Making History Public

Catalog description

(AM) Explores the wide-ranging field of public history. Examines the methods, theories, and ethics that guide how public historians exhibit history in museums, engage the public with digital projects, provide historical context in public places, work with local communities, and use historical expertise in law and policy. Discusses current and past controversies in public history and surveys how the digital age has transformed aspects of public history. Students work on a class project that will give them hands-on experience with a real public history project. Field trips included.