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Tag Archives: Reflection
Random thoughts from following #chashc2018
This week is the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA). It is happening at the University of Regina and has the handy hashtag #chashc2018 so that those unable to attend can follow some of the conversations and sessions … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Public History
Tagged Activism, blog, CHA, Opinion, pipeline, public history, Reflection, social media
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5 Stages of Recovering from Academia
Hi. My name is Lauren and I am a Recovering Academic. It has been 2 years and 6 months since I was in graduate studies and I have a good full-time job in my field. Yet, there are times, usually … Continue reading
Posted in Grad School, Opinion
Tagged academia, Activism, Graduate Students, Opinion, Reflection, University
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Why Museums Matter – migrating and consolidating blogs
A few months ago I attempted to start a blog just about museums and my public history experiences. However, I am a public historian and that means I work a regular job that does not allow the same time for … Continue reading
Canmore, Floods, and Southern Alberta Museums
Thursday mornings I was woken by a 6:45am phone call from Canmore. It was my mum to tell me the usually dry creek behind the house was a raging river and our neighbours with homes backing the creek had been … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Public History
Tagged Canmore, Environment, mountains, museums, public history, Reflection
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Public History, Pop History, Academia, and Jobs.
On the last day of the 2013 ASEH meeting in Toronto I had the opportunity to sit on a panel with two other public historians at a graduate luncheon and answer questions from graduate students about job opportunities outside academia. … Continue reading
Posted in Public History
Tagged academia, ASEH, job market, pop history, public history, Reflection
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Good-Bye STEP
Today the Alberta Budget dropped and the news is not good for local heritage and history institutions or the students who keeps them going in the summer months. The Student Temporary Employment Program, or STEP, was suspended. This is not … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Public History
Tagged budget cuts, Opinion, public history, Reflection, STEP
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A Little Bit of Everything
The key to working in public history is to be adaptable and willing to try anything. You will learn quickly in this field that no matter what the job description said you will be asked to do things you never … Continue reading
Titanic EnvHist?
For the past week news sources have promoted the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking. The commemoration focused on the people and the events of the night; the tales of survival and the grief of the loss of life. There … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Opinion, Public History
Tagged commemoration, envhist, Environment, Historiography, public history, Reflection, Titanic
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RIP Eastman/Kodak
Kodak is dead. Today, after weeks of speculation, the media announced the fabled camera company had filed for bankruptcy. It is a great loss that in the age of planned obsolescence and a public that seems to constantly drool over … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion, Public History, Visual history
Tagged Banff, kodak, photography, Reflection, skiing, visuality
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Dissertation Arithmetic, or 56hrs/wk
As the semester begins graduate students, like the undergraduates, get back to work. The difference is the grad students probably didn’t take much of a break from working during the week universities close between fall and winter semesters. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Grad School, Procrastination, Research
Tagged dissertation, Graduate Students, Reflection, University
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Lauren Wheeler, Can Enviro Rock? 