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GVGK Tang
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Student. Public Historian. QPOC. Trekkie.
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history
2018-04-25 02:20
NCPH 2018: A Recap
Read people's livetweets of our working group "Insider/Outsider: Racial Bias & Positionality in Interpretation," as well as my recap/reflection thread. Now on Wakelet! Be sure to check out
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sex
2018-04-25 01:40
From Lit to Bit: How'd People F*ck Back Then?
Ah, the joys of studying sexuality! I'm interested in addressing the taboos surrounding the use of explicit primary sources in "respectable" historical scholarship. What connotations do words
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nonprofits
2018-04-25 01:19
Let's Dispense with the Formalities...
How and where would you dispense $10,000; $100,000; $1,000,000; and $10,000,000 to have maximum impact for public history? $10,000 $3,000 grants to three people of color from low-income neighborhoods.
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history
2018-04-18 08:55
NCPH 2018: Announcing "Insider/Outsider: Racial Bias & Positionality in Interpretation!"
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Vegas, baby! I'm at the NCPH 2018 conference this week and TOMORROW, myself and ten other public historians will be meeting to continue what has been nearly a year-long online
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preservation
2018-04-18 08:39
Materialities & Preservation in the Digital Age?
This week's reading – the 2005 Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections – centers on the tenuousness of our physical cultural heritage. From books to photos, textiles to furniture,
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history
2018-04-11 17:26
Interpretation or Interaction? On Exhibit Labels in a Labelless Age
Our reading for this week – a report by the the Wyncote Foundation titled "Like, Link, Share" – explores how cultural institutions are embracing digital technology. One common and relatively
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philadelphia
2018-04-11 05:09
PubComm 2018: A Recap
Miss last week's Public History Community Forum? Want to relive the glory? Review the fantastic insights and wisdom our speakers had to offer! Check out this Wakelet collection I created. And be sure to
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philadelphia
2018-04-04 16:03
Announcing PubComm 2018!
PubComm 2018 is set for TOMORROW – Thursday, April 4th, 10am-3pm at the William Way LGBT Community Center (1315 Spruce St). Register here. This year's theme is Racism & Resistance. We'll be dialoguing
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nonprofits
2018-04-04 04:06
What's Kink Got To Do With It? Deaccessioning in Grassroots Archives
My colleague @dduquette provided us with a great summary and synthesis of this week's readings – The Library Company of Philadelphia's 1987 annual report (penned by James Green), Derek Fincham's “Deaccession
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sex
2018-03-28 03:56
Dyke Mongers! Satanic Sapphists!
As a highschooler, one of my favorite sites was a Tumblr called F— Yeah, Queer Vintage (now inactive). Posting an array of vaguely labeled, misattributed, and/or uncited visual culture that reflected
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nonprofits
2018-03-21 04:12
Ban White Saviors, Dismantle History Institutions (Part 2)
Read Part 1 . White project leaders-cum-saviors have redoubled their efforts to co-opt politically-driven, civically-engaged public history from POC, citing "the importance of our work in these dark
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nonprofits
2018-03-21 04:07
Ban White Saviors, Dismantle History Institutions (Part 1)
My engagement with history has almost always been mediated through a white institution. In an act of virtue signaling or in order to meet the quotas set out in "inclusive" strategic plans, historians
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nonprofits
2018-03-14 05:04
20th Century Solutions, 21st Century Problems?
My colleagues have done a great job responding to our readings for this week – Stephen A. Greyser and Stephanie Woerner's 1996 case study on the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the 1999 agreement
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nonprofits
2018-02-28 18:49
Arts, Culture & Politics in Philadelphia: Some Background
In my last post, I proposed funding three local, mid-size organizations of color for a collaborative public history project. Here's some background on them (from GuideStar and the organization sites).
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nonprofits
2018-02-28 05:25
The Personal is Political is Historical: An LOI
This post is based on the Barra Foundation's LOI guidelines, which can be found here. Problem Traditional historical institutions rigidly adhere to canonical narratives, nudging aside whiteness or elitism
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history
2018-02-21 18:21
History is a Hot Mess! GIFs, Memes, & 'Drunk History'
What happens when you search "1918" on GIPHY? You get a scattered mess of ambiguous clips – a jumble of seemingly anonymous moments from one hundred years ago. Without taking the time to scour
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nonprofits
2018-02-21 04:26
Does Size Really Matter? Institutionalizing the Past
When it comes to interpreting, preserving and presenting the past, what are the pros and cons of big, midsized and small institutions? First, we must consider how we are defining the size of these
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history
2018-02-14 18:15
Drugs, Sex, & Games: Party Like It's 1918!
The popular historical imagination has led most of us to believe that, one hundred years ago, people were stuffy, repressed, and much too concerned with propriety to be any fun. Indeed, how has our idea
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nonprofits
2018-02-14 00:06
Strategic Planning or Strategic Posturing: Whose Expectations Must Cultural Organizations Meet?
TCC’s Ten Keys to Strategic Planning, provides a solid overview of nonprofit strategic planning – its goals and processes, plus examples of positive outcomes. It offers succinct definitions of differences
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history
2018-02-07 15:49
"The Revolution Will Not Be Funded"
This post draws its title from the great activist anthology 'The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex.' Nonprofits disrupt radical social change by institutionalizing
