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Letting Go?: Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World

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Letting Go? investigates path-breaking public history practices at a time when the standard expertise of museums turns out challenged at each turn―by the Internet and digital media, by community-based programming, by new trends in oral history and by latest art. On this anthology of 19 thought pieces, case studies, conversations and commissioned art, almost 30 leading practitioners such as Michael Frisch, Jack Tchen, Liz Ševcenko, Kathleen McLean, Nina Simon, Otabenga Jones and Associates, and Fred Wilson explore the results of letting audiences create, not just receive, historical content. Drawing on examples from history, art, and science museums, Letting Go? offers concrete examples and models for you to spark innovative work at institutions of all sizes and budgets. This engaging new collection will function an introductory text for the ones newly grappling with a changing field and, for the ones already pursuing the goal of “letting go,” a tool for taking stock and pushing ahead.

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