Tools and Project Examples

A sample of online resources for those interested in exploring the public humanities and designing their own publicly-engaged projects:

“A Typology of the Publicly Engaged Humanities” (National Humanities Alliance)
https://humanitiesforall.org/features/five-types-of-publicly-engaged-humanities-work-in-u-s-higher-education

“Pitching the Humanities” (National Humanities Alliance)
https://www.nhalliance.org/pitching_the_humanities

Digital Humanities Tools and Resources (Carolina Digital Humanities)
https://cdh.unc.edu/resources/tools/

A Social Media Guide for Academics (CUNY)
https://justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2013/12/JustPublics365_Toolkit.pdf

Humanities for All (National Humanities Alliance)
https://humanitiesforall.org

NEH For All (National Humanities Alliance)
https://nehforall.org

Example Public Humanities Projects (University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Humanities)
https://humanities.wisc.edu/public-humanities/resources

Humanities Moments (National Humanities Center)
http://humanitiesmoments.org

Humanities Indicators, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
https://www.humanitiesindicators.org/binaries/pdf/Life-Course-A3-High-Res.pdf

Emmett Till Memory Project (Emmett Till Memorial Commission of Tallahatchie County)
https://tillapp.emmett-till.org/about

Rebecca Solnit, Nonstop Metropolis (University of California Press, 2016)

Sample chapter (“City of Women”) published in The New Yorker Oct. 11, 2016: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/city-of-women