In this edition of the Voices of the Past Netcast, we meet Kaitlin O’Shea. Kaitlin is the creator of the Preservation in Pink blog and newsletter.
She explains how the iconic pink flamingo, and a group of bloggy friends, helped her find her voice and take the conversation about historic preservation to a wider audience.
Also features posts: Exploring Archaeology on the Social Web and Shawn Graham of the Electric Archaeology blog.
Supporting Documents & Sources
View the surviving video, related interview & contextual sources
- Original Voices of the Past video netcast — the primary source record on this page.
- Full audio interview with Kaitlin O’Shea — companion interview and transcript.
- Preservation in Pink — O’Shea’s blog and newsletter archive.
- National Park Service — Historic Preservation — contextual field reference linked from the original post.
Archive Note / Provenance
View what this 2010 interview captured & what still matters
This 2010 video episode introduced Kaitlin O’Shea’s Preservation in Pink to a wider Voices audience and placed it alongside other examples of archaeology and preservation on the social web. The surviving video is the primary source record; the longer audio interview preserves more of O’Shea’s account in her own words.
The social-web landscape changed dramatically, but the underlying pattern remains recognizable: practitioners can make specialized fields more approachable by developing a public voice that is personal enough to invite conversation without abandoning professional substance.
Critical Questions + Add to the Record
- Who gets to speak, and whose knowledge is heard?
- What should technology strengthen in us—and what should it never replace?
Application here: this interview captures an early example of an individual practitioner using a recognizable public voice to widen participation in preservation without waiting for an institution to provide the platform.
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