Digital humanities and Public History

Posted on February 17, 2012 by anneladyemmcdivitt

With my participation in THATCamp, my hope is that we can find ways to link the digital aspect to public history initiatives. Within my time in the Public History program at UCF, I’ve discovered new and interesting ways to link the two, such as social media and Omeka. I’m hoping that we can explore ways of promotion/marketing and figure out ways to create a positive and useful relationship between the digital and the historical. Recently, this was utilized in a project regarding the Sanford Student Museum, in which myself and another graduate student used Omeka, Twitter, and Facebook in an effort to create more visibility and community building. A workshop focusing on the creative use of these digital tools to market and establish more emotional connections to historical buildings, museums, etc. could be quite helpful.

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About anneladyemmcdivitt

I am a second year Public History graduate student at the University of Central Florida. I have co-curated a traveling exhibit entitled "The Long History of the African American Civil Rights Movement in Florida", as well as assisted in the creation of a fundraising and social media committee for the Sanford Student Museum. I have used Omeka in the creation of a website for the Sanford Student Museum as well.