Across the global networks of heritage sites, museums, and galleries, the importance of communities to the interpretation and conservation of heritage is increasingly being recognised. Yet the very term "meaningful community engagement" betrays a myriad of contrary approaches and understandings. Who is a community? How can they engage with heritage and why would they want to? How do communities and heritage professionals perceive one another? What does itmean to "engage"? These questions u...

Written by more than 50 contributors, Stories from Alternate ROOTS chronicles the origins and fifty-year journey of a nonprofit arts organization that began in 1976. Bringing together interviews, poems, illustrations and essays, both personal and analytical, the diverse stories touch on a wide range of lessons, philosophies, issues and themes including the transformative power of community arts, democratic leadership, racial and gender equity, and navigating organizational and gen...

Nicknamed both “Mobtown” and “Charm City” and located on the border of the North and South, Baltimore is a city of contradictions. From media depictions in The Wire to the real-life trial of police officers for the murder of Freddie Gray, Baltimore has become a quintessential example of a struggling American city. Yet the truth about Baltimore is far more complicated—and more fascinating.To help untangle these apparent paradoxes, the editors of Baltimore Revisited...