Lois Dalton

Public History student @ OSU

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

@darellanoosu I completely agree. There are many examples in the readings from this week alone that showed the need for this, and I'm sure more examples can be found elsewhere. A lot of thought must go into exhibitions in order for them to be sensitive and thoughtful rather than shocking.

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

@JProctorHistory This is incredibly difficult question to find a "correct" answer for, but I believe your following tweet provides one good option. For some museums, there may have to be renewed attempts at identifying which tribes artifacts came from, and to try and return them if possible.

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

Museums have a duty to collaborate with members of the community who are sensitive to these items in order to decide whether or not they should be displayed, and how they can be presented. #OSUPH /4

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

Our #OSUPH class discussed museums in public history this week, focusing on the ways that museums should (or should not) collect and display certain items, and how they can collaborate to create a truly representative and respectful space. /1

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

Some artifacts are very offensive, like postcards depicting lynchings or toys of racist stereotypes. Some museum staff with no connections to the communities represented by those items may struggle to know what to do with them. #OSUPH /3

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

@clarkeep1 @JProctorHistory I had this thought too while reading this week. Technology is not accessible to everyone despite how much our society relies on tech and digital media. Hopefully this, and the knowledge that tech won't last forever, will keep historians from relying too much on digital history.

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

@JProctorHistory I was so inspired by the ways that digital history can be used to present so much information in so many ways. It offers so many avenues of creativity in such accessible and user-friendly ways!

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

Digital histories will eventually disappear as technology changes and advances. Some digital histories that existed are already gone. That does not mean they don’t leave a lasting impact on historical knowledge, but they won’t be there to experience forever. #OSUPH /5

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

#OSUPH focused on digital history this week, focusing on defining it and comparing it to digital humanities. Websites, blogs, and YouTube are some of the digital tools through which historians can share history with the public. /1

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

While I would hope that historical institutions moving forward would try to utilize these tools to diversify, there are other problems that arise from digital history. The most important one being that, despite popular belief, the internet will not last forever. #OSUPH /4

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

@SharonSaMart This was such a powerful idea when I read it, and Trouillot really tried to explain it in such an exemplary way.

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

@JProctorHistory Very well said! There are many changes that need to be made, but the benefits of implementing them will be extremely influential for the future.

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

If we limit the narratives of history and the sources preserved in archives, these single stories will continue. Moving forward, archivists and historians should be more conscious of what sources and stories are being preserved, and include more sides to those stories. #OSUPH /5

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

This week #OSUPH focused on the silencing of viewpoints in historical accounts and archives. Publications by Bergis Jules and Ashley Farmer discussed the underrepresentation of POCs in archives, with Farmer mentioning that archives weren’t designed as tools for POCs to use. /1

[Lois Dalton @pubhiststudent]

These single stories led to the creation and acceptance of certain stereotypes. In one of Adichie’s examples, a professor told her that her novel was not “authentically African” because those stereotypes were so embedded in their mind that they had become fact. #OSUPH /4