In the eyes of laypeople
Recently, I was reading "The Pro-Development, Anti-Historic Preservationist" by Michael Allen on the Next City web site. It is a good overview of the changing public perceptions of historic preservation,…
Is heritage studies equivalent to public history?
As an teacher, I am interested in the curricula of degree programs that address the multiple forms of tangible and intangible heritage. I often like to look at post-secondary degree…
What I hope my research will accomplish
So I warn my readers that this post will be rather dry, as I try to explain what I would like to accomplish with my research in the Recife area…
How do you teach environment-behavior research for the historic environment?
In 2012, my colleague, Eleftherios Pavlides, who teaches environmental design research in the architecture program at Roger Williams University helped spearhead the creation of the Environmental Design Research Education Knowledge…
Heritage Conservation through the Lenses of Environment-Behavior Research and Conservation Social Science
One of the things I really love about the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) is the multidisciplinary nature of their conference. It's one of the few venues where it doesn't…
U of FL’s Preservation Institute: Nantucket
Since 1972, over 600 students have participated in the University of Florida's historic preservation summer field school on the island of Nantucket (Massachusetts, USA) known as "Preservation Institute:Nantucket" or "PI:N".…
Visual Harmony in Relation to Camp Santanoni
Students in many graduate programs are faced with what is, at times, a daunting challenge of researching and writing a thesis. This is especially true when the thesis is empirical--in…