{"615053":{"#nid":"615053","#data":{"type":"event","title":"HSOC Spring 2019 Speakers Series - Mark Souther","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of History and Sociology welcomes \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facultyprofile.csuohio.edu\/csufacultyprofile\/detail.cfm?FacultyID=M_SOUTHER\u0022\u003EDr. Mark Souther\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at Cleveland State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Souther will give a talk on \u0026quot;Mobilizing History: Reflections on a Decade of Digital Humanities Practice on Two Continents.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;The talk is from 4:00 - 5:30 in Crosland Library Tower, 7\u003Csup\u003Eth \u003C\/sup\u003Efloor.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAll are welcome.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis event will combine the traditional lecture and a live-recorded interview with the producers of the \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lostinthestacks.libsyn.com\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk995416\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELost in the Stacks\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; podcast, as Souther reflects on his experience in modeling innovative platforms and processes for university-based community engagement through digital public history. He will show how a decade-long development initiative at an urban public university created \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/curatescape.org\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk238415\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E Curatescape\u003C\/a\u003E, a pioneering mobile app and cast a city (Cleveland, Ohio) as both a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/clevelandhistorical.org\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk71028\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E virtual museum\u003C\/a\u003E and a learning laboratory for doing history in and with the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESouther will also discuss how Curatescape has helped build a sense of place in urban communities locally and, for the past four years, internationally through an extension of the project to adapt the platform and process in ways to facilitate their viability in the developing world. \u0026nbsp;With two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Souther and his team have collaborated with partners in Kenya to engage the public in \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/macleki.org\/\u0022 id=\u0022LPlnk440268\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecurating\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; Kenya\u0026rsquo;s third-largest city, Kisumu. 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