Video Netcast: Folklorist Dale Jarvis talks about storytelling on the social web
In this edition of the Voices of the Past Netcast, we’ll meet Dale Jarvis. Dale is a folklorist and storyteller who is pioneering ways to share his art with new generations using online media. He experiments with traditional storytelling methods using social tools like Twitter, Facebook, podcasts and even Second Life. He’ll talk about the timelessness of storytelling and how you can still communicate the power of place through the web.
Voices of the Past Video Netcast: Genealogy Gems’ Lisa Louise Cooke on establishing roots in the social web
In this edition of the Voices of the Past Netcast, we’ll meet Lisa Louise Cooke. Lisa created and maintains Genealogy Gems–one of the world’s most popular genealogy websites. She’ll tell us about the learning curve involved in using online media, and how she uses the web to create a deeper connection to her audience.
Voices of the Past Video Netcast: Featuring Dave Moyer, teenage new media producer and historic preservation activist
In this edition of the Voices of the Past netcast, we’ll meet Dave Moyer. Moyer is a new media professional and a historic preservation activist. We’ll learn how he became involved in those efforts, and how he manages his role as founding president of Bitwire media … at just sixteen years old. Plus, online heritage briefs: downloadable heritage documents on the Middle East; AIC’s new wiki for conservation; heritage travel site iGuidez
Preservation Today Netcast – May 2009
The World Digital Library debuts; the Museums and the Web conference addresses the social, cultural and technological issues of heritage online; The National Trust for Historic Preservation is bring back its popular This Place Matters social media campaign; The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training is planning a nationwide cemetery preservation summit in Nashville (interview with Jason Church)
Preservation Today: Past Horizons Magazine, Heritage Travel Community, Smithsonian 2.0
Past Horizons Magazine now published; U.S. National Trust launches social network, Facebook marketplace page
Smithsonian holds “2.0 conference”; UNESCO looking for site evaluators for Peru heritage sites; Obama administration unveils new Whitehouse.gov site; Preservation Today starts “Friendfeed” room for heritage discussions.
Preserving Our Global Heritage through Volunteer Archeology
by Dylan Staley
Past Horizons is a service that seeks to aggregate many different archeological opportunities for people of all skill ranges to get involved with the field of archeology and heritage preservation. The website is host to countless descriptions of projects going on around the globe. It’s not limited to the United States or The United Kingdom; its project listing includes projects from Belgium, Romania, Tunisia, Bulgaria, and numerous other countries (around sixty-five in all!)
Voices of the Past Video Netcast: Taj Hotel Artworks, Kate Chopin House salvage operation
In this edition: 1. Damage to cultural resources in India terrorist attacks. 2. Obama acknowledges danger of slowing economy to historic sites. 3. Research on Underground Railroad sites extends to former Texas frontier. 4. Rescue of heritage resources continues at National Historic Landmark “Kate Chopin House.” 5. University of Texas at Austin documents its campus as cultural landscape.
Preservation Today Netcast: Iowa Floods, Blogging Museums, Safety on the Net
Welcome to the first edition of the Voices of the Past netcast. If you’re looking to view the netcast in its entireity, just click “read more” and then click on the “Voices of the Past” icon. You will also find a summary of topics covered in the August 2008 episode of the Voices of the Past netcast as well as relevant links on the web.