“In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.” Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder (7) In Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder journalist and child activist Richard Louv defends his argument about the need to… Read more »
A discussion of some ways teachers can keep history relevant for students.
Researching the History of Your Home
An analysis of slavery past and present from the Alliance Against Modern Slavery.
A discussion of intellectual property rights through the production and reproduction of images.
A discussion of how information has fundamentally changed, questioning how this will affect the work of historians.
Brittany Luby reflects on how her studies, particularly Sergei Kan’s “Shamanism and Christianity” inspired critical reflection of her own family’s conversion narratives.
The Black Creek Living History project is a great example of how community history can be told over the internet.
Last week, newly-elected Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued his campaign rhetoric by proclaiming that “the war on the car is over.” On the first day of his mayoralty, Ford announced he intends to halt construction of a light rail transit line on Sheppard Avenue. The mayor says a subway under Sheppard Avenue should be built instead of the surface light… Read more »
An exploration of how digitization changes the context of photography, with a particular emphasis on post-mortem photography.
