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Making History with the Masses, Revisited History Unfolded and the Realities of Citizen History Elissa Frankle United States Holocaust Memorial Museum efrankle@ushmm.org @museums365 Three years ago And then we learned. Avsar Aras CC

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Making History with the Masses, Revisited

History Unfolded and the Realities of Citizen History Elissa Frankle United States Holocaust Memorial Museum efrankle@ushmm.org @museums365

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Three years ago…

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And then we learned.

Avsar Aras – CC BY-SA

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4 staff, 6 months, $0.

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4 staff, 6 months, $0.

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It’s not about us.

Thehero – CC BY-SA

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Guiding principles.

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  • 1. Citizen history is a contract.
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  • 2. User experience and

answering historical questions bear equal weight.

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CITIZEN HISTORY

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  • 3. Learn from your users at

every stage of the process.

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  • 4. Make sure it’s real history.
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  • 5. More definition is better.
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  • 6. It takes just enough cooks.
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  • 6. It takes just enough cooks.

Project lead Community Manager UX Designer Front-end developer Back-end developer Historian Educator

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  • 7. Make decisions together.
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  • 8. Simple (but not simplistic).
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  • 9. If you build it, will they come?
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newspapers.ushmm.org

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Make sure it’s real history.

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Citizen history is a contract.

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Learn from your users.

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User experience = historical answers

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Simple (but not simplistic).

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Simple (but not simplistic).

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Make decisions together.

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More definition is better.

James Cridland – CC BY

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More definition is better.

By Kit from Pittsburgh, CC BY via Wikimedia Commons

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More definition is better.

Kit from Pittsburgh, CC BY via Wikimedia Commons

  • Mr. Ducke

Doviende (CC BY-SA) Found Animals Foundation, CC BY-SA

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It takes just enough cooks.

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If you build it, will they come?

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If you build it, will they come?

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A path forward.

Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology.

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology starts with people.

Define the question. Define the audience. Define the team. Define the partners.

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology.

What is the question I want to answer?

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology.

What could not be done without citizen historians?

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology.

Who would benefit most from being involved in this process of discovery?

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology.

Who are the people on staff with me or who I know who could serve the vital roles?

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology.

How can I get to know my target audiences better? How can I reach them before, during, and after the building process?

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology.

What is the platform best suited to:

  • the citizen participants?
  • the guiding question?
  • the chosen methodology?
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Citizen history as mainstream methodology.

Who has already laid the groundwork with a similar project?

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Citizen history as mainstream methodology starts with people.

Define the question. Define the audience. Define the team. Define the partners.

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Guiding principles cheat sheet.

  • 1. Citizen history is a contract.
  • 2. UX bears equal weight to historical questions.
  • 3. Learn from your users at every stage.
  • 4. Make sure it’s real history.
  • 5. More definition is better.
  • 6. It takes just enough cooks.
  • 7. Make decisions together.
  • 8. Simple (but not simplistic).
  • 9. If you build it, will they come?
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Thank you!

Elissa Frankle United States Holocaust Memorial Museum efrankle@ushmm.org @museums365 newspapers.ushmm.org