Anne Valk
Biographic Data
| ID | 3977871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne Valk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Valk |
| SIGNATURE | VALK A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
No Permanent Waves
No Permanent Waves boldly enters the ongoing debates over the utility of the "wave" metaphor for capturing the complex history of women's rights by offering fresh perspectives on the diverse movements that comprise U.S. feminism, past and present. Seventeen essays--both original and reprinted--address continuities, conflicts, and transformations among women's movements in the United States from the early nineteenth century through today. A respec…
Janet Allured. Remapping Second-Wave Feminism
Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women’s Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950–1997, by Janet Allured adds to the important scholarship examining the modern women’s movement at the local level. As her title suggests, Allured aims to transform historians’ understanding of the movement in two ways: by bringing attention to the American South, especially to Louisiana; and by extending the movement’s chronology before and after the 1960s and 197…
U.S. Women's History
Turning toward Mashapaug
This article explores the pedagogical potential of oral history in fostering a deeper understanding of place and community. Focusing on the Mashapaug Pond in Providence, Rhode Island, Valk and Ewald detail a collaborative project between Brown University students and local community members. Through interviews and archival research, they uncovered the pond's rich social and environmental history, revealing its significance as a recreational site,…
Bringing a Hidden Pond to Public Attention
This article details the origins and methods of the Mashapaug Project, a community arts and oral history project focused on a pond in Providence, Rhode Island. The Mashapaug Project connects Brown University’s Center for Public Humanities with the Urban Pond Procession, an arts organization focused on addressing environmental conditions at the pond and building relationships between residents of the neighborhoods that surround it. Describing how …
Engaging Communities and Classrooms
This article presents graduate students’ reflections on two community oral history projects, focused on Fox Point, a Providence, Rhode Island, neighborhood. Through the Fox Point Oral History Project, graduate students in public humanities at Brown University work with community elders and with students, parents, and teachers at a neighborhood elementary school to document, preserve, and present local history. In the essay, graduate students desc…
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Engaging Communities and Classrooms
This article presents graduate students’ reflections on two community oral history projects, focused on Fox Point, a Providence, Rhode Island, neighborhood. Through the Fox Point Oral History Project, graduate students in public humanities at Brown University work with community elders and with students, parents, and teachers at a neighborhood elementary school to document, preserve, and present local history. In the essay, graduate students desc…
Bringing a Hidden Pond to Public Attention
This article details the origins and methods of the Mashapaug Project, a community arts and oral history project focused on a pond in Providence, Rhode Island. The Mashapaug Project connects Brown University’s Center for Public Humanities with the Urban Pond Procession, an arts organization focused on addressing environmental conditions at the pond and building relationships between residents of the neighborhoods that surround it. Describing how …
U.S. Women's History
Turning toward Mashapaug
This article explores the pedagogical potential of oral history in fostering a deeper understanding of place and community. Focusing on the Mashapaug Pond in Providence, Rhode Island, Valk and Ewald detail a collaborative project between Brown University students and local community members. Through interviews and archival research, they uncovered the pond's rich social and environmental history, revealing its significance as a recreational site,…
Janet Allured. Remapping Second-Wave Feminism
Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women’s Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950–1997, by Janet Allured adds to the important scholarship examining the modern women’s movement at the local level. As her title suggests, Allured aims to transform historians’ understanding of the movement in two ways: by bringing attention to the American South, especially to Louisiana; and by extending the movement’s chronology before and after the 1960s and 197…
No Permanent Waves
No Permanent Waves boldly enters the ongoing debates over the utility of the "wave" metaphor for capturing the complex history of women's rights by offering fresh perspectives on the diverse movements that comprise U.S. feminism, past and present. Seventeen essays--both original and reprinted--address continuities, conflicts, and transformations among women's movements in the United States from the early nineteenth century through today. A respec…
History (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Local History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Oral history (3 works) · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public history (3 works)