Preparing the Next Generation of Public Historians
1. Digital Public History
Preparing a New Generation
Sharon M. Leon
Director of Public Projects
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Associate Professor
George Mason University
sharonmleon@gmail.com
@sleonchnm
6floors.org/bracket/
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3. Theories and Methods
• Site Planning and Design
• Digital Collections and Preservation
• New Media Theory
• Data Mining and Distant Reading
• Spatial History and Visualization
• Digital Scholarship and Scholarly
Communications
• Public Engagement and Citizen History
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7. Necessary Skills and Questions
• Engaging in Authentic Work in Public
• Framing Historical Questions and Skills
• Contextualization
• Multiple Perspectives
• Changing Interpretation
• Geospatial Work
• Data Visualizations
• Shifting Authority in the Digital Space
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19. Digital Strategy & Existing Tools
• Quick Start-up
• Flexible and Adaptable
• Low Technical Overhead
• Audience Identification
• Focus on Content and Communication
• Reaching Audiences Where They Are
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30. Digital Public History
Preparing a New Generation
Sharon M. Leon
Director of Public Projects
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Associate Professor
George Mason University
sharonmleon@gmail.com
@sleonchnm
6floors.org/bracket/
Notas do Editor
Planning in public with the help of public history graduate students from a range of institutions.
Access to existing content and collections
Commons Network
Omeka underneath and 1 million objects, working on exhibits
History in place – stories and tours in the landscape: CultureScape
