Past into Present: Effective Techniques for First-Person Historical Interpretation - Tapa blanda

This is a very useful book, both for living history practitioners and for the larger audience of readers [interested in history].John C. Kemp, Director of Colonial Interpretation, Plimoth Plantation [H]er book is an instant classic in the field and should be a valued source for years to come."Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Bulletin" [I]dentifies a core set of practices that will not only promote audience enjoyment, but provoke thought and convey important messages."Colonial Chronicle" There's something in "Past into Present" for all interpreters, docents, and volunteers who strive to bring history to life for our students and visitors."History News" H er book is an instant classic in the field and should be a valued source for years to come."Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Bulletin" "Past into Present" is both a spirited defense of a controversial interpretive technique and a handbook for its successful use. John D. Krugler, Marquette University I dentifies a core set of practices that will not only promote audience enjoyment, but provoke thought and convey important messages."Colonial Chronicle" "This is a very useful book, both for living history practitioners and for the larger audience of readers [interested in history].John C. Kemp, Director of Colonial Interpretation, Plimoth Plantation" "There's something in "Past into Present" for all interpreters, docents, and volunteers who strive to bring history to life for our students and visitors."History News"" "[H]er book is an instant classic in the field and should be a valued source for years to come."Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Bulletin"" ""Past into Present" is both a spirited defense of a controversial interpretive technique and a handbook for its successful use. John D. Krugler, Marquette University" "[I]dentifies a core set of practices that will not only promote audience enjoyment, but provoke thought and convey important messages."Colonial Chronicle""

First-person interpretation--the portrayal of historical
characters through interactive dramatization or roleplaying--is
an effective, albeit controversial, method used to bring history
to life at museums, historic sites, and other public venues.
Stacy Roth examines the techniques of first-person interpretation
to identify those that have been most effective with audiences
while allowing interpreters to maintain historical fidelity.
Past into Present focuses on first-person
interpretation's most challenging form: the unscripted,
spontaneous, conversational approach employed in "living history"
environments such as Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts, Conner
Prairie in Indiana, and Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. While
acknowledging that a wide range of methods can touch audiences
effectively, Roth identifies a core set of practices that combine
positive communication techniques, classic interpretive
philosophy, and time-tested learning theories to promote audience
enjoyment, provoke thought and inquiry, convey important messages
and themes, and relate to individual visitor interests. She
offers numerous examples of conversation and demonstration
strategies, visitor behavior profiles, and suggestions for
depicting conflict and controversy, and she provides useful
character development guidelines, interpretive training advice, and recommendations for adapting first-person interpretation for
diverse audiences.