AFS Folklore and Historic Preservation Sessions--summary and next steps

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Laurie Sommers

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I've attached some notes, thoughts, and possible next steps in the wake of the 2016 American Folklore Society meeting held last month in Miami. I'd welcome your thoughts--where do we go from here?
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Laurie Sommers

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On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 3:11:03 PM UTC-5, Laurie Sommers wrote:
Hi All,

I've attached some notes, thoughts, and possible next steps in the wake of the 2016 American Folklore Society meeting held last month in Miami. I'd welcome your thoughts--where do we go from here?

PLEASE NOTE: MY ORIGINAL FILE APPARENTLY DELETED WITHOUT MY HAVING A BACK-UP, so yesterday's post had the wrong attachment. APOLOGIES, I had originally intended to send a somewhat detailed summary of AFS sessions for those who couldn't attend, plus some ideas for follow-up and next steps.  I'm just going to try to recreate here my follow-up and next steps, in hopes you all will provide some feedback.

First, what I think is the good news: The more humanistic approach to historic preservation illustrated in our projects is one increasingly shared by our preservation colleagues. Storytelling, placemaking, the lessons learned about community re-building after hurricanes and other natural disasters—all are causing philosophical changes from preserving buildings to preserving places that matter to communities. This approach requires a combination of ethnography, community engagement, and archival research. It requires an understanding of the dynamics of community and tradition. Folklorists have these skills. This is what we do best. And I believe we are at a moment where an increasing number of our colleagues in the preservation community are on the same page. We need to seize the moment, building on past practice to create new models for the future.

So, possible next steps:


·        NETWORKING AND EXPANDING OUR RANKS BOTH WITHIN FOLKLORE AND WITH LIKE-MINDED COLLEAGUES IN OTHER FIELDS. Glancing at the presenters for this week’s National Trust conference in Houston you can find an increasing number whose approaches sync with ours.  Do you know of persons we should invite to participate in our listserv?  Do your local, state, regional historic preservation professionals know of your work and expertise?


·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK: HP Publications.  In what publications can/should we be sharing our new model TCPs and other work? Social media? How can we best reach our colleagues in other fields? For those of you in these fields, what do you suggest? Virginia Seigel is setting up a Facebook page for this group. How should/can we use it? What should we include?  In terms of online publications, for example, in 2015 I responded to a request from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to write about my work and career in their new online series, Preservationists in your Neighborhood (about the diverse fields involved in HP): http://www.achp.gov/inclusiveness-laurie.html. This was an outgrowth of my work in Fishtown, and my policy paper on Integrating Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy, done under the initial AFS grant to our working group. We need articles on the Green River Drift, Tarpon Springs Greektown, Rice Bay (recently listed TCPs), and updates on projects like Citylore’s Place Matters and TAUNY’s Registry of Very Special Places, in which community members list buildings important to them (something the National Trust’s general counsel Tom Mayes recently told a Michigan historic preservation audience was important to the future of HP; he didn’t mention these model programs, however).  IDEAS?


·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.  Shall we plan some sessions for next year? National Trust or????  It’s been over 25 years since the 1990 Cultural Conservation Conference at the Library of Congress, spearheaded by Mary Hufford.  Should we think big?


·        EXPLORING TRAINING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROFESSIONALS AND FOLKLORISTS INTERESTED IN HP.  Tom Mayes, at the same Michigan conference, spoke about the need for “social engagement” with communities. When I queried him about what his ideal training for the future would look like, he said, “That’s a very good question…”  It seems clear that it needs to include ethnographic and oral history training.  Where is this kind of training happening, both in folklore programs and historic preservation programs?  What are the models in our field and beyond?  Western Kentucky comes to mind, but much will depend on who is hired to replace Michael Ann Williams. Others? Where are the internship opportunities?  Can this group help facilitate some internships?  Some of us already do—any lessons learned?  Note that Jeanne Harrah-Johnson is organizing a panel on folklore, vernacular architecture, and HP at the Future of Folkloristics Conference next May 18-20 at Indiana University.  This may be a small step in engaging the next generation of folklorists.


·        CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MODELS.  What are you working on? Are there other projects you know about?


·        OTHER?

 

HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED? THOUGHTS?




 

Gregory Hansen

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Nov 16, 2016, 2:35:54 PM11/16/16
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Thanks, Laurie.

 

These developments are excellent, and I really appreciate the good panels at AFS.  I had mentioned about involvement by folklorists and historic preservationists in the Heritage Studies movement.  There’s an excellent organization called the “Association of Critical Heritage Studies.”  There’s no charge to join, and they coordinate a biannual conference.  There’s a chapter of ACHS here in the U.S., and we’ll keep everyone posted about plans to do some organization and networking.  In the meantime, here’s the Web site:

 

http://www.criticalheritagestudies.org/

 

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Kingston W Heath

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Nov 16, 2016, 6:34:54 PM11/16/16
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Thanks for the link Greg. As I move into retirement, I'd like to branch out to other organizations that address cultural identity and place issues. Hopefully, this is one such organization.

Be well,

Kingston

On 2016/11/16 11:37, Gregory Hansen wrote:

Thanks, Laurie.

 

These developments are excellent, and I really appreciate the good panels at AFS.  I had mentioned about involvement by folklorists and historic preservationists in the Heritage Studies movement.  There's an excellent organization called the "Association of Critical Heritage Studies."  There's no charge to join, and they coordinate a biannual conference.  There's a chapter of ACHS here in the U.S., and we'll keep everyone posted about plans to do some organization and networking.  In the meantime, here's the Web site:

 

http://www.criticalheritagestudies.org/

 

- Gregory Hansen

 

 

 

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On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 3:11:03 PM UTC-5, Laurie Sommers wrote:

Hi All,

I've attached some notes, thoughts, and possible next steps in the wake of the 2016 American Folklore Society meeting held last month in Miami. I'd welcome your thoughts--where do we go from here?


PLEASE NOTE: MY ORIGINAL FILE APPARENTLY DELETED WITHOUT MY HAVING A BACK-UP, so yesterday's post had the wrong attachment. APOLOGIES, I had originally intended to send a somewhat detailed summary of AFS sessions for those who couldn't attend, plus some ideas for follow-up and next steps.  I'm just going to try to recreate here my follow-up and next steps, in hopes you all will provide some feedback.

First, what I think is the good news: The more humanistic approach to historic preservation illustrated in our projects is one increasingly shared by our preservation colleagues. Storytelling, placemaking, the lessons learned about community re-building after hurricanes and other natural disasters—all are causing philosophical changes from preserving buildings to preserving places that matter to communities. This approach requires a combination of ethnography, community engagement, and archival research. It requires an understanding of the dynamics of community and tradition. Folklorists have these skills. This is what we do best. And I believe we are at a moment where an increasing number of our colleagues in the preservation community are on the same page. We need to seize the moment, building on past practice to create new models for the future.

So, possible next steps:

 

·        NETWORKING AND EXPANDING OUR RANKS BOTH WITHIN FOLKLORE AND WITH LIKE-MINDED COLLEAGUES IN OTHER FIELDS. Glancing at the presenters for this week's National Trust conference in Houston you can find an increasing number whose approaches sync with ours.  Do you know of persons we should invite to participate in our listserv?  Do your local, state, regional historic preservation professionals know of your work and expertise?

 

·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK: HP Publications.  In what publications can/should we be sharing our new model TCPs and other work? Social media? How can we best reach our colleagues in other fields? For those of you in these fields, what do you suggest? Virginia Seigel is setting up a Facebook page for this group. How should/can we use it? What should we include?  In terms of online publications, for example, in 2015 I responded to a request from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to write about my work and career in their new online series, Preservationists in your Neighborhood (about the diverse fields involved in HP): http://www.achp.gov/inclusiveness-laurie.html. This was an outgrowth of my work in Fishtown, and my policy paper on Integrating Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy, done under the initial AFS grant to our working group. We need articles on the Green River Drift, Tarpon Springs Greektown, Rice Bay (recently listed TCPs), and updates on projects like Citylore's Place Matters and TAUNY's Registry of Very Special Places, in which community members list buildings important to them (something the National Trust's general counsel Tom Mayes recently told a Michigan historic preservation audience was important to the future of HP; he didn't mention these model programs, however).  IDEAS?

 

·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.  Shall we plan some sessions for next year? National Trust or????  It's been over 25 years since the 1990 Cultural Conservation Conference at the Library of Congress, spearheaded by Mary Hufford.  Should we think big?

 

·        EXPLORING TRAINING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROFESSIONALS AND FOLKLORISTS INTERESTED IN HP.  Tom Mayes, at the same Michigan conference, spoke about the need for "social engagement" with communities. When I queried him about what his ideal training for the future would look like, he said, "That's a very good question..."  It seems clear that it needs to include ethnographic and oral history training.  Where is this kind of training happening, both in folklore programs and historic preservation programs?  What are the models in our field and beyond?  Western Kentucky comes to mind, but much will depend on who is hired to replace Michael Ann Williams. Others? Where are the internship opportunities?  Can this group help facilitate some internships?  Some of us already do—any lessons learned?  Note that Jeanne Harrah-Johnson is organizing a panel on folklore, vernacular architecture, and HP at the Future of Folkloristics Conference next May 18-20 at Indiana University.  This may be a small step in engaging the next generation of folklorists.

 

·        CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MODELS.  What are you working on? Are there other projects you know about?

 

·        OTHER?

 

HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED? THOUGHTS?




 

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Margaret Magat

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Nov 18, 2016, 10:29:45 AM11/18/16
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Hello Laurie,
Thank you for putting this list serve together and for your thoughts!

I do think attending the National Trust Conference should be a priority, but the cost is an issue. However, they have scholarships/funds for Diversity Scholars, which I received in 2014. The awards can be given twice to the same person, and can be publicized by AFS news.  The Diversity Scholar partners with a mentor in Historic Preservation. I met a few people there at the National Trust and will invite them to join the listserve.

·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK: HP Publications.  In what publications can/should we be sharing our new model TCPs and other work? Social media? How can we best reach our colleagues in other fields? For those of you in these fields, what do you suggest? Virginia Seigel is setting up a Facebook page for this group. How should/can we use it? What should we include?  In terms of online publications, for example, in 2015 I responded to a request from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to write about my work and career in their new online series, Preservationists in your Neighborhood (about the diverse fields involved in HP): http://www.achp.gov/inclusiveness-laurie.html. This was an outgrowth of my work in Fishtown, and my policy paper on Integrating Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy, done under the initial AFS grant to our working group. We need articles on the Green River Drift, Tarpon Springs Greektown, Rice Bay (recently listed TCPs), and updates on projects like Citylore’s Place Matters and TAUNY’s Registry of Very Special Places, in which community members list buildings important to them (something the National Trust’s general counsel Tom Mayes recently told a Michigan historic preservation audience was important to the future of HP; he didn’t mention these model programs, however).  IDEAS?

There’s a Cultural Resource Management organization called American Cultural Resources Association, acra-crm.org, and they have an annual conference as well. 

This month, there is a free webinar on Nov. 28 everyone can join.

It's called the CRM Industry in the Age of Trump. The link is here Free Registration – Free

http://acra-crm.org/event-2379572

Description:

The outcome of the 2016 elections will likely have a profound impact on the CRM industry. We anticipate the Trump Administration and new Congress will attempt to repeal or weaken the legal framework on which our industry is built. ACRA's government relations consultant, Marion Werkheiser, will brief participants on transition plans for the Trump administration, expectations for the new Congress, and ways that ACRA is organizing to respond to these challenges. This webinar will be held at 2pm Eastern on November 28.

·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.  Shall we plan some sessions for next year? National Trust or????  It’s been over 25 years since the 1990 Cultural Conservation Conference at the Library of Congress, spearheaded by Mary Hufford.  Should we think big?

I do think we should plan for National Trust panels, and yes, part 2 Cultural Conservation. The panel members of Environmental Humanities can expand their 10 minute presentations to start---that would already be amazing!

·        EXPLORING TRAINING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROFESSIONALS AND FOLKLORISTS INTERESTED IN HP.  Tom Mayes, at the same Michigan conference, spoke about the need for “social engagement” with communities. When I queried him about what his ideal training for the future would look like, he said, “That’s a very good question…”  It seems clear that it needs to include ethnographic and oral history training.  Where is this kind of training happening, both in folklore programs and historic preservation programs?  What are the models in our field and beyond?  Western Kentucky comes to mind, but much will depend on who is hired to replace Michael Ann Williams. Others? Where are the internship opportunities?  Can this group help facilitate some internships?  Some of us already do—any lessons learned?  Note that Jeanne Harrah-Johnson is organizing a panel on folklore, vernacular architecture, and HP at the Future of Folkloristics Conference next May 18-20 at Indiana University.  This may be a small step in engaging the next generation of folklorists.

Each year, I could be paired with a graduate student interested in CRM and HP and can discuss at length their interests and provide guidance. I will also ask my company if internships can be provided each summer.

 

·        CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MODELS.  What are you working on? Are there other projects you know about?

 I am working toward beginning a programmatic agreement for Section 106 with a number of tribes in several states. I think that such agreements are going to be more common and would need folklorists and their expertise. I regularly see job postings in cultural resource management who are searching for Section 106 assistance. CRM firms can be found here: http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/AFW/CRMfirms.htm



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Kingston W Heath

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Nov 20, 2016, 11:20:56 AM11/20/16
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Laurie,

You didn't request a follow up on my presentation at the AFS-New Orleans conference on the Coggeswell-Taylor house. It was the lead off article--"Viewpoint: Buildings as Cultural Narratives (Interpreting African American Lifeways in a Montana Gold Mining Camp) in Buildings and Landscapes (Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum), Vol. 21, No. 2, Fall 2014,pp. 1-30. It was nominated for the Bishir article prize by VAF; makes reference to the Citylore's Place Matters method of analysis in the footnotes; and the building is in desperate need of stabilization in spite of the great interest in it as a cultural marker.

Kingston

On 2016/11/18 07:29, Margaret Magat wrote:

Hello Laurie,
Thank you for putting this list serve together and for your thoughts!

I do think attending the National Trust Conference should be a priority, but the cost is an issue. However, they have scholarships/funds for Diversity Scholars, which I received in 2014. The awards can be given twice to the same person, and can be publicized by AFS news.  The Diversity Scholar partners with a mentor in Historic Preservation. I met a few people there at the National Trust and will invite them to join the listserve.

·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK: HP Publications.  In what publications can/should we be sharing our new model TCPs and other work? Social media? How can we best reach our colleagues in other fields? For those of you in these fields, what do you suggest? Virginia Seigel is setting up a Facebook page for this group. How should/can we use it? What should we include?  In terms of online publications, for example, in 2015 I responded to a request from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to write about my work and career in their new online series, Preservationists in your Neighborhood (about the diverse fields involved in HP): http://www.achp.gov/inclusiveness-laurie.html. This was an outgrowth of my work in Fishtown, and my policy paper on Integrating Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy, done under the initial AFS grant to our working group. We need articles on the Green River Drift, Tarpon Springs Greektown, Rice Bay (recently listed TCPs), and updates on projects like Citylore's Place Matters and TAUNY's Registry of Very Special Places, in which community members list buildings important to them (something the National Trust's general counsel Tom Mayes recently told a Michigan historic preservation audience was important to the future of HP; he didn't mention these model programs, however).  IDEAS?

There's a Cultural Resource Management organization called American Cultural Resources Association, acra-crm.org, and they have an annual conference as well. 

This month, there is a free webinar on Nov. 28 everyone can join.

It's called the CRM Industry in the Age of Trump. The link is here Free Registration – Free

http://acra-crm.org/event-2379572

Description:

The outcome of the 2016 elections will likely have a profound impact on the CRM industry. We anticipate the Trump Administration and new Congress will attempt to repeal or weaken the legal framework on which our industry is built. ACRA's government relations consultant, Marion Werkheiser, will brief participants on transition plans for the Trump administration, expectations for the new Congress, and ways that ACRA is organizing to respond to these challenges. This webinar will be held at 2pm Eastern on November 28.

·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.  Shall we plan some sessions for next year? National Trust or????  It's been over 25 years since the 1990 Cultural Conservation Conference at the Library of Congress, spearheaded by Mary Hufford.  Should we think big?

I do think we should plan for National Trust panels, and yes, part 2 Cultural Conservation. The panel members of Environmental Humanities can expand their 10 minute presentations to start---that would already be amazing!

·        EXPLORING TRAINING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROFESSIONALS AND FOLKLORISTS INTERESTED IN HP.  Tom Mayes, at the same Michigan conference, spoke about the need for "social engagement" with communities. When I queried him about what his ideal training for the future would look like, he said, "That's a very good question..."  It seems clear that it needs to include ethnographic and oral history training.  Where is this kind of training happening, both in folklore programs and historic preservation programs?  What are the models in our field and beyond?  Western Kentucky comes to mind, but much will depend on who is hired to replace Michael Ann Williams. Others? Where are the internship opportunities?  Can this group help facilitate some internships?  Some of us already do—any lessons learned?  Note that Jeanne Harrah-Johnson is organizing a panel on folklore, vernacular architecture, and HP at the Future of Folkloristics Conference next May 18-20 at Indiana University.  This may be a small step in engaging the next generation of folklorists.

Each year, I could be paired with a graduate student interested in CRM and HP and can discuss at length their interests and provide guidance. I will also ask my company if internships can be provided each summer.

 

·        CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MODELS.  What are you working on? Are there other projects you know about?

 I am working toward beginning a programmatic agreement for Section 106 with a number of tribes in several states. I think that such agreements are going to be more common and would need folklorists and their expertise. I regularly see job postings in cultural resource management who are searching for Section 106 assistance. CRM firms can be found here: http://www.archaeologyfieldwork.com/AFW/CRMfirms.htm

 

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Laurie Sommers <folkl...@gmail.com> wrote:


On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 3:11:03 PM UTC-5, Laurie Sommers wrote:
Hi All,

I've attached some notes, thoughts, and possible next steps in the wake of the 2016 American Folklore Society meeting held last month in Miami. I'd welcome your thoughts--where do we go from here?

PLEASE NOTE: MY ORIGINAL FILE APPARENTLY DELETED WITHOUT MY HAVING A BACK-UP, so yesterday's post had the wrong attachment. APOLOGIES, I had originally intended to send a somewhat detailed summary of AFS sessions for those who couldn't attend, plus some ideas for follow-up and next steps.  I'm just going to try to recreate here my follow-up and next steps, in hopes you all will provide some feedback.

First, what I think is the good news: The more humanistic approach to historic preservation illustrated in our projects is one increasingly shared by our preservation colleagues. Storytelling, placemaking, the lessons learned about community re-building after hurricanes and other natural disasters—all are causing philosophical changes from preserving buildings to preserving places that matter to communities. This approach requires a combination of ethnography, community engagement, and archival research. It requires an understanding of the dynamics of community and tradition. Folklorists have these skills. This is what we do best. And I believe we are at a moment where an increasing number of our colleagues in the preservation community are on the same page. We need to seize the moment, building on past practice to create new models for the future.

So, possible next steps:

 

·        NETWORKING AND EXPANDING OUR RANKS BOTH WITHIN FOLKLORE AND WITH LIKE-MINDED COLLEAGUES IN OTHER FIELDS. Glancing at the presenters for this week's National Trust conference in Houston you can find an increasing number whose approaches sync with ours.  Do you know of persons we should invite to participate in our listserv?  Do your local, state, regional historic preservation professionals know of your work and expertise?

 

·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK: HP Publications.  In what publications can/should we be sharing our new model TCPs and other work? Social media? How can we best reach our colleagues in other fields? For those of you in these fields, what do you suggest? Virginia Seigel is setting up a Facebook page for this group. How should/can we use it? What should we include?  In terms of online publications, for example, in 2015 I responded to a request from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to write about my work and career in their new online series, Preservationists in your Neighborhood (about the diverse fields involved in HP): http://www.achp.gov/inclusiveness-laurie.html. This was an outgrowth of my work in Fishtown, and my policy paper on Integrating Folklore and Historic Preservation Policy, done under the initial AFS grant to our working group. We need articles on the Green River Drift, Tarpon Springs Greektown, Rice Bay (recently listed TCPs), and updates on projects like Citylore's Place Matters and TAUNY's Registry of Very Special Places, in which community members list buildings important to them (something the National Trust's general counsel Tom Mayes recently told a Michigan historic preservation audience was important to the future of HP; he didn't mention these model programs, however).  IDEAS?

 

·        DISSEMINATING OUR WORK HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.  Shall we plan some sessions for next year? National Trust or????  It's been over 25 years since the 1990 Cultural Conservation Conference at the Library of Congress, spearheaded by Mary Hufford.  Should we think big?

 

·        EXPLORING TRAINING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROFESSIONALS AND FOLKLORISTS INTERESTED IN HP.  Tom Mayes, at the same Michigan conference, spoke about the need for "social engagement" with communities. When I queried him about what his ideal training for the future would look like, he said, "That's a very good question..."  It seems clear that it needs to include ethnographic and oral history training.  Where is this kind of training happening, both in folklore programs and historic preservation programs?  What are the models in our field and beyond?  Western Kentucky comes to mind, but much will depend on who is hired to replace Michael Ann Williams. Others? Where are the internship opportunities?  Can this group help facilitate some internships?  Some of us already do—any lessons learned?  Note that Jeanne Harrah-Johnson is organizing a panel on folklore, vernacular architecture, and HP at the Future of Folkloristics Conference next May 18-20 at Indiana University.  This may be a small step in engaging the next generation of folklorists.

 

·        CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MODELS.  What are you working on? Are there other projects you know about?

 

·        OTHER?

 

HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED? THOUGHTS?




 

 

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Sue Eleuterio

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Dear Laurie and all

This is really exciting work. I especially appreciated this list from the Critical Heritage Studies site:
  • An opening up to a wider range of intellectual traditions. The social sciences – sociology, anthropology, political science amongst others – need to be drawn on to provide theoretical insights and techniques to study ‘heritage’.
  • Accordingly to explore new methods of enquiry that challenge the established conventions of positivism and quantitative analysis by including and encouraging the collection of ‘data’ from a wider range of sources in novel and imaginative ways,
  • The integration of heritage and museum studies with studies of memory, public history, community, tourism, planning and development.
  • The development of international multidisciplinary networks and dialogues to work towards the development of collaborative research and policy projects.
  • Democratising heritage by consciously rejecting elite cultural narratives and embracing the heritage insights of people, communities and cultures that have traditionally been marginalised in formulating heritage policy.
  • Making critical heritage studies truly international through the synergy of taking seriously diverse non-Western cultural heritage traditions.
  • Increasing dialogue and debate between researchers, practitioners and communities.
  • The creation of new international heritage networks that draw on the emerging and eclectic critique of heritage that has given rise to Critical Heritage Studies.

In addition to what everyone else has written, two other notes

1) Develop a list of community scholars we know who are already doing this work and share what kinds of needs they have and work they are doing

- for instance

In Chicago, Sherry Williams has developed the Bronzeville Historical Society- she has combined oral histories of African Americans on the south side of Chicago  (many of which she conducted on her own), collection of documents and photographs and a new way of interpreting historic sites (particularly the Stephen Douglas Tomb Site) from an African American and naturalist perspective (she has compared the Great Migration of African Americans with the migration of birds and coyotes to the Chicago region)

Sherry was in a bad car accident a couple of months ago and is recovering-she has also had a terrible time getting respect and support from the IL Preservation Agency- several managers of the tomb site and Historic Pullman where she has material stored have consistently refused to help her with the most basic of needs- now that the state is in financial crisis, it's gotten even worse. I've done bits and pieces of volunteer time with her- but she really needs board members who can advocate for her


2)The Next Generation
 The Goucher College  program's Master's in Cultural Sustainability  (MACS) http://www.goucher.edu/graduate-programs/ma-in-cultural-sustainability and Master's in Environmental Sustainability (I'm an adjunct in the MACS program) includes a number of students who come from traditional communities- not only Native American, Hispanic, and African American but also occupational- (boat building and fishing )   our students are being trained in oral history and ethnography along with community organizing, creating cultural partnerships and more.

all the best

Sue
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