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Lauren Burger: Wolfe, in all his glory
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Reflections on Public History. Monday, December 18, 2006. Wolfe, in all his glory. Three good friends and I just got back from a 4-day road trip to Quebec City. Though we spent most of our time in Vieux Quebec. On Saturday we ventured as far as Battlefields National Park - better known as the Plains of Abraham. It was a damp, chilly afternoon, and we didn't linger very long on the windy Plains before going to get a big bowl of chocolat chaud. Second, I realized, the plaque tells its colourful story first.
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Lauren Burger: Film as GDR history, view into current German psyche
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Reflections on Public History. Monday, February 12, 2007. Film as GDR history, view into current German psyche. I clearly lack the focus to continue my serial blog posts uninterrupted. This little foray into the uses of historical film is, however, but an intermission. The state of the ROM's permanent European exhibition is too terrible to remain without comment for much longer). On 6 February, The Globe and Mail. In English, The Lives of Others. Challenges popular expressions of Ostalgie. Article expres...
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Lauren Burger: February 2007
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Reflections on Public History. Saturday, February 17, 2007. Invention to Innovation: Current Exhibitions. It is truly amazing how much hard work is required to produce an exhibit text. The UWO Public History. Students have worked diligently since September 2006 to produce the Museum London. Exhibit Invention to Innovation. The partner virtual Invention to Innovation exhibit. Provides much additional information on invention and innovation, as well as on the objects featured in the Museum London exhibition.
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Lauren Burger: Invention to Innovation: Current Exhibitions
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Reflections on Public History. Saturday, February 17, 2007. Invention to Innovation: Current Exhibitions. It is truly amazing how much hard work is required to produce an exhibit text. The UWO Public History. Students have worked diligently since September 2006 to produce the Museum London. Exhibit Invention to Innovation. The partner virtual Invention to Innovation exhibit. Provides much additional information on invention and innovation, as well as on the objects featured in the Museum London exhibition.
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Lauren Burger: Learning from the ROM's crisis (1)
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Reflections on Public History. Thursday, February 08, 2007. Learning from the ROM's crisis (1). Seem to be in vogue. I share Jeremy's thoughts. On the value of shorter, more frequent posts, and so am jumping on the bandwagon. My aim is to reflect on the ROM's current chaotic state, as I believe we can learn much from the institution's " Renaissance. This is the first of a few installments that will reflect on my recent ROM visit. Classic. Elegant. Timeless. After ascending from the temporary basement ent...
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Lauren Burger: (Museum) Architecture and Cultural Identity
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Reflections on Public History. Thursday, January 25, 2007. Museum) Architecture and Cultural Identity. The majority of my last post was taken from an editorial that I wrote for a Public History class exercise. Back in mid-October, 2006. Recent experiences have caused me to reflect in different ways on the case of the ROM's Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Given as a gift by Toronto artist A.H. Howard to the Governor General of Canada on the occasion of his official opening of the ROM. A museum devoted to Mediev...
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Lauren Burger: March 2007
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Reflections on Public History. Thursday, March 08, 2007. Le 30e anniversaire de la Journée internationale de la femme. Right now (at 8:29 pm on 8 March 2007) both Radio-Canada and CBC Radio Two are broadcasting a concert live from the Spectrum concert hall in Montreal. 30 Ans, Une Voix. 30 Years - 1 Voice. Celebrates the 30th anniversary of International Women's Day (IWD). I was unaware, until 8:08 pm (when, in search of some nice nighttime jazz music, I tuned into Espace Musique. Perhaps my guilt, and R...
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Lauren Burger: Move over, Collections
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Reflections on Public History. Thursday, January 18, 2007. Move over, Collections. In last Tuesday's Introduction to Museum Studies class, we discussed the centrality of collections in defining museums. In last Wednesday's Public History class. We thought about criticism the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The last museum visit I made was to the McCord. I wasn't particularly moved by the museum's Simply Montréal. Moment did I care to pay attention to the "big idea" of the Simply Montréal. Moment like mi...
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Lauren Burger: December 2006
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Reflections on Public History. Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Québec, Printemps 1918. The memorial pictured here commemorates the Quebec City riot of Easter weekend, 1918 [1]. It sits in St-Roch, a predominantly working-class neighborhood in Quebec City. It is right beside a bus shelter. In fact, part of the memorial (not pictured here, but directly to the right of the column) acts as a functional bench for those waiting for the bus. That includes its full text. I attended junior, and senior high school i...
