{"id":4086,"date":"2014-04-21T15:07:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2020-02-17T15:19:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T15:19:24","slug":"historyapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2014\/04\/21\/historyapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Public invited to help write history of City of Minneapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Historyapolis uses social media, public to write first history of City since 1940<\/h3>\n

Minnesotans are invited to make history by taking part in the innovative Historyapolis Project which is using Facebook, Twitter, and the public to write the stories of the City of Minneapolis for an upcoming book.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe citizens of our state are hungry for complex stories that will help them understand how Minneapolis became the wonderful, complex and contradictory place that it is,\u201d said Kirsten Delegard, founder of the Historyapolis Project and scholar-in-residence at Augsburg College. \u201cThis project, the first to undertake the City\u2019s history since 1940, will create a central clearinghouse where people can find a full story of our past.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delegard said that the decision to use the internet and social media to share and gather information will allow a broad community of people to participate in the project and to develop a serious but accessible historical work that bridges the gap between the academic domain and larger world.<\/p>\n

The Historyapolis Project\u2019s inventive approach recently was awarded an $82,000 Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage grant \u2013 the first time an academic department of history has received funding from the Arts and Cultural Heritage program for such a project. The grant supports engaging students in the research process and, according to the Minnesota Historical Society, creates a \u201ccentral hub for the interpretation of Minneapolis history and an innovative model for urban collegiate history departments.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe awarding of this grant establishes Augsburg as a center for the study of Minneapolis’ past, one in which the broader public will play a powerful role,\u201d said Michael Lansing, associate professor and chair of the Augsburg History Department. It builds on the Augsburg History Department\u2019s long-term commitment to the public work of history and to expanding its role in the discipline of \u201cpublic history\u201d \u2013 a discipline that comprises the many and diverse ways in which history is applied to real-world issues.<\/p>\n

Bringing the Historyapolis Project to Augsburg, Lansing said, extends this commitment into the digital arena, incorporating tools and skills that are increasingly critical for the practice of public history.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis transformational research project creates an incredible immersion experience for students and is public work that brings the practice of history into the world,\u201d Lansing said.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong> Join the Historyapolis Project of Augsburg College by:<\/p>\n