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Historical Reminiscents

Nov 30, 2017

In part two of the mini-series on "Demystifying Archival Labour" Krista McCracken tackles the work of archival arrangement. She talks about how archives are organized, archival arrangement principles and how to teach about arrangement in the classroom. Krista also discusses the idea of alternative arrangements as...


Nov 24, 2017

In this episode Krista McCracken introduces a mini-series of podcast episodes on "Demystifying Archival Labour." This mini-series will talk openly and frankly about the work that takes place in archives and provide resources for teaching about archival practice. This first mini-series episode dives into acquisitions and...


Nov 16, 2017

Public History and archives, oh my! In this episode of Historical Reminiscents Krista McCracken discusses the intersection of public history and archives. She talks about common goals between the two fields and highlights the overlapping skill sets of the professions. 

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Nov 16, 2017

Winter is coming...or depending on where you live it is already here in full force. In this episode of Historical Reminiscents Krista McCracken talks through some of the challenges of doing outdoor historical interpretation in the winter. Bring on the snow, alternative tour strategies, and multi-media approaches.


Nov 13, 2017

In this episode of Historical Reminiscents Krista McCracken talks about her role as one of the members of the Activehistory.ca editorial collective. She discusses how the site's editorial collective works, how folks end up writing for the site, and what type of work an editor actually does.

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