Digital Public History
Hi, I’m Marin Escalera and I am currently a Graduate student at the University of North Texas pursuing my Master’s in history. My interest lies in both Modern Japanese and Modern Mexican history focusing on the cultural and social aspects. This site is for my reflections on topics relating to digital public history.
Surveying the Field
Public history sites are way to connect historical studies with the public in a fun and interactive way. In the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex there are multiple museums that cover so many different areas such as art, nature, machinery, cultural history, local history and so much more. Though not all fall into the historical public…
Social media is a new way that people share information and promote ideas. Academia also has hopped on to this idea to connect with the public in a more engaging way. For my project I would use social media such as Instagram and Facebook. This is to connect with the two general public audiences I…
The Fallout Shelters at UNT project is going to be an omeka project with elements of ArcGIS for both an academic and a general public audience who are interested the topic of civil defense during the cold war. This website will contain maps of both the present and the past to allow the audience to…
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