Walking Tour

For this walking tour I did the Central Spokane tour of the Downtown Spokane Heritage Walk.  I did this tour on Saturday, and began the tour at 5 PM.  The tour took me all over downtown, including some of my stops that I will be highlighting for Spokane Historical.

Research Proposal

In this blog post, I'm hoping to outline my research for stops on the Spokane Historical website and mobile app.  It is my hope that these stops will provide not only historic information but also tell some sort of historical story to bring the past to life.  I began my research hoping to focus on the 'Three B's' that is Bars, Brothels and Breweries.  Unfortunately I found that there simply weren't enough of the 'three B's' to manage 10 coherent stops for Spokane Historical.  This conundrum lead me to a smorgasbord of stops, outlined below, I hope to convey the importance of these stops and a peak into the research availability of the stops.

Digital Storytelling

As part of my research in to public history I'd like to look at historical videos portraying history within the state.  The first of these I found intensely interesting was the MOHAI minute productions.  MOHAI, the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, has been producing these productions to examine historic sites and neighborhoods throughout Seattle and the surrounding areas.  These videos are very informative and well researched, although somewhat long for my taste.  The biggest downfall to these videos in my opinion is over-research, the hosts seem to be reading off of a script, which interrupts the natural flow of their discourse.  However do have a look, very informative and interesting take on digital storytelling in the Pacific North West.

Then and Now

I found this great comparative article on the Spokesman-Review website, comparing historical sites in spokane Then and Now.  I know it's been done before, but if you click on the images you get a slider to see some great comparative photography.  The post first appealed to me when I was looking for historic Spokane imagery for my blog, however looking at this comparative feature I believe the S-R has done a great job.   A few questions though, does this comparison style work as it is presented?  What could be done differently to make it even more effective?

Welcome

Welcome to my public history blog dealing initially with issues in Cultural Resource Management and Digital Storytelling.  Parts of these topics will include working with the Jensen-Byrd building around EWU and WSU's Riverpoint Campus, and creting varrious stops for the upcomming Spokane Historical app, which should be hitting the AppStore and Android Marketplace soon.  I will be posting regularly with my comments and thoughts on the varrious aspects of public history while working in a few other aspects as well.  I welcome your comments and thoughts as we sort through the challenges of public history together.