HISTORY 536S · also ISS 536S, VMS 536S
Public History and Memory
Robert P. Buerglener, Victoria E. Szabo
Description from DukeHub
Course examines key themes in the theory and practice of public history, an approach to historical storytelling aimed at audiences outside the academy. Topics may include the politics and ethics of public history; memory and history; monuments and memorialization; and changing modes of presentation from traditional museums to digital platforms. Student projects will use archival and library resources and engage with historic sites and organizations.
Skills
- research methodsAI review: "Student projects will use archival and library resources"
- writingAI review: "historical storytelling aimed at audiences outside the academy"
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "ethics"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 12 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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