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- Learning in Museums
Watching the audiences respond to the exhibits while still in the museum space is a powerful example of the unique way that museums educate. Here a high school student almost seems disarmed or surprised by his level of engagement and learning with New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War.
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:36:35 +0000 - Slavery resources on the internet
Here is the website for the International Slavery Museum opening this summer in England. The Library of Congress’ American Memory Project Presents Voices from the Days of Slavery oral history collection.
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:43:47 +0000 - New-York Historical Society’s Hidden Sites of Slavery and Freedom podcast
Here is a link to the N-YHS and museumpods.com’s audio and video podcasts produced as a companion to the Slavery in New York exhibits.
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:37:41 +0000 - Telling Lives on YouTube
We are using YouTube to house and broadcast on this blog the clips from the Telling Lives video capture. This also means they are part of the greater YouTube library. It has been fascinating to monitor the amount of plays, comments and rankings they get via the site. Here is link to our video collection. [...]
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:26:20 +0000 - Young African American male responds to Slavery in New York
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:59:09 +0000 - Text messaging from the exhibit floor
I was struck how this responder talked about using her phone or PDA to email friends and colleagues about Slavery in New York from the exhibit floor. Communication technology, like hand held devices, Ipods and digital video are expanding how we discuss, share and make sense of our surroundings. The communicative circle that we have [...]
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:56:47 +0000 - Audience Response Video from Slavery In New York
Here is the video package we created from responses to 2005/06’s Slavery in New York exhibit at the New-York Historical Society.
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:22:59 +0000 - Story Capture Booth in New-York Historical Society
Here is a how the New-York Historical Society incorporates the Telling Lives story capture booth in the New York Divided exhibit space. The monitor shows an edited video montage package of previous audience responders.
Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:08:34 +0000 - Richard Rabinowitz On New York Divided
New York Divided curator Richard Rabinowitz speaking on exhibit via the Gothamist,
Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:02:09 +0000 - History is personal and current
One of the themes that always strikes me when I watch these videos is how quickly and easily responders drag the history into their personal and modern lives. I plan to highlight examples of this kind of response on this blog in the coming months. This woman uses the lens of New York Divided to [...]
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:52:48 +0000
