{"619132":{"#nid":"619132","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Mobilizing History: Reflections on a Decade of Digital Humanities Practice on Two Continents","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin the Georgia Tech Library Monday, April 8 in the Seventh Floor Reading Room for a conversation with\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJ. Mark Souther\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Professor of History and Director of the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at Cleveland State University,\u0026nbsp;for the final lecture in the School of History and Sociology\u0026#39;s (HSOC)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/speakers-series-spring\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk985879\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESpeakers Series\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis event will combine the traditional lecture and a live-recorded interview with the producers of the \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lostinthestacks.libsyn.com\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk995416\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELost in the Stacks\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; podcast, as Souther reflects on his experience in modeling innovative platforms and processes for university-based community engagement through digital public history. He will show how a decade-long development initiative at an urban public university created\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/curatescape.org\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk238415\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECuratescape\u003C\/a\u003E, a pioneering mobile app and cast a city (Cleveland, Ohio) as both a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/clevelandhistorical.org\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk71028\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evirtual museum\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and a learning laboratory for doing history in and with the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESouther will also discuss how Curatescape has helped build a sense of place in urban communities locally and, for the past four years, internationally through an extension of the project to adapt the platform and process in ways to facilitate their viability in the developing world.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;With two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Souther and his team have collaborated with partners in Kenya to engage the public in \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/macleki.org\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk440268\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecurating\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; Kenya\u0026rsquo;s third-largest city, Kisumu. He will share the successes and challenges that came with this endeavor to build capacity for digital humanities practice across the digital divide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/marksouther.org\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk585817\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJ. Mark Souther\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is Professor of History and Director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/csudigitalhumanities.org\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk309986\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Public History + Digital Humanities\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Cleveland State University. A native of Georgia, Souther earned his Ph.D. from Tulane University. He is the author of\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENew Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2006) and\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Believing in Cleveland: Managing Decline in \u0026ldquo;The Best Location in the Nation\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;(2017).\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin the Georgia Tech Library Monday, April 8 in the Seventh Floor Reading Room for a conversation with\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJ. Mark Souther\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Professor of History and Director of the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at Cleveland State University,\u0026nbsp;for the final lecture in the School of History and Sociology\u0026#39;s (HSOC)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/speakers-series-spring\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk985879\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESpeakers Series\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join the Georgia Tech Library Monday, April 8 in the Seventh Floor Reading Room for a conversation with J. 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