Comments on: Using digital tools to tell stories of Places That Matter

By: Paula King

Paula King — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:19:37 +0000

I am very interested in the questions posed here. Place Matters and City Lore are both models of engaging residents in the process of memory and history. I am especially interested in digital mapping projects, like City Lore’s “City of Memory Map.” What is especially appealing about this project is that community members can add to the project. However, the flash-based technology is perhaps not the best platform. As a researcher working in Baltimore, I want to think critically about digital mapping projects that involve residents as well as researchers in building better urban spaces. How can we best use digital technology to develop useful and interactive historic maps? Why are maps so central to our understanding of culture? Our collective understanding of place seems central to both preservation and development of places that matter.

By: Amanda Seligman

Amanda Seligman — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:22:47 +0000

I am interested.

By: Ruth Jones

Ruth Jones — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:37:32 +0000

I’m interested. People from my hometown (most have moved to other states) created a facebook page to do ‘Remember when’ about the hometown. Lately someone went through the town, took pictures of every house, and posted them. People started commenting about who lived there when (going back about 50 years), adventures they had, etc. It seemed to me a promising start to creating a history of place.

By: Amy Tyson

Amy Tyson — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:47:19 +0000

I’d be interested on how to take such a project into the classroom, as well.