Dismantle Preservation is pleased to make space for a “Cultural Heritage's Role in Health Sovereignty” panel discussion on August 23 @ 3pm EST. Conversation to be hosted for free on YouTube.
Panel Discussion Description: Cultural Heritage workers from different sectors will discuss the history of medical institutions, legislation created to remove power from specific populations in America, and efforts (past and present) to establish health sovereignty for all. We will be delving into preserving and telling stories tied to places/objects as well as how we connect these difficult histories to present day issues.
Panelists:
Tegan Kehoe is a public historian specializing in healthcare and science. She is the Exhibit and Education Specialist at the museum at Mass General Hospital in Boston, and the author of Exploring American Healthcare through 50 Historic Treasures (AASLH Press, 2022). Her research interests include material culture and the history of scientific research methodologies. She received her M.A. in History and Museum Studies from Tufts University. Tegan can be reached at www.tegankehoe.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/tegankehoewriter, and on Twitter @tegankehoe. Her book is available through many major retailers and at https://bookshop.org/shop/tegankehoe.
Khamal Patterson was admitted to the Maryland Bar in December 2018. Patterson currently serves as a cultural heritage law analyst for ARTIVE. ARTIVE is a cultural heritage database and startup concerned with promoting due diligence in the art market and antiquities trade. He examines controversies and challenges facing vulnerable cultural heritage sites and objects. Patterson’s heritage career began in 2016, interning with Marc Masurovsky and analyzing a bill to preserve claims of Holocaust heirs. During that same year as an intern at Saving Antiquities for Everyone, Patterson engaged experts and senior officials in thoughtful discussions on issues in the antiquities trade. A year later, he was a Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation Fellow. Patterson published interviews with members of LCCHP’s Executive Board of Directors who had litigated major art restitution cases and call for stronger laws and ethical protocols.
Gillian Frank received his PhD in American Studies from Brown University. He received his undergraduate training at York University in Toronto Canada. Gillian specializes in the overlapping histories of sexuality, gender, race and religion.
Want to explore the history of sexuality with Gillian? Tune in to his podcast Sexing History, which explores how the history of sexuality has shaped our present.
Moderated by Sarah Marsom
Moderator: Sarah Marsom! You may know her as your friendly Dismantle Preservation organizer, but Sarah is pursuing a research project that connects letters from letters from the Planned Parenthood Archives at Smith College to physical locations. She’s starting with the letters written by her great great grandmother Bess Prather; Sarah is working to find the medical clinics references in letters and is comparing the historical facilities to the facilities that exist (or don’t) today in those same communities.