In
April, I'll be joining a dozen or so historians in a convening of the
Public Historians and Local Food Movement Working Group at the
National Council on Public History annual conference in Ottawa, Canada. The
working group is led by Michelle Moon and Cathy Stanton, who've
encouraged us to begin the conversation through a series of entries on
Cathy's blog. Mine, inspired by the ablove photo that came through by Facebook
feed one morning (thanks Katya Kuchar) explores the connections between
the personal and the political as we think about food--in Ukraine, in
the United States, and in museums. For the full post (and other great
posts as well) please go
here.
I'm really looking forward to the conversation about the ways in which public historians and museums might connect more deeply to an understanding of food--but it does require, as I titled the post, moving beyond the butter churn. How does your museum connect to stories of food and place?
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