{"id":7754,"date":"2016-08-08T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T18:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=7754"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:13:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:13:10","slug":"historyinternship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/historyinternship\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship Offers Experience in Digital and Community History"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7755\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7755 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ierraVerdun2.jpg\" alt=\"Kierra Verdun \u201918 (right) with her Historypin supervisor Kerri Young\" width=\"375\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ierraVerdun2.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ierraVerdun2-150x147.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ierraVerdun2-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ierraVerdun2-306x300.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kierra Verdun \u201918 (right) with her Historypin supervisor, Kerri Young, at the National World War I Museum (Kansas City, Mo.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>History major <strong>Kierra Verdun \u201918<\/strong> wasn\u2019t planning on completing an internship this summer, but after speaking to her professor, Janelle Werner, the Marlene Crandell Francis Assistant Professor of History, about her post-grad plans, Kierra decided she needed some experience in digital history.<\/p>\n<p>She found her opportunity to gain this experience at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historypin.org\/en\/\">Historypin<\/a>, an organization that promotes communities to digitally share their local history. \u201cHistorypin taps into \u2018knowledge communities,\u2019 which are communities that already have this local knowledge,\u201d she says. \u201c[The goal] is to put value into what they are already doing [and]\u2026 to bridge the gap between communities and the digital world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This summer Kierra has used primary sources from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/\">National Archives<\/a> to create an online archive on Historypin. She has also been involved in creating a World War I app that teachers and educators can use as a tool for finding and presenting digital archives in the classroom. Kierra recently attended a conference at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theworldwar.org\/\">National World War I Museum<\/a> in Kansas City, Mo., to present the app. \u201cWe did demos with the teachers and then reported back to developers with teachers\u2019 comments and suggestions,\u201d she says. The conference was a\u00a0 collaboration between the National Archives and the National Word War I Museum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory should be more accessible,\u201d says Kierra. \u201cThat\u2019s why I like Historypin. It\u2019s presenting histories that are not often represented.\u201d Her internship at Historypin has made her more confident in her ability to research and contribute, and she has also learned how digital history relates to community engagement. \u201cI better understand what \u2018public history\u2019 is, and how it relates to community engagement and social justice,\u201d she says. \u201cHistorypin has given me the tools to know how to get at the intersection of public history and social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kierra will study abroad in Thailand this fall. After graduating from K, she hopes to pursue a graduate degree in public history.<\/p>\n<p><em>Text by <strong>McKenna Bramble \u201916<\/strong>. McKenna graduated from Kalamazoo College with a B.A. degree in psychology and currently works as the post-baccalaureate summer assistant in the College\u2019s Center for Career and Professional Development. She enjoys writing and reading poetry, hanging out with friends and eating chocolate. In the fall she plans to apply to M.F.A. degree programs for poetry. This is one of a series of profiles she is writing about K students and their summer internships.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History major Kierra Verdun \u201918 wasn\u2019t planning on completing an internship this summer, but after speaking to her professor, Janelle Werner, the Marlene Crandell Francis Assistant Professor of History, about her post-grad plans, Kierra decided she needed some experience in digital history. 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Verdun \u201918<\/strong> wasn\u2019t planning on completing an internship this summer, but after speaking to her professor, Janelle Werner, the Marlene Crandell Francis Assistant Professor of History, about her post-grad plans, Kierra decided she needed some experience in digital history.<\/p>\n<p>She found her opportunity to gain this experience at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historypin.org\/en\/\">Historypin<\/a>, an organization that promotes communities to digitally share their local history. \u201cHistorypin taps into \u2018knowledge communities,\u2019 which are communities that already have this local knowledge,\u201d she says. \u201c[The goal] is to put value into what they are already doing [and]\u2026 to bridge the gap between communities and the digital world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This summer Kierra has used primary sources from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/\">National Archives<\/a> to create an online archive on Historypin. She has also been involved in creating a World War I app that teachers and educators can use as a tool for finding and presenting digital archives in the classroom. Kierra recently attended a conference at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theworldwar.org\/\">National World War I Museum<\/a> in Kansas City, Mo., to present the app. \u201cWe did demos with the teachers and then reported back to developers with teachers\u2019 comments and suggestions,\u201d she says. The conference was a\u00a0 collaboration between the National Archives and the National Word War I Museum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory should be more accessible,\u201d says Kierra. \u201cThat\u2019s why I like Historypin. It\u2019s presenting histories that are not often represented.\u201d Her internship at Historypin has made her more confident in her ability to research and contribute, and she has also learned how digital history relates to community engagement. \u201cI better understand what \u2018public history\u2019 is, and how it relates to community engagement and social justice,\u201d she says. \u201cHistorypin has given me the tools to know how to get at the intersection of public history and social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kierra will study abroad in Thailand this fall. After graduating from K, she hopes to pursue a graduate degree in public history.<\/p>\n<p><em>Text by <strong>McKenna Bramble \u201916<\/strong>. McKenna graduated from Kalamazoo College with a B.A. degree in psychology and currently works as the post-baccalaureate summer assistant in the College\u2019s Center for Career and Professional Development. She enjoys writing and reading poetry, hanging out with friends and eating chocolate. In the fall she plans to apply to M.F.A. degree programs for poetry. 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