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Cooper-Hewitt: Scrapbooks and Self Works- Jessica Helfand and Rebecca Johnson MelvinCombining pictures, words and a wealth of personal ephemera, scrapbook makers preserve on the pages of their books a moment, a day, or a lifetime. Join Jessica Helfand, graphic designer, co-editor of Design Observer, and author of Scrapbooks: An American History, and Rebecca Johnson Melvin, manuscripts librarian and curator of Self Works: Diaries, Scrapbooks, and Other Autobiographical Efforts, for a presentation and conversation about this lively art and its history. scrapbook, Self works, Jessica Helfand, Rebecca Johnson Melvin, craft, archive, history, panel, talk, long, public program |
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Cooper-Hewitt: Richard Campanella at City of Neighborhoods 2008Richard Campanella tracks the physical geography, historical development, and population of New Orleans from colonial times to after Hurricane Katrina. City of Neighborhoods, 2008, Richard Campanella, geographer, Tulane, New Orleans, history, physical geography, development, population, Hurricane Katrina, civic engagement, Lecture, talk, long, public program |
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Understanding the American ExperienceThe final grand challenge posed by Secretary Wayne Clough for the new strategic plan of the Smithsonian is explained by the sentence: “America is an increasingly diverse society that shares a history, ideals, and an indomitable, innovative spirit." challenge, Wayne Clough, smithsonian, diverse, Experience Design, objects, interactive, technology, Information, Architecture, spaces, experience, inclusive, systems, services, complex, digital, abstract, virtual, context, internet, Web, connectivity, link, American, disciplines, resources, museums, research, libraries, history, groups, individual, National, stories, stimulate |
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