Nancy Hawkins: 35 Years of Service to Louisiana Archaeology
Nancy Hawkins receiving award for her work on the Poverty Point World Heritage Site. After 35 years my friend and colleague, Nancy Hawkins is retiring at the end of this year from the Louisiana...
View ArticleFinal Thoughts on Museums & Relevance in 2017
For the past few years, half of the final exam in my Museum Practices graduate seminar in the Museum Studies Program at the University of Memphis consists of responding to the following: Put yourself...
View ArticleService in Cultural Heritage
Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza (center) with students from the Maria Parado de Bellido Nº 88104 school in Nivín, Peru. This past Sunday, my colleague Gustavo Valencia Tello, invited me to a Father’s Day...
View ArticleMusic, Heritage & Remembering
Los Shapis, in the beginning . . . This post really only states the obvious . . . but tells some of my story. Many songs or types of music evoke very strong memories of my personal history. The line...
View ArticleMuseums as Participatory Institutions
For the past few years, half of the final exam in my Museum Practices graduate seminar in the Museum Studies Program at the University of Memphis consists of responding to the following: Put yourself...
View ArticleCo-Creation in Mentoring
Adapted from The Courage to Teach (1998:102) by Parker Palmer In the past couple of years co-creation has become a buzzword for a rather imprecise range of activities from simple collaboration to truly...
View ArticleReview of A Lyle Saxon Reader – New Orleans stories
While roaming the French Quarter the other day I stopped in Beckham’s Bookshop (228 Decatur St) the premier used book store in New Orleans. I came across a good copy of John Dos Passos U.S.A. Trilogy...
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