Go back and look at "Presence of the Past" by Rosensweig and Thelen--it is
probably the clearest thing that came out of their research.

Claudia


On 8/6/07 2:20 PM, "Dale Jones" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi -
> 
> I am preparing a session at AASLH on personal connections to history in
> museums and am looking for some working definitions, or better yet, a
> definition that comes out of relevant scholarship.   Many history museums
> and sites now use some variant of "personal connections" or "connecting to
> the past" in their mission statements, but I have found none that define
> what they mean.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dale Jones
> Institute for Learning Innovation
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