Are we ready for post-modern public and local history?
One of the researchers that is helping me with my work here in Brazil recently emailed me a course announcement from ANPUH (The National Association of History in Brazil). The…
Fixing the Environmental Review Process and Section 106
In the United States, several people have had an unusually large impact on the practice of historic preservation. James Marston Fitch created the first historic preservation degree program; Charles Peterson…
The conservation of the historic environment: the void dweller
In the early 1990s, when I was following the techno music scene closely, I came across a track called "Spice" by EON, which I really liked. (It borrowed sound bites,…
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…
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…