Part Four: Black History, Heritage, and Scholarship: Setting the Table for a Sustainable Future

Black History, Heritage, and Scholarship: Setting the Table for a Sustainable Future 

CHAIR: MAHON, Francis (UDel) 

PANELISTS: VAN HORN, Jennifer (UDel), FLETCHER, Kami (Delaware State U), WINAND, Angela (DE Historical Society)

 

ABSTRACT:

MAHON, Francis (UDel) Black History, Heritage, and Scholarship: Setting the Table for a Sustainable Future. The speakers for this panel are Dr. Jennifer Van Horn from the University of Delaware, Dr. Kami Fletcher from Delaware State University and Dr. Angela Winand from the Delaware Historical Society. All three scholars have done extensive research regarding Black History and African American Heritage within their prospective fields of Art History, History, and Museum Education. The goal of this panel is to “set the table” for a conversation between the audience and speakers about sustainable futures for Black History and African American Heritage sites within the context of tourism, public memory, race and identity.

 

Session took place at the Society for Applied Anthropology • 78th Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 3-7, 2018