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Heritage UnboundedHonouliuli: A National Historic Site in the makingOne of our nation’s newest National Historic Sites, the site of Honouliuli, will interpret the history of civilian incarceration and the experience of prisoners of war in Hawaii during World War II— an important and often glossed over part of America’s past. To use the words of the National Park Service, it “will be a place to reflect on wartime experiences and recommit ourselves to the pursuit of freedom and justice.” Join me as I chat with Hanako Wakatsuki, JHU Museum Studies Program alumna and Superintendent of Honouliuli National Historic Site, about the importance of interpreti...2022-02-0731 minHeritage UnboundedProtecting our Heritage During CrisisThe 21st century has seen an unprecedented threat to our global heritage—from natural disasters, extreme weather events, and climate change to military conflicts in some of our most sensitive areas of global heritage alongside the intentional targeting of cultural sites for destruction. During this episode, join me as I chat with Corine Wegener, director of the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative (SCRI), an outreach program dedicated to protecting cultural heritage in crisis situations. SCRI’s work includes U.S. domestic and international responses to disasters in Haiti, Nepal, Egypt, Syria, and Iraq. It also offers disaster response and lea...2021-06-0829 min
Uniquely Us PodcastRants and Reviews of my Life, Movies, Music and MoreYou need to listen to this podcast. Sorry for the hour long but it's amazing and a lot to take in. You can Hit me up at (651) 800-1567 via text or by email at uniquelyusguild@gmail.com and you can share this podcast with family and friends and heck why not, even your coworkers. You will not regret it. It's a good podcast and good mission and great feed from an autistic individual with dreams and high hopes of becoming a famous Podcaster and maybe even visionary. THANKS to my inspiration Elon Musk who also has ASD and my family...2021-05-1558 minHeritage UnboundedCultural Burns: Understanding Indigenous Stewardship Practices and the Benefits of Intentional FireThe 2020 fire season in the US has seen another historic year, with record breaking fires across the Western US. But fire is not new, it has been part of the Indigenous cultural landscape for millennia; not framed as something to be feared but rather as something to be embraced as an intentional part of stewardship. For this episode we unpack a bit about this relationship and what it can mean for land management moving forward. This episode is co-hosted by first-year Cultural Heritage Management graduate student, Emily Dayhoff. Emily is a Southern Sierra Miwuk and c...2020-11-1741 minHeritage UnboundedHeritage Stewardship: A Call to ActionA conversation with Wanda Raschkow and Elizabeth Hora reveals some of the possibilities along with some of the challenges for implementing a statewide site stewardship program. Wanda serves as the Statewide Site Stewardship Program Coordinator for Friends of Cedar Mesa, a conservation-focused non-profit located in Bluff, Utah. Friends of Cedar Mesa works to ensure that public lands in San Juan County, with all their cultural and natural values, are respected and protected. As part of that mission Friends of Cedar Mesa has partnered with the Utah Bureau of Land Management to develop a heritage stewardship p...2020-03-1343 minHeritage UnboundedArchaeogaming: the archaeology of and in gamingWe welcome Kaitlyn Kingsland, for a conversation about Archaeogaming. Kaitlyn is a doctoral student at the University of South Florida and a researcher at the Institute for Digital Exploration or iDEx. Her work focuses on 3D and digital applications to archaeology, history, and cultural heritage. She also studies archaeogaming and is the current manager and editor of Archaeogaming.com, a blog dedicated to the discussion of the archaeology both of and in video games. Be sure to visit Archaeogaming.com and follow Kaitlyn on twitter at@ Archaeogaming. Interested in learning more about the subject? Check out the w...2020-01-0923 min
Heritage UnboundedBorn Digital: Rock Art at the British MuseumJoin us for a conversation with anthropologist and digital humanities specialist, Elizabeth Galvin, as she shares with us her previous work at the British Museum as the project manager and leader of a major digital research project on African Rock Art. We discuss issues of technology, digital curation, and engagement and the ways digital outputs can aid in efforts to increase access to museums. Elizabeth has worked throughout Africa, but mainly in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ethiopia. She has collaborated with national and local museums throughout the continent, researching indigenous knowledge systems, material culture, and pictorial...2019-09-1249 minHeritage UnboundedSan Marino: A Small Republic with a Big HistoryFortress of Guaita, San Marino. By Max_Ryazanov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia. Perched on Mount Titano and surrounded on all sides by the country of Italy, San Marino, is a small republic with a big history. The San Marino historic center and Mount Titano gained UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2008. As one of the oldest continuing republics in the world and the only surviving intact Italian city-state, its historic contributions to the development of democracy have been profound. Dr. Paolo Rondelli was born in San Marino and attended the Italian University of Bologna where he r...2018-09-2549 minHeritage UnboundedPotentials and Pitfalls: Bali and the Impact of its World Heritage StatusWith its rice terraces and water temples, the subaks of Bali’s cultural landscape blend the natural, cultural, and spiritual through a cooperative social system of management. The 2012 designation of the Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy, as a World Heritage site, brought about the potential for additional preservation alongside increased tourism but continued challenges to site management remain. Dr. Stephen Lansing, co-director of the Complexity Institute & a Professor in the Asian School of the Environment at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, talks about these challenges and pot...2018-09-2533 minHeritage UnboundedClimate Change and Heritage: Planning for the FutureClimate change — extreme weather and rising sea levels — demands a forward-thinking approach to heritage preservation. Join us as we talk with Lisa Craig of The Craig Group, about current issues in preservation and adaptation planning. In her role as Chief of Historic Preservation for the City of Annapolis, Ms. Craig spearheaded the development of a Cultural Resource Hazard Mitigation Plan and Weather It Together, a community-based planning initiative and award-winning, model for resiliency planning. Interested in learning more about climate, cultural heritage, and how vulnerable communities are responding? Become involved in the Keeping History Above Water a...2018-09-2541 minHeritage UnboundedHeritage and Conflict: Challenges in the Middle EastConflict in the Middle East poses unique challenges to local heritage, join us as we talk with Brian Michael Lione, the Iraq Program Manager for the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute. Since 2009, Mr. Lione has been in Iraq with the Iraqi Institute for the Conservation of Antiquities and Heritage, a unique institution in the Middle East which collaborates with Iraqi professionals to develop their skills in the conservation and management of their own cultural heritage. Learn how Mr. Lione became involved in the field and hear about the important work he has been doing in Iraq and i...2018-09-2551 min