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HISP 628E: Social and Ethnic Issues in Historic Preservation Practice Web page created by Patti Cossard, Subject Librarian for Architecture and Historic Preservation Patricia Kosco Cossard, M.A., M.L.S. Office Phone: (301) 405-6316 Office: Architecture Library Office Hours: by appointment Email: pcossard@umd.edu FAX: (301) 314-9583 Course Instructor: Angel David Nieves The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with research for HISP 619Q research project. If you need additional information, please contact Patti Cossard, or speak with a Reference Librarian at the Architecture Library's Reference Desk. Because of licensing agreements, access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals is restricted to UM faculty, staff, and students. These may be accessed from off campus; consult Remote access for further information. For a complete list of electronic resources available to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students, as well as information about the full range of library materials and services, consult the UM Libraries' home page. return to top OUTLINE Course Description Scholarly Skills Abstract Research Questions Description Biography Context Problem Statement Historic Context and Background Bibliography How to get to the sources you need Books Websites Newspapers Journals Selected List of Preservation Journals Course Description/Overview This seminar examines the broader social and ethnic dimensions of historic preservation practice that have impacted the field since the "culture wars" of the 1990's. Cultural studies, queer theory, post-colonial studies, critical race theory, gender studies, etc. will continue to transform the ways in which practitioners approach the study, documentation, and preservation of sites throughout the US and abroad. Case studies of local, national, and international sites will explore these issues. Students will be expected to apply newly emerging methodologies to their final case study projects. Sites will include (but not be limited to) the following: AU: Port Arthur CA: Panther Meadow (Mt. Shasta), Manzanar National Historic Site (Japanese internment camps), Devils Tower DC: U Street/Shaw Corridor, Chinatown FL:Ybor City & Barrio Latino Commission (Tampa) GH:Cape Coast & Elmina Castles NY:Tenement Museum, Women's Rights National Park, Weeksville (Brooklyn) PA: Eastern State Penitentiary (Phila.) SA:District Six (Cape Town), Robben Island (Cape Town), return to top Course Skills: Articulate, well argued, written inter/multidisciplinary scholarship Cross-disciplinary key concepts and approaches Self monitor progress Maintain the momentum of research and writing Broadened perspective on life outside their “safety zone” Awareness of the current and common social, political, and economic issues affecting preservation in the public realm (at the state, local, national, and international levels). Primary Research Skills: Site Description Biography Contextual History return to top Research Assignment Argument for the Historical Preservation significance of the selected site/building/place based upon its social and ethnic importance. ABSTRACT: A brief summary of the proposed research, identify: Site Methodological approach: e.g, cultural studies, queer theory, post-colonial studies, critical race theory, gender studies, etc. Why site might be significant according to these methodologies Sources for methodological approaches: Keith H. Basso, Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache. (required textbook) Breena Clarke, River, Cross My Heart. (required textbook) Paul A. Shackel, Memory in Black and White: Race, Commemoration, and the Post-Bellum Landscape. (required textbook) (R) John R. Bowen, “Culture, Genocide, and a Public Anthropology,” in Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide (University of California Press, 2002). (R) Setha M. Low, “Anthropological-Ethnographic Methods for the Assessment of Cultural Values in Heritage Conservation” in Assessing the Values of Cultural Heritage (The Getty Conservation Institute, the J. Paul Getty Trust, 2002). (R)Michael Shermer & Alex Grobman, “Chapter 9: The Rape of History: Denial, Revision, and the Search for A True and Meaningful Past,” Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It (University of California Press, 2000). return to top RESEARCH QUESTIONS: A list of questions that helps to shape your rationale for site selection and related issues of significance. Historic Preservation research is based upon documenting a site, building, or place’s historic significance. Historical significance is defined as the importance of the site, building, or place to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture of a community, a State or the nation. It is based on four criteria: Association with historical events Association with a significant person Distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction or form Potential to yield important information. To evaluate the site, building, or place’s significance, the researcher must answer descriptive, biographical, and contextual questions. return to top DESCRIPTION: How large is the site, building, or place, where is it located, or what are its boundaries? How many buildings, structures, and other resources make up the site, building, or place? What changes have been made since its initial construction and when? How have these changes affected the historic integrity? What was the historic function/use of the site, building, or place? How is it used today? Text Sources: Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Directories, Atlases, Gazetteers, Tourist Guides, Websites, Pamphlets, Books, Journal and Newspaper Articles There are a number of library guides available to help with search the Online Catalog and finding Periodical Literature: Searching The Online Catalog Finding Periodical Articles on Your Topic Evaluating Web Sites Graphic Sources: Prints, Photos, Drawings, Maps and Plats, Architectural or Construction Drawings, Landscape Plans return to top BIOGRAPHY: Who occupied/used the site, building, or place historically? who is the current owner/user? When and by whom was the site, building, or place designed and constructed? Was the site, building, or place associated with any important events, activities, persons or groups? Text Sources: Encyclopedias, Directories, Biographical Dictionaries, Almanacs, Websites, Pamphlets, Books, Journal and Newspaper Articles There are a number of library guides and course related webpages available to help with Biographical Research: Biographical Information Sources News Sources on the Web Specialized Dictionaries Research Methods in African American Studies Black Culture in the United States Popular Culture in America Race and Labor in the U.S. Making the African Diaspora Women in America since 1880 Asian American History Asian American in Washington, DC America in the Colonial Era Issues in Latin American Studies United States Latino Literature African American Women Filmmakers Archival Sources: Family/Personal Papers, Genealogical Records, Military Records, Interviews and Oral Histories Graphic Sources: Prints, Photos, Drawings return to top CONTEXT: How did/does the site, building, or place historically affect the activities, persons or groups? How did/does the site, building, or place historically change as different issues faced the events activities, persons or groups associated with it? Why is it important as a marker? Text Sources: Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Local Histories, Commercial Histories, Community/County Histories, Websites, Pamphlets, Books, Journal and Newspaper Articles Archival Sources: Genealogical, Military, Business, Government, Church and Community Records; Family/Personal Papers; Oral Histories Graphic Sources: Prints, Photos, Drawings return to top PROBLEM STATEMENT: A brief summary of major preservation issues and the value of the proposed project to the larger field of historic preservation. Should answer these questions: How do we define history? What constitutes “preservation history?” What is historic preservation anyway? Sources for general issues: (R) Ned Kaufman, “Moving Forward: Futures for a Preservation Movement” in Giving Preservation A History (Routledge, 2004). (R) Antoinette J. Lee, “Chapter 12: The Social and Ethnic Dimensions of Historic Preservation,” in A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century, UNC Press, 2003 – pgs. 385-404 (R) Russell V. Keune, “Chapter 11: Historic Preservation in a Global Context: An International Perspective,” A Richer Heritage: Historic Preservation in the Twenty-First Century (UNC Press, 2003). (R) Eric Foner, “Chapter 7: Who Is An American?,” Who Owns History? Remaking the Past in a Changing World (Hill and Wang, 2002). return to top HISTORIC CONTEXT/BACKGROUND: Historic context provides the historical background that makes any single resource or groups of resources understandable. Historic contexts address major historical themes that produced certain types of resources. For example, developments in educational history resulted in new types of school buildings; new classroom arrangements; new types of spaces, e.g., science laboratories, music rooms, and libraries; and related landscapes, e.g., playing fields. The range of historic resources/places that can be documented by preservationists is very broad. return to top BIBLIOGRAPHY: Annotated list of preliminary bibliographic sources (minimum of 10). Citation style: Chicago Manual of Style is the preferred style guide for citations in the field. See the libraries' Reference Shelf for style guides. This library guide is available to help with creating a Bibliography return to top How to get to the Text Sources you need: Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Local Histories, Commercial Histories, Community/County Histories, Pamphlets, Books: Search by place, organization, community in the online catalog If you don't find enough books on your topic at the UM Libraries, search WorldCat World Wide Web Websites: Search by place, organization, community in Google Newspaper Articles: Search by place, organization, community in Lexis Nexis Journal Articles: Search by place, organization, community in these databases Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) (UM Only) America: History & Life (UM Only) Avery Index To Architectural Periodicals(UM Only) NTL Index Social Science Abstracts(UM Only) ScienceDirect(UM Only) There are a number of library guides and course related webpages available to help with Historical Research: African American Studies Maryland History Resource Guide Women's Studies What if we don't have the source you need? Use Interlibrary Loan Selected List of Preservation Journals American Anthropologist American Heritage American Visions Americas (Organization of American States) Annals of Tourism Research Australasian Journal of American Studies City & Society Heritage: The Magazine of the New York State Historical Association Historic Environment Historic Preservation Historic Preservation Forum International Journal of Heritage Studies International Research in Geographical and environmental Education Journal of American Ethnic History Journal of Urban History Landscape Museum International New York Times Preservation Public Historian Race & Class Smithsonian Social Analysis South African Geographical Journal Studies in Law, Politics, and Society Tampa Bay History Western Journal of Black Studies return to top


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