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DESCRIPTION:Applications are open for the1-week summer institute &ldquo\;Bv
 lbancha Rising: Louisiana Coastal Landmarks Imperiled by Climate Change\,&
 rdquo\; a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American Hist
 ory and Culture program hosted by Tulane University\, New Orleans\, to be 
 held in June 2025.&nbsp\;Co-organized by art history professors Adrian Ana
 gnost and Leslie Geddes\, the program offers higher education and humaniti
 es professionals an immersive exploration of Louisiana's cultural history 
 through its coastal landmarks. Participants will engage with a program of 
 site visits\, workshops\, and discussions\, exploring place-based approach
 es to historical interpretation and preservation led by artists\, culture 
 bearers\, and scholars.Topics will include:The displacement riverside Faze
 ndeville community and the history of the War of 1812 Chalmette Battlefiel
 d siteColonial histories partially submerged at the mouth of the Mississip
 pi RiverCraft traditions in changing ecological contextsLanguage revitaliz
 ation and traditional foodwaysThe effects of industrial development on his
 toric burial grounds near New OrleansContemporary artistic responses to re
 gional historiesThe program will consider approaches to overlooked\, hidde
 n\, and unofficial sites\, as well as strategies for integrating digital m
 apping and place-based inquiry in humanities research and teaching. Guest 
 speakers will include artists\, scholars\, and cultural practitioners who 
 bring fresh perspectives on interpreting and protecting sites of historica
 l importance.Funded by the NEH\, the institute will take place twice: June
  2&ndash\;6 and June 9&ndash\;13\, 2025. Participants will receive stipend
 s to cover travel and living expenses. Applications are open until March 5
 \, 2025.&nbsp\;Applicants will be notified of their status by April 2\, 20
 25 and accepted applicants must confirm they will be attending by April 16
 \, 2025.Higher education faculty\, advanced graduate students\, and humani
 ties professionals&mdash\;including museum and historic site staff and pre
 servationists&mdash\;are encouraged to apply.For more details and applicat
 ion information\, visit www.sitesofmemorynola.org/neh&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Bvlbancha Rising: Louisiana Coastal Landmarks Imperiled by Climate 
 Change
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div><p>Applications are open for the1-week su
 mmer institute &ldquo\;Bvlbancha Rising: Louisiana Coastal Landmarks Imper
 iled by Climate Change\,&rdquo\; a National Endowment for the Humanities L
 andmarks of American History and Culture program hosted by Tulane Universi
 ty\, New Orleans\, to be held in June 2025.&nbsp\;</p></div><div><span sty
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 rmal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Co-organized by art history
  professors Adrian Anagnost and Leslie Geddes\, the program offers higher 
 education and humanities professionals an immersive exploration of Louisia
 na's cultural history through its coastal landmarks. Participants will eng
 age with a program of site visits\, workshops\, and discussions\, explorin
 g place-based approaches to historical interpretation and preservation led
  by artists\, culture bearers\, and scholars.</span></div><div><p><span st
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 t-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:n
 ormal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Topics will include:</span
 ></p></div><ul><li>The displacement riverside Fazendeville community and t
 he history of the War of 1812 Chalmette Battlefield site</li><li>Colonial 
 histories partially submerged at the mouth of the Mississippi River</li><l
 i>Craft traditions in changing ecological contexts</li><li>Language revita
 lization and traditional foodways</li><li>The effects of industrial develo
 pment on historic burial grounds near New Orleans</li><li>Contemporary art
 istic responses to regional histories</li></ul><div><p><span style="backgr
 ound-color:initial\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inh
 erit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white
 -space:inherit\;">The program will consider approaches to overlooked\, hid
 den\, and unofficial sites\, as well as strategies for integrating digital
  mapping and place-based inquiry in humanities research and teaching. Gues
 t speakers will include artists\, scholars\, and cultural practitioners wh
 o bring fresh perspectives on interpreting and protecting sites of histori
 cal importance.</span></p></div><div><p>Funded by the NEH\, the institute 
 will take place twice: June 2&ndash\;6 and June 9&ndash\;13\, 2025. Partic
 ipants will receive stipends to cover travel and living expenses. Applicat
 ions are open until March 5\, 2025.&nbsp\;<span style="background-color:tr
 ansparent\;color:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-ali
 gn:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\
 ;white-space:inherit\;">Applicants will be notified of their status by Apr
 il 2\, 2025 and accepted applicants must confirm they will be attending by
  April 16\, 2025.</span></p><p>Higher education faculty\, advanced graduat
 e students\, and humanities professionals&mdash\;including museum and hist
 oric site staff and preservationists&mdash\;are encouraged to apply.</p><p
 ><span style="background-color:initial\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inh
 erit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;car
 et-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">For more details and application inf
 ormation\, visit </span></p></div><div><br /></div>
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