "Insider/Outsider: Racial Bias & Positionality in Interpretation," as well as my recap/reflection thread. Now on Wakelet! Be sure to check out…gvgktang (51)in sex • 7 years agoFrom Lit to Bit: How'd People F*ck Back Then?Ah, the joys of studying sexuality! I'm interested in addressing the taboos surrounding the use of explicit primary sources in "respectable" historical scholarship. What connotations do words like…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years agoLet's Dispense with the Formalities...How and where would you dispense $10,000; $100,000; $1,000,000; and $10,000,000 to have maximum impact for public history? $10,000 $3,000 grants to three people of color from low-income…gvgktang (51)in history • 7 years agoNCPH 2018: Announcing "Insider/Outsider: Racial Bias & Positionality in Interpretation!"Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Vegas, baby! I'm at the NCPH 2018 conference this week and TOMORROW, myself and ten other public historians will be meeting to continue what has been nearly a…gvgktang (51)in preservation • 7 years agoMaterialities & Preservation in the Digital Age?This week's reading – the 2005 Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections – centers on the tenuousness of our physical cultural heritage. From books to photos, textiles…gvgktang (51)in history • 7 years agoInterpretation or Interaction? On Exhibit Labels in a Labelless AgeOur reading for this week – a report by the the Wyncote Foundation titled "Like, Link, Share" – explores how cultural institutions are embracing digital technology. One common and relatively…gvgktang (51)in philadelphia • 7 years agoPubComm 2018: A RecapMiss last week's Public History Community Forum? Want to relive the glory? Review the fantastic insights and wisdom our speakers had to offer! Check out this Wakelet collection I created.…gvgktang (51)in philadelphia • 7 years agoAnnouncing PubComm 2018!PubComm 2018 is set for TOMORROW – Thursday, April 4th, 10am-3pm at the William Way LGBT Community Center (1315 Spruce St). Register here. This year's theme is Racism & Resistance. We'll be…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years agoWhat's Kink Got To Do With It? Deaccessioning in Grassroots ArchivesMy colleague @dduquette provided us with a great summary and synthesis of this week's readings – The Library Company of Philadelphia's 1987 annual report (penned by James Green), Derek Fincham's…gvgktang (51)in sex • 7 years agoDyke Mongers! Satanic Sapphists!As a highschooler, one of my favorite sites was a Tumblr called F— Yeah, Queer Vintage (now inactive). Posting an array of vaguely labeled, misattributed, and/or uncited visual culture that…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years agoBan White Saviors, Dismantle History Institutions (Part 2)Read Part 1 . White project leaders-cum-saviors have redoubled their efforts to co-opt politically-driven, civically-engaged public history from POC, citing "the importance of our work in these…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years agoBan White Saviors, Dismantle History Institutions (Part 1)My engagement with history has almost always been mediated through a white institution. In an act of virtue signaling or in order to meet the quotas set out in "inclusive" strategic plans…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years ago20th Century Solutions, 21st Century Problems?My colleagues have done a great job responding to our readings for this week – Stephen A. Greyser and Stephanie Woerner's 1996 case study on the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the 1999…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years agoArts, Culture & Politics in Philadelphia: Some BackgroundIn my last post, I proposed funding three local, mid-size organizations of color for a collaborative public history project. Here's some background on them (from GuideStar and the organization…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years agoThe Personal is Political is Historical: An LOIThis post is based on the Barra Foundation's LOI guidelines, which can be found here. Problem Traditional historical institutions rigidly adhere to canonical narratives, nudging aside…gvgktang (51)in history • 7 years agoHistory is a Hot Mess! GIFs, Memes, & 'Drunk History'What happens when you search "1918" on GIPHY ? You get a scattered mess of ambiguous clips – a jumble of seemingly anonymous moments from one hundred years ago. Without taking…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years agoDoes Size Really Matter? Institutionalizing the PastWhen it comes to interpreting, preserving and presenting the past, what are the pros and cons of big, midsized and small institutions? First, we must consider how we are defining the size of…gvgktang (51)in history • 7 years agoDrugs, Sex, & Games: Party Like It's 1918!The popular historical imagination has led most of us to believe that, one hundred years ago, people were stuffy, repressed, and much too concerned with propriety to be any fun. Indeed, how has our…gvgktang (51)in nonprofits • 7 years agoStrategic Planning or Strategic Posturing: Whose Expectations Must Cultural Organizations Meet?TCC’s Ten Keys to Strategic Planning , provides a solid overview of nonprofit strategic planning – its goals and processes, plus examples of positive outcomes. It offers succinct definitions of…gvgktang (51)in history • 7 years ago"The Revolution Will Not Be Funded"This post draws its title from the great activist anthology 'The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex.' Nonprofits disrupt radical social change by…
