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Fifth Birthday Whirlwind
My daughter turned five this past week and to celebrate, we invited her kindergarten class to her party. In the past, this has always just entailed nearby family, so we had no idea what we were…
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Preservation Today: World Digital Library, Museums and the Web, This Place Matters & Cemetery Preservation | May 2009
The World Digital Library debuts; the Museums and the Web conference addresses the social, cultural and technological issues of heritage online; The National Trust for Historic Preservation is bring back its popular This Place Matters social…
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Video Blog: Chris “The Bulb Hunter” Wiesinger
A short video-blog project produced for Chris “The Bulb Hunter” Wiesinger, whose work collecting, cultivating, and reintroducing heirloom flower bulbs connects horticulture, regional memory, and the survival of plant varieties adapted to the American South.
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Fostering community understanding amid inconvenient archaeology
A case study in public archaeology and community communication from Natchitoches, Louisiana, where excavation beneath a historic brick street created real disruption for residents and businesses. The Beneath the Bricks effort treated public explanation and dialogue…
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Maggie Struckmeier of Past Horizons on Volunteer Archaeology and Online Media
Maggie Struckmeier describes how Past Horizons used a web portal, magazine, podcast, video, maps and community projects to help non-specialists find meaningful ways into archaeology. The interview is an early example of digital media being used…