Category Archives: The Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online

Blogging from the ground up: Active history and working against ‘post-truth’ discourses

While it’s true that more misinformation is flooding our algorithms with every passing day, it’s much more difficult for that misinformation to wind its way into complex, well-researched work. Amidst all the falsity that pollutes our social channels, perhaps blogging, for historians, can become a form of resistance against that tide.

Online History Projects: Challenges and Impact

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Four website logos. The one of the top left is a square with lime green, dark green, pink, and orange triangles in the corners. It has the words "Histoire Engagée" in the middle. The logo on the top right is a lower-case a made of five dark green lines on a white background. The logo on the bottom right is a blue maple leaf on a grey background. The logo on the bottom left is a circle with three grey sails inside it.

Sara Wilmshurst This post continues my conversation with Corey Slumkoski (Acadiensis Blog), Tom Peace (Active History), Samia Dumais (Histoire Engagée), and Jessica DeWitt (NiCHE’s The Otter – La Loutre). For more, see our series page of Essays on the Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online. SW: Which challenges does your project face today? TP (AH): Relevance. Active History… Read more »

Online History Projects: Change and Sustainability

Four website logos. The one of the top left is a square with lime green, dark green, pink, and orange triangles in the corners. It has the words "Histoire Engagée" in the middle. The logo on the top right is a lower-case a made of five dark green lines on a white background. The logo on the bottom right is a blue maple leaf on a grey background. The logo on the bottom left is a circle with three grey sails inside it.

Sara Wilmshurst After the Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online workshop in August 2024, I wanted to hear more about each project’s history, structure, and plans for the future. Workshop participants Corey Slumkoski (Acadiensis Blog), Tom Peace (Active History), Samia Dumais (Histoire Engagée), and Jessica DeWitt (NiCHE’s The Otter – La Loutre) kindly answered my questions. For more,… Read more »

The Future of Knowledge Mobilization and Public History Online: Supplementary Reading

In August 2024 representatives from multiple online history projects, universities, and public history institutions met in London to discuss key topics in online knowledge mobilization. Over the next several months attendees will publish essays reflecting on the topics we discussed. In the meantime, here are some open-access resources that intersect with workshop content.

Flattened History

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To the extent that we as historians accept as settled the first order questions about AI and instead opt to talk about nuanced details of implementation, I think we risk a very serious mistake. Here, then, I want to publicly state my view of AI and its use in history, and to do so without any qualification. I hate AI.