A Thousand Flowers
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So…What IS Public History?
I sometimes struggle to explain, efficiently, what I am, as a Public Historian. (As an individual, I identify as she/her, Taurus, mom, wife, gardener, and lapsed runner.) “Public History” is simultaneously unfamiliar and common, broad and precise. Even the National Council on Public History dances around the definition, ultimately deferring to its (very good) blog,…
Narrative Philosophy
“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” –Hamilton musical (Hey, if you’re going to borrow, may as well borrow from the best, right?) As we watch a particularly tumultuous chapter of American history unfold, I’ve been thinking a lot about how future historians will tell our story. Unreliable sources, extreme viewpoints, and (sigh) “alternative…
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