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Undergraduate Research Seminar in Public History

HIST192R

About the Course:

We will be collectively creating the first Social Justice Tour of Santa Barbara! This course offers a unique fusion of public history, social history, ethnohistory, ethnic studies, historical tourism, civic engagement, storytelling, and cultural geography. Students will use archival research to design and deliver a site-specific public history tour created for invited guests from across campus and the local community. Our course will rely heavily on a hands-on approach to learning, researching, and practicing public history methodologies appropriate for documenting, interpreting, and presenting experiences of marginalized communities. The course will help students gain understanding and insights into the issues of collecting and presenting historical information about communities and individuals around the social categories of race, Indigeneity, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class; and help develop critical collaboration skills within the practice of public history.

Pre-requisites:

No pre-requisites have been entered for this course.

Documents:

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Schedule of Courses

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