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jfeagan
@jfeagan
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Graduate Public History student at Temple University, musician, Cubs fan, friend
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2018-01-18 00:18
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jfeagan
money
2018-04-24 20:40
I am not qualified to distribute large sums of money but let's just pretend!
This week--our final week!--we're engaging with the thought experiment of how and where we would dispense $10,000, $100,000, $1,000,000, and $10,000,000 to have maximum impact in public history. My initial
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jfeagan
crypto
2018-04-17 20:26
What I think we should do with our 3,000 Steem
When @phillyhistory's #explore1918 project began, we all had high hopes. Steemit presented our class with an exciting opportunity to raise funds that could be used to have a real-world impact on hopefully
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jfeagan
digital
2018-04-16 18:33
We're All Doomed, Let's Go Digital
As my colleague @hourofhistory explained in his post, this week's reading, "The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections" paints yet another gloomy picture of the state
jfeagan
moving
2018-04-10 17:50
On Being a Different Sized Fish in Different Sized Ponds -- Where should I live after graduation?
Most of the subject matter in @phillyhistory's course has been based around Philadelphia. That makes sense. I go to school in Philadelphia, a large city full of examples for learning about the cultural
jfeagan
museum
2018-04-03 20:54
The Conflict Between Public Trust and Surviving
This week we read about the controversial act of deaccessioning. As funding for cultural institutions continues to dwindle, more institutions are turning to selling part(s) of their collection. As our
jfeagan
baseball
2018-04-01 21:08
Sports, Memory, and More Digital History Tools
As my colleagues and I wait for responses from our chosen organizations about applying for our #explore1918 3,000 Steem reward, I'm taking another break from my usual content to write about my digital
jfeagan
foundation
2018-03-26 21:14
Using History and Data Visualization to Change a Foundation's Mission
The other class I'm taking this semester besides @phillyhistory's Nonprofit Management is Digital History. We're learning about maps, timelines, and even podcasts as tools to make history clearer and more
jfeagan
capitalism
2018-03-21 17:51
I won't stop talking about downsizing
Throughout the course of our @phillyhistory semester project, I have been a proponent of downsizing historical institutions. For our Steem grant, I specifically proposed funding the Philadelphia History
jfeagan
money
2018-03-14 16:21
In Praise of Downsizing
My initial proposal for what to do with our Philadelphia History Initiative funds argued for helping the Philadelphia History Museum downsize. Our semester has been full of readings about the problem of
jfeagan
archives
2018-03-09 17:49
A Trip Home - From the Archives, Literally
This week the rest of the #explore1918 group and I are on spring break! I'm very glad to be spending the week in my (warm) hometown of Sarasota, FL. But even though we're on break, the history doesn't
jfeagan
business
2018-02-28 16:59
Letter of Intent (LOI) For Moving the Philadelphia History Museum to Temple University
Who We Are As part of the #explore1918 crypto-experiment, my classmates and I have spent the semester blogging in order to raise Steem for donation to an historical institution in Philadelphia. We estimate
jfeagan
money
2018-02-26 20:02
The Danger of Success: Too Much Growth, Too Fast
Peter Dobrin's 2013 series in the Philadelphia Inquirer about the city's culture sector paints a picture of a once booming industry. But now, as Dobrin wrote, "The Philadelphia cultural community's
jfeagan
eclipse
2018-02-21 00:47
The Total Eclipse of 1918!
It was just a few months ago that almost everyone in the United States had eclipse fever. Leading up to August 21, 2017, people traveled from around the world to small towns in states like South Carolina
jfeagan
money
2018-02-20 19:33
Does Size Matter?: Dissecting the Pros and Cons of Big, Midsized, and Small Historical Institutions
Our class' exact prompt from @phillyhistory this week is, "When it comes to interpreting, preserving, presenting the past, what are the pros and cons of big, midsized and small institutions?"
jfeagan
film
2018-02-12 18:12
To help the cultural sector, historians should make films
This week I was inspired by my colleague @hourofhistory's post about podcasts. I think he's right that podcasts present a low-cost way to generate historical content that, thanks to the internet, can reach
jfeagan
friends
2018-02-09 17:25
What do my friends know about 1918? Not much--but they have questions
For the past few weeks my #explore1918 posts have followed a standard format: I've researched something about 1918 and then written about it. This week I decided to do something different. Instead of just
jfeagan
digital
2018-02-06 19:51
Where's the digital?: The State of Cultural Nonprofits in Philadelphia
This week the @phillyhistory team is taking a break from #explore1918 to talk about the present state of the cultural sector in Philadelphia. With inspiration from our assigned readings by the Technical
jfeagan
life
2018-02-05 15:48
Even in tragedy, life goes on: Remembering Daily Life in 1918
For the past two semesters, I've been in classes that focused on Philadelphia's suffering during the 1918 Spanish influenza. The outbreak was undoubtedly tragic for the city, and thus most of the relevant
jfeagan
explore1918
2018-01-30 20:25
1918: A Pivotal Year for Philadelphia's Telephone Industry
Many may not know that much of early telephone history took place in Philadelphia. In fact, Philadelphia is where Alexander Graham Bell first shared his invention with the American public when he introduced
jfeagan
explore1918
2018-01-29 22:16
Philadelphia Prisoners during WWI: Volunteering Behind Bars
When the United States officially entered World War I in April 1917, free men and women weren't the only ones who wanted to help their country. Unable to enlist in the military, prisoners at Philadelphia's
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