2009 AMCV2650 readings
 

1. Readings

 

1. (Optional) Name:

2. Evaluate the readings

 Excellent - should be required OK, but should be required Worth reading, but not as requiredDrop from readings DIdn't read / no opinion
*Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History
Sally Price, Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai Branly
Journal of American Folklore Special Issue: “Constructing Folklife and Negotiating the Nation(al): The Smithsonian Folklife Festival” (Volume 121 Number 479, Winter 2008)
James Horton and Lois Horton, eds, Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory
Lawrence Weschler, Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic
Susan G. Davis, Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience
Stephanie E Yuhl, A Golden Haze of Memory: The Making of Historic Charleston.
Sarah Thornton, Seven Days in the Art World
Cathy Stanton, The Lowell Experiment: Public History in a Postindustrial City
Teresa S. Moyer and Paul A. Shackel, The Making of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: A Devil, Two Rivers, and a Dream
Read a variety of online materials related to the Smithsonian web 2.0 project:
Andrea Witcomb, Re-imagining the Museum: Beyond the Mausoleum

3. Rate the class assignments

 GreatWorthwhileOKWorthlessNo comment
Class presentation
Paper for blog
Comments on blog
Twittering
Paper Proposal
Final paper (so far)

4. Rate the work in the class

 Too muchJust rightToo little
Reading
Other preparation
Writing other than final paper
FInal paper

5. These year's amcv2650 focused on a series of case studies. Would you...

6. Any other advice, suggestions, comments?

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