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What's New
INTERNSHIPS
Cultural Resources
Diversity Internship Program
The Cultural
Resources Diversity Internship Program will cosponsor 12-15 interns
during the summer 2009. Project
Proposals are being solicited from host sponsors, with an application
deadline of December 1, 2008. Past sponsors include: the National Mall and
Memorial Parks, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American
History and Culture; the City of Washington, Georgia Tourism Department.
BE A
HOST INTERN SPONSOR
Internship projects are selected competitively
based on the quality of the proposed work and the commitment of the intern
supervisor to mentoring a student who is working in this field for the
first time. As a result of this program, interns gain a better
understanding of the work of historians, historical architects,
archeologists, curators, and others in the cultural resources/historic
preservation field. They return to their academic studies with a new focus
on career possibilities. The National Park Service and partnership
organizations have the opportunity to meet promising young people who might
choose to work in the field. Learn more about becoming a host intern
sponsor.
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Diversity
Interns visited the Mary
McLeod Bethune Council House in August 2004 during the annual Career
Workshop held in Washington,
DC. Courtesy Michele Gates
Moresi.
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BE AN INTERN
Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to
apply. Students interested in applying should review the frequently
asked questions for students and then contact Justin Chow at the Student Conservation
Association, 703.524.2441. For additional information on the program,
contact Turkiya Lowe
at the National Park Service.
PUBLICATIONS
Asian Reflections on the American Landscape:
Identifying and Interpreting Asian Heritage
 Asian Reflections on the
American Landscape: Identifying and Interrpreting Asian Heritage examines
the multiple Asian cultures in the United States and their
influece upom the nation's built environment. Asian Reflections provides a
summary history and addresses examples of historic places that have been
documented and interpreted for their association with Asian heritage. The
publication was prepared for preservationists, researchers, educators, and member
of the general public who are involved in the identification and
preservation of historic places in their communities. The publication is
available in PDF format. For a hard copy, email:
WASO_CRDP_INFO@nps.gov or phone: 202/354-2276.
Heritage Matters
Newsletter
 Heritage Matters is a newsletter that covers
the "news of the nation's diverse cultural heritage." It contains
short news items on diverse communities and diverse cultural heritage.
Issued twice a year, the newsletter is distributed free of charge to over a
thousand diverse organizations, minority colleges and universities,
preservation organizations at all levels of government, and interested
persons. The newsletter offers an opportunity for students to contribute
articles on their work and academic studies and for organizations to
publicize their work. Articles for the newsletter may be submitted to Brian Joyner.
NOTICE: Heritage
Matters Call
for Articles
RESEARCH
Presenting Race &
Slavery at Historic Sites
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Slave quarters at Arlington
House in Virginia.
Courtesy Daphne C. Dador.
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The first survey of
the "Presenting Race and Slavery at Historic Sites" research
project has been completed at Arlington House/Robert E. Lee National
Memorial and a report of the results is available in PDF
format.
"Presenting Race
and Slavery at Historic Sites" is a cooperative research project
between the National Park Service and the Center for the Study of Public
Culture and Public History of The George Washington University. The
research project analyzes the presentation of the issues of race and
slavery at major National Park Service historic sites:surveys and reports
have been completed at Arlington
House/Robert E. Lee National Memorial, and Manassas National Battlefield Park.
Researchers conduct surveys of visitors and frontline staff to discuss
their perceptions on how race and slavery are presented at these sites. A
final report by an appointed graduate student summarizes the methodology of
the study, highlights the results of the surveys, and presents relevant
historical scholarship pertinent to interpretation at each site. The
project research team develops recommendations in consultation with site administrators.
These reports are shared with interested NPS staff and others. Preliminary
research will began in 2003 and continues through 2006.
For additional
information, contact Brian Joyner.
Cultural Heritage
Needs Assessment Project: Phase I
The "Cultural
Heritage Needs Assessment Project" seeks to expand consultation with
diverse cultural communities, e.g., African Americans, Asian Americans,
Hispanic/Latino/Chicano groups, and others in order to gain a better
understanding of what aspects of cultural heritage are important to
minority cultures and what the federal government's cultural programs could
do to better address these aspects of heritage. Phase One, to be carried
out during 2002-2003, devotes particular attention to three
non-majoritarian groups: African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Filipino
Americans. The methodology, which is similar to that employed in the
National Park Service's 1990 report, Keepers of the Treasures:
Protecting Historic Properties and Cultural Traditions on Indian Lands,
emphasizes consultation with community members as well as professionals in
the heritage fields, through interviews, meetings, and site visits. The
study will concentrate on three regions of the country, one of which will
be the New York City
area. The draft report is available in PDF format.
For additional
information, contact Toni Lee
Hispanic American Heritage: Cultural Traditions
and
the Built Environment
The Cultural
Resources Diversity Program is currently conducting research for a new
publication on National Park Service cultural resources in Hispanic and
Latino heritage in America.
This publication will provide a resource for the interpretation of historic
sites, structures, and landscapes as they pertain to Hispanic and Latino
peoples in America.
This resource is intended to provide guidance and suggestions to identify
themes, social history topics, and historic places that reflect the
cultural heritage of Hispanic and Latino peoples in the United States.
Research consists of examining the diaspora of Hispanic people throughout
the United States;
identifying the major scholarship on the topic; and collecting information
on Hispanic cultural heritage within the National Park Service cultural
resources programs (National Register of Historic Places, National Historic
Landmarks, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering
Record).
For additional
information, contact Brian
Joyner.
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