Sentences with phrase «writing local history»

He is also a certified marine technician and the author of a popular text on writing local history.

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Evangelicals stand in continuity with the Great Tradition of Christian believing, confessing, worshiping and acting through the centuries, while not discounting the many local histories that must be written to give a full account of Christian communities in any given era.

But one of the things I've always loved about blogging is that I get to my whole self here: I get to love theology and Church talk, I get to write about mothering and family and marriage, I get to crack jokes at my own expense, I get to love Doctor Who and Call the Midwife, I get to love thrifting and knitting and pretty things as well as being a Jesus feminist, I get to be a homemaker who talks recipes and cleaning and laundry as well as a lover of literature and poetry and history and Girl Power, I love the local church and yet I don't wear rose - coloured glasses about this stuff.

Many local church histories are written without reference to the elements that produce tensions and strains, in this case the neighborhood poor, doubting church colleagues, an incongruous parade, and an amorous drunk.

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David Clark, former cabinet minister in Blair's first government, has written an excellent short history of The Labour Movement in Westmorland (Lensden Publishing, # 14.99), drawing upon local archives and oral history.

The hotel is run by Aydin (a masterful performance from Haluk Bilginer), a former actor who inherited a bunch of land and likes to write essays in the local paper (he's also nearly finished researching his book: a history of Turkish Theater.

It could be a way of experiencing the forces involved with paddling and buoyancy, the water cycle, fresh water habitats, boat design, local history and geography, maths, creative writing and many more.

In Year 9, 13 - and 14 - year - old students wrote plays about the French and Russian Revolutions and performed immersive theater to a public audience of over 200 people, including members of their local history association and immersive theater actors and producers.

The lesson as written ties to a state history curriculum, but can easily be adapted to fit into curriculum relating to dinosaurs, ancient cultures, and local history.

In the case of our Caretakers of History project, the children published an op - ed in the local newspaper, created a comprehensive website using their own research and writing as content, developed interactive exhibits, presented to high school students and important members of their community, and developed an online virtual timeline of both the museum and their own project process.

In high school, students write a research paper or conduct original research on local history (Morell & Rogers, 2006).

One of those involved social studies students» picking a history topic; coming up with a question and thesis; writing a research paper to the standards of The Concord Review, a journal that publishes secondary school students» research work; and presenting what they learned to community members and local experts at a symposium.

Authors wrote convincingly about local events, stories and history that would probably never interest mainstream publishers,» Bradley said.

Authors wrote convincingly about local events, stories and history that would probably never interest mainstream publishers»

If you've written fiction or a memoir, consider what aspects of your book might lend themselves to lectures: local history, politics, social movements, etc..

One will be about one of my novels, TIMBER ROSE, but the other two I'll be talking about writing historical fiction based on the history of my local wilderness community.

It wasn't until I helped a local group write and publish a book about our communities local history did I discover how much I loved to write.

She is also one of the Founders of Humane Voters of Arizona and writes its legislative report card on animal issues each year and provides institutional history on legislative and other issues to many organizations in the local, regional and national humane communities.

A look at Regionalism's evolving reputation, with excerpts from our archives about how Grant Wood's American Gothic first angered local critics, was then written into art history, and finally became joke material for Hollywood filmmakers.

Local History takes its name from an exhibition review Judd wrote in 1964, which came to be interpreted as a manifesto for a new kind of art removed from the prevailing concerns of medium specificity and expression.

PAMM and the Guggenheim Foundation both combine a focus on international and transnational artists and cultural movements with a deep interest in local context, and her work at both institutions has re-affirmed Nawi's belief in the crucial role museums play in writing and rethinking histories, and building and contributing to communities through the establishment of public dialogue.

Following his solo exhibition in Los Angeles in 1925, he wrote to the Art Institute's Charles Burkholder that half the works in the show had been purchased for local collections, including that of the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art (now the Los Angeles County Museum of Art).

Local History takes its title from an essay written by Donald Judd in 1964, which examined the art being shown in New York City at the time whilst also functioning as a manifesto calling for a new kind of art — free from the concerns of expressionism and medium - specificity.

It's very nice that Tom Wigley suggested that Phil Jones should have written, «stations were chosen on the basis of station histories and / or local knowledge.»

He is currently writing «a history of previous «buy local food» movements going back a few centuries, along with reasons why they all failed in the long run, and a critique of the main arguments of the new generation of food activists.».

WORK HISTORY Aug 2007 — Dec 2012 Local Museum — Indianapolis, IN Curator • Arranged for a particularly rare Mayan artifact that the museum was looking for to be displayed for three years • Researched newfound facts about three different displays and added to the information tablet • Planned and executed exhibitions • Worked with the public at large to provide information regarding particular displays • Researched new and rare artifacts and arrange form purchases • Cataloged all items according to type • Managed item preservation • Wrote content for museum's website and tablets • Hired and trained staff to manage the exhibits

As the official custodian of records created by state and local government agencies in South Australia, State Records holds a wealth of material documenting the written history and experience of Aboriginal people in the state.

«Please pray Kentucky makes history,» Joseph Spurgeon, a local pastor with OSA, writes in a flyer for the gathering.