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    • Planning with the Public: How to Co-develop Digital Public History Projects? 

      Feliciati, Pierluigi <Università di Macerata> (P. Feliciati, "Planning with the Public: How to Co-develop Digital Public History Projects?", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 385-394, 2022)
      Digital public history, when possible, should be planned with the public,not merely for the public. The involvement of an audience in projects has to be pur-sued considering the dimensions related to human-computer interaction ...

    • Digital Personal Memories: The Archiving of the Self and Public History 

      Schafer, Valérie <University of Luxembourg> (V. Schafer, "Digital Personal Memories: The Archiving of the Self and Public History", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 377-384, 2022)
      By providing a facilitated access to data storage, digital technologies seemto make expression and preservation of the self more straightforward. They reconfi-gure the means and forms of access to data, thus also affecting ...

    • Digital Public History: Family History and Genealogy 

      De Groot, Jerome <University of Manchester, England> (J. de Groot, "Digital Public History: Family History and Genealogy", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 369-376, 2022)
      This chapter looks at the use of digital resources in family history. In-creasingly, family history is being supported by digital means, and participantsare often leaders in terms of using online and digital tools in their ...

    • Activist Digital Public History 

      Kelland, Lara <University of Missouri – St. Louis, USA> (L. Kelland, "Activist Digital Public History", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 359-368, 2022)
      Digital Public History can provide social movement activists with tools forcultural activism, and collaborations between activists and academics have ad-vanced social justice discourse within the field. Activists, archivists, ...

    • Living History: Performing the Past 

      Dean, David <Carleton University> (D. Dean, "Living History: Performing the Past", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 349-358, 2022)
      This contribution explores a variety of ways in which history has beenperformed digitally in the hope of making the past come to life and imbuing it withsignificance for audiences. Bringing the perspectives of a public ...

    • Cybermemorials: Remembrance and Places of Memory in the Digital Age 

      Camarda, Sandra <University of Luxembourg> (S. Camarda, "Cybermemorials: Remembrance and Places of Memory in the Digital Age", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 337-348, 2022)
      The rise of user-generated media culture and the diffusion of digital tech-nologies have contributed to the production of new forms of mnemonic practices thatcoexist with, enhance, or altogether replace traditional memorial ...

    • Building Communities, Reconciling Histories: Can We Make a More Honest History? 

      Wingo, Rebecca <University of Cincinnati>; Thomas, William G. <University of Nebraska, USA> (R. S Wingo, W. G. Thomas, "Building Communities, Reconciling Histories: Can We Make a More Honest History?", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 327-336, 2022)
      Using case studies, Rebecca S. Wingo and William G. Thomas III seek todefine how historians define and engage with“community”in digital spaces. Theyidentify three types of digital communities (user groups, hybrid projects, ...

    • Individuals in the Crowd: Privacy, Online Participatory Curation, and the Public Historian as Private Citizen 

      Gordon, Tammy S. <North Carolina State University> (T. S. Gordon, "Individuals in the Crowd: Privacy, Online Participatory Curation, and the Public Historian as Private Citizen", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 317-326, 2022)
      This essay examinesNC HB2: A Citizens’History, a digital project that gath-ers materials related to North Carolina House Bill 2, also known as“the bathroombill,”legislation that promoted discrimination against transgender ...

    • Gaming and Digital Public History 

      Nolden, Nico <Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany>; Pfister, Eugen <Universität Wien> (N. Nolden, E. Pfister, "Gaming and Digital Public History", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 309-316, 2022)
      Over the past 50 years the part of digital games in our everyday’s mediause has consistently grown. They are thus an extremely revealing source for publichistory. This chapter argues that digital games are among other ...

    • Mapping and Maps in Digital and Public History 

      Gibbs, Fred <University of New Mexico> (F. Gibbs, "Mapping and Maps in Digital and Public History", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 301-308, 2022)
      It is logical that the generalization of digital approaches in history is leading to a democratization of the graphic representation of the data produced by these processes. Rather than presenting long series of examples, ...

    • Data Visualization for History 

      Grandjean, Martin <University of Lausanne and the EPFL, Switzerland> (M. Grandjean, "Data Visualization for History", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 291-300, 2022)
      It is logical that the generalization of digital approaches in history is leading to a democratization of the graphic representation of the data produced by these processes. Rather than presenting long series of examples, ...

    • Curation: Toward a New Ethic of Digital Public History 

      Tebeau, Mark <Arizona State University, USA> (M. Tebeau, "Curation: Toward a New Ethic of Digital Public History", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 277-290, 2022)
      This essay argues that a new curatorial ethic has emerged at the heart of digital public history, reflecting a flourishing of curatorial work in the broad culture. Everyone has become a curator: the disc jockey who spins ...

    • Social Media: Snapshots in Public History 

      Armaselu, Florentina <University of Luxembourg> (F. Armaselu, "Social Media: Snapshots in Public History", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 259-276, 2022)
      This chapter provides an overview of how social media foster the applica-tion of public history and communication with the public, and what types of insti-tutions, projects, and communities are involved in the process. ...

    • Technology and Historic Preservation: Documentation and Storytelling 

      Chhaya, Priya <National Trust for Historic Preservation>; Murray, Reina <Johns Hopkins University, USA> (P. Chhaya, R. Murray, "Technology and Historic Preservation: Documentation and Storytelling", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 243-258, 2022)
      Over the last few decades transformation within the field of historic pres-ervation has involved the nearly parallel tracks of expanding the histories beingpreserved and a constantly shifting technological landscape. This ...

    • Digital Public History in the United States 

      Cauvin, Thomas <Colorado State University, United States> (T. Cauvin, "Digital Public History in the United States", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 235-242, 2022)
      Digital history goes, by definition, beyond national frontiers, but can one de-cipher national specificities in its practices and projects? This chapter explores thebirth, development, and institutionalization of digital ...

    • Spaces: What’s at Stake in Their Digital Public Histories? 

      Coulter, Kimberly <Bavarian State Painting Collection in Munich, Germany>; Hardenberg, Wilko Graf von <Humboldt University in Berlin>; Jørgensen, Finn Arne <University of Stavanger, Norway> (K. Coulter, W. G. von Hardenberg, F. Arne Jørgensen, "Spaces: What’s at Stake in Their Digital Public Histories?", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 223-234, 2022)
      Public histories of spaces are often at the heart of territorial claims: theycan cultivate emotional identification, oreven build legitimizing facts on the ground.Digital technologies have increased public awareness of, ...

    • Learning Public History by doing Public History 

      Kelly, Mills <George Mason University, USA> (M.Kelly, "Learning Public History by doing Public History”, in Handbook of Digital Public History,Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 211-222, 2022)
      How should we teach public history undergraduate students the digitalliteracy and skills they will need in their future careers as public historians? Thisessay examines the current state of teaching digital public history ...

    • Publishing Public History in the Digital Age 

      Rittgerodt, Rabea <De Gruyter publ., Germany> (R. Rittgerodt, "Publishing Public History in the Digital Age", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 199-210, 2022)
      Publishers have to adapt their work, service and support through allkinds of changes being brought on by the digital age. Historians, especially publichistorians, have long been very active and innovative when publishing ...

    • Digital Public History in Libraries 

      Väljataga, Marii <European University Institute, Florence> (M. Väljataga, "Digital Public History in Libraries", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 185-198, 2022)
      This chapter explores digital public history practices in libraries and pointsto the opportunities, imperatives, successes, and challenges therein. It discusses con-temporary library operations and the novel ways in which ...

    • Interactive Museum & Exhibitions in Digital Public History Projects and Practices: An Overview and the Unusual Case of M9 Museum 

      Di Giacomo, Michelangela <M9 Museum di Mestre, Italia>; Karrer, Livio <M9 Museum di Mestre, Italia> (M. Di Giacomo, L. Karrer, "Interactive Museum & Exhibitions in Digital Public History Projects and Practices: An Overview and the Unusual Case of M9 Museum", in Handbook of Digital Public History, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2022, pp. 175-184, 2022)
      How are museums evolving in their mission of being institutions not anymore dedicated only to collect and preserve heritage? What are some of the chal-lenges museums face today? How is the impact of new technologies affecting ...