“An olla podrida of queer things pining away its sweetness in the desert air of the Brooklyn Navy Yard”
By popular demand, the full text of the article about the Brooklyn Naval Lyceum that appeared
History of Museums, Museums, Research
Digital humanities, Public humanities, teaching
Teaching Digital Public History
Here’s the paper I would have given at the American Historical Association conference, had it not been for about a
Education, Management, Public humanities, teaching
Changing the Ph.D. for a Changing Job Market
Some thoughts, kindly published by Oronte Churm at Inside Higher Education.
Creative placemaking, Digital humanities, Public humanities
Arts and humanities analytics
Here’s the talk presented at Bryant University’s Applied Analytics in Humanities and Social Sciences conference today. Paul Margrave, Nate Storring and
Collections, History of Technology, Technology
21st-Century History of Technology: Fashioning a Usable Past
Yesterday the MIT Museum and the Hagley Museum and Library ran a fascinating workshop on “Doing the History of Technology in
Digital humanities, Public humanities
The Humanities: Public, Open, Applied & Engaged
Just back from my trip to the University of Glasgow. A delight to meet with faculty and students there and
Museums, Public humanities, teaching
One Room (The after post)
Well, I enjoyed it. The audience was mostly RISD Museum staff – not much of a surprise, given the topic.
Education, Museums, teaching
One Room (The before post)
I’m about to start my gig at Office Hours, the RISD Museum program “where invited artists, designers, performers, and other
Digital humanities, teaching, Technology
MOOCing
My post on my summer of being a student, and watching students work as professionals, is up on the Public
History of Museums, Management, Museums, Public humanities
History museums, learning from history
Can museums use museum history to think about the future? Can their past successes and failures guide them? How might
