The Routledge Companion to Public Humanities Scholarship / edited by Daniel Fisher-Livne and Michelle May-Curry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fisher-Livne, Daniel, editor.

May-Curry, Michelle, editor.

Series:

Routledge companions to literature series.

Routledge Literature Companions Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Study and teaching--United States--Case studies.

Humanities.

Public history--United States--Case studies.

Public history.

Community arts projects--United States--Case studies.

Community arts projects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2024]

Summary:

Across humanities disciplines, public scholarship brings academics and community members and organizations together in mutually-beneficial partnership for research, teaching, and programming. This Companion brings together wide-ranging case studies sharing perspectives on this work, grounded in its practice in the United States.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Editorial Advisory Board

Acknowledgments

Part I Foundations and Frameworks for Public Humanities Scholarship

1 Introduction: Public Humanities Scholarship in Practice and Theory

Introduction

The Case Study Approach: Why Practice to Theory

Zooming In: Process and Partnership

Zooming Out: Theory and the Big Picture

Why Do Public Humanities?

Amplifying Community Voices and Histories

Preserving Culture in Times of Crisis and Change

Informing Contemporary Debates

Helping Individuals and Communities Navigate Difficult Experiences

Expanding Educational Access

Building and Supporting Public Humanities Scholarship

The Who of the Public Humanities: Institutions Don't Define Us, Our Relationships Do

What We Do, and How We Do It

Where: Theories of Humanities Institutions

When: Timing Is Everything

Opening Up the Glossary

Looking Ahead

Notes

References

2 A Eutopia for Public Humanities: A Manifesto With Case Studies

Vision: Welcome to the Center for Public Humanities

Both Tangible and Intangible Infrastructures Are Necessary

Manifesto: A Eutopia for Public Humanities

Public Challenges Require Public Humanities

Public Humanities Require Expanded Methods

Expanded Humanities Methods Require Appropriate Space and Equipment

A Public Humanities Center Needs to Be a Place as Well as a Space

Personal History: An Imperfect Education, a Career Across Sectors

Lessons From My Own Education

Lessons From Journalism, Urban Planning, and Public Art Curation

Lessons From an Interdisciplinary Academic Program at a Large Research University

The Global Urban Humanities Initiative and Future Histories Lab

Themes

Methods

Disciplines.

Community Partnerships

Academic Partnerships

Collaboration

Case Studies

Conclusion

3 Strategic Legibility: Making Collective Sense of Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship

Strategic Legibility

LitLabs

Drag Story Hour

Learning Games Initiative Research Archive

4 Reciprocity and Redistribution: Methodologies for Rethinking Public and Community-Based Humanities Research

HWW 1 and 2: A Short History

HWW 3: Honing Reciprocity and Redistribution

HWW 3: Preliminary Results and Takeaways

Public/s Humanities

Part II Amplifying Community Voices and Histories

5 The Literary Legacies of Macon County and Tuskegee Institute: Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, and Albert Murray

"The Soul of Zora": Quilt Exhibit as Community Space

Tuskegee University Faculty Development Workshops

NEH K-12 Teachers' Workshop

6 Painting On Walls: Art History and Action in the Rustbelt

Art History as Public Humanities

Partnership and "Content"

7 A Public Humanities Experiment: DC/Adapters, 2013-Present

Other Origins

Adaptations Not Appropriations

Everyday Encounters

Photograph + Location + Date

Findings

Emergent Pathways to Greater Public Engagement

Note

8 Building Community Archives: Vietnamese Portland

The Project

Creating Partnerships That Center the Voices of the Community

Funding

Promoting Use of the Collection

Other Mechanisms of Access

Making the Project Sustainable

Bringing the Project to Our College Community Through Instruction

Futures for Community Archives

Part III Preserving Culture in Times of Crisis and Change.

9 Community Heritage and Archaeology at El-Kurru, Sudan: Amplifying Local Voices and Histories

Community Archaeology and Challenges of Public Engagement

Archaeology and Heritage Narratives in Northeastern Africa

Archaeology and Heritage in El-Kurru

Reflections On Methods

10 Save Our Block: Public Humanities, Zines, and Connecting the Classroom in Baltimore

Past: The Roots of Zines as Independent and Alternative Media

From Classroom to Community: Partnerships in Southwest Baltimore

Present: Why Do Zines Matter? Can They Be Part of the Change?

Save Our Block: Preservation for the People

Futures: "This Victory Is for All of Us, Baltimore City"

11 Collaborative LGBTQ+ Public Humanities Scholarship: Expanding Educational Access Through Community Archives and Public History Exhibitions

The Benefits of LGBTQ+ Public Humanities Scholarship

Building LGBTQ+ Public Humanities Collaborations in the Lehigh Valley

12 San Antonio Storyscapes: Student Storytelling Partnerships

San Antonio Storyscapes: Project Goal

Our Project Process: The Consultant-In-Training Model

Step 1: Introduce the Task to Students

Step 2: Analyze the Historic Landmarks Dataset

Step 3: Develop Project Ideas

Step 4: Develop Group Project Plans

Step 5: Project Pitch

Step 6: Students Work

Client Checks In

Project Development

Step 7: Final Presentations and Products

Project Outcomes and Benefits of Project-Based Learning in the Public Humanities

Takeaways: What We Learned

13 Addressing Slavery and Its Legacies: One Model for Moving Forward

Slavery and Its Legacies at William &amp

Mary.

A Convergence of Events and People: The Origins of the Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation

Methods for Climbing, Not Resting: Sharing Authority to Remember and Re-Interpret the Past

Sharing Authority

Oral History

Genealogy

Organizational Structure, 2010-2022

2019-Present

2018-2019

2017-2018

2011-2017

2010-2011

Co-Chairs

Fellows

Graduate Assistants

Part IV Informing Contemporary Debates

14 Highland: A Publicly Engaged Historic House Museum

Highland and the Historic House Museum Genre

Human-Centered Historic House Museums

Community and Curricular Engagement

Exhibit Work

Public Archaeology

Community Engagement

Public Coursework

Conclusion: Toward the Semiquincentennial

15 Vandalism and Storytelling in the Emmett Till Case

Vandalism and Response, 1

Vandalism and Response, 2

Vandalism and Response, 3

Vandalism and Response, 4

16 Advocating for Intersectional Anti-Racism

Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19

Definitions

Barriers

How to Center Anti-Racism and Intersectionality

Be Specific

Mission Statement

Support

Programs

Advocacy

Social Media

Conclusion: Safety and Security

17 Climates of Inequality: Community Co-Curation and Action-Oriented Public Humanities at Minority Serving Institutions

Inland Empire, California Case Study

Moving at the Speed of Trust

LaVillita, Chicago Case Study

Co-Creation

Part V Helping Individuals and Communities Navigate Difficult Experiences

18 Benchmarks for Success: The Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School in Milwaukee

Fieldwork Methods

The Problem of Evaluation.

Indicator 1: Capacity to Be Adaptable and Accretional

19 A Veterans Oral History Project: Supporting Veterans Homecoming, Pedagogy, and the Community

20 Philosophy for Children as Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: Lessons From the Las Vegas Philosophy for Children Initiative

TIP and P4C: Potential Intersections?

Trauma Informed Pedagogy (TIP)

Philosophy for Children

Philosophy for Children and Trauma-Informed Pedagogy

TIP and P4C in Practice: The Las Vegas Philosophy for Children Initiative

Gloria

Jenifer

Amy

Skylar

Analysis

Part VI Expanding Educational Access

21 Transforming Mo.o and Mo.olelo: Stories From a Hawaiian, Community-Based, .Aina Organization in Kailua, O.ahu

ʻĀina Education

Kanaka-​ʻĀina​Relationships: The Foundation of My Research On .Aina Education

Mai Ka Piko a Ke Mole: A Framework for ​ʻĀina​Education

ʻIke Maka Praxis

ʻIke​Maka​Iā​Kailua: Nurturing an Embodied Knowing of Kailua

Transforming Moʻo and Moʻolelo

Glossary of Hawaiian Words (In Order of Appearance)

22 Archaeology Outside the Academy: Public Practice at Frost Town

The Cost of Doing Archaeology

Archaeology Outside the Ivory Tower

Frost Town Archaeology

Creating Access Through Public Events

Creating Access Through Low-Cost Field Schools

Creating the Next Generation of Public Scholars and Sustaining a Public Outreach Program

Conclusion: Breaking Down Barriers in Community-Based, Public Archaeology

Part VII Building and Supporting Publicly Engaged Scholarship

23 Uneven Ground: Making the Public University Work Anywhere People Gather, Learn, and Grow

Prelude: Preparing the Ground.

Powers of Three: The Third University, Third Nature, and CUNY.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781003862338

1003862330

9781003248125

1003248128

9781003862369

1003862365

OCLC:

1422144879