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“‘Curating Kisumu’ And ‘Curating East Africa’: Academic Collaboration And Public Engagement In The Digital Age”, J. Mark Souther, Meshack Owino
“‘Curating Kisumu’ And ‘Curating East Africa’: Academic Collaboration And Public Engagement In The Digital Age”, J. Mark Souther, Meshack Owino
History Faculty Publications
This essay examines the origin, permutations, potentials, challenges, and implications of two successive, collaborative public history research, teaching, and learning projects undertaken by the Department of History at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Department of History and Archeology at Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya between 2014 and 2018. The two projects explored how opportunities created by the mobile revolution in Africa could be leveraged to generate new ways of acquiring historical information and knowledge between students and faculty in universities separated by enormous distances and by disparate social, economic, and political experiences. Specifically, the projects examined how the cellphone …
Making “The Garden City Of The South”: Beautification, Preservation, And Downtown Planning In Augusta, Georgia, J. Mark Souther
Making “The Garden City Of The South”: Beautification, Preservation, And Downtown Planning In Augusta, Georgia, J. Mark Souther
History Faculty Publications
This article illuminates how a smaller southern city engaged broader planning approaches. Civic leaders, especially women, pushed and partnered with municipal administrations to beautify Augusta, Georgia, a city with extraordinarily wide streets and a long tradition of urban horticulture. Their efforts in the 1900s to 1950s, often in concert with close by planners, led to a confluence of urban beautification, historic preservation, and downtown revitalization in the 1960s. This coordinated activity reshaped Augusta’s cityscape, exacerbated racial tensions, and enshrined principles of the City Beautiful, Garden City, and parks movements long after they receded in large cities, influencing the work of …
Book Review: Vacationland: Tourism And Environment In The Colorado High Country, J. Mark Souther
Book Review: Vacationland: Tourism And Environment In The Colorado High Country, J. Mark Souther
History Faculty Publications
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Book Review: The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, And The Remaking Of New Orleans, J. Mark Souther
Book Review: The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, And The Remaking Of New Orleans, J. Mark Souther
History Faculty Publications
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Book Review: Derelict Paradise: Homelessness And Urban Development In Cleveland, Ohio, J. Mark Souther
Book Review: Derelict Paradise: Homelessness And Urban Development In Cleveland, Ohio, J. Mark Souther
History Faculty Publications
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