- $160,754
Contested Homelands: Unpacking the Knowledge, History and Culture of Historic Santa Fe, New Mexico
Recipient: Sanchez, Rebecca Maria (Albuquerque, NM 87131-1231 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA)
Goal: Two one-week workshops for eighty schoolteachers on the history of interactions between Native Americans and European settlers in Santa Fe.
Description: The University of New Mexico, in conjunction with the New Mexico Office of the State Historian is seeking a grant award to provide teacher workshops during the summer of 2010. In the summer of 2010 Santa Fe, New Mexico will be celebrating its 400th anniversary (based on European settlement). This celebration is a timely opportunity for teachers from around the country to study the complex history and culture of the area by investigating the historic sites of Santa Fe and surrounding Pueblos. The workshops will be structured around the concept of homelands and include the study of historic sites, artifacts and stories in historic Santa Fe, New Mexico and surrounding communities. Specifically, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and the Palace of the Governors will be interpreted,studied and contrasted with the Pueblo history of the region to understand the complexity of historical homelands.
Grant: 197495 / BH-50311-09, Category: History, Division: Education Programs, Program: Landmarks of American History, Year Awarded: 2009 - $89,620
"What does it Mean to be a New Mexican?"
Recipient: Newbill, Craig L (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with New Mexico Humanities Council
Goal: to support the initiative "What Does It Mean to be a New Mexican?" through grants and sponsorship of National History Day in New Mexico. Participants are encouraged to explore such issues as New Mexican history, comparison of founding documents of the United States and New Mexico, land ownership, and cultural pluralism and diversity.
Description: The NMHC requests funding support from the NEH "We the People" initiative to support activities related to the RFP, "What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?" It will build upon its planning and programming for the New Mexico Centennial of statehood in 2012. NEH We the People funds will be used for 1) regrant projects, and 2) the National History Day competition.
Grant: 199891 / BC-50487-09, Category: American History, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: Grants for State Humanities Councils, Year Awarded: 2009 - $24,517
Digital Documentation and Reconstruction of an Ancient Maya Temple and Prototype Design of Internet GIS Database of Maya Arch
Recipient: von Schwerin, Jennifer F (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA)
Goal: Two planning workshops for an online database of Maya architecture, with a long-term goal of developing a platform that curates 3-D virtual objects and environments linked to GIS data.
Description: This is a request to support two planning workshops for an international large-scale project to develop a publicly accessible, online database of Maya architecture for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Copan, Honduras that curates highly-accurate, 3D models in a virtual environment that is linked to a searchable GIS database of digital records. Art history, anthropology, and museum personnel from the University of New Mexico and the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History will work with computer technology experts from the ETH Zurich and others to create a tool that makes full-use of the potential for 3D models in research and teaching on ancient architecture.
Grant: 196205 / HD-50583-09, Category: Archaeology, Division: Digital Humanities, Program: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants, Year Awarded: 2009 - $89,620
What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?
Recipient: Newbill, Craig L (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with New Mexico Humanities Council
Goal: Funding will support the initiative "What Does It Mean to be a New Mexican?" through grants and sponsorship of National History Day in New Mexico.
Description: The New Mexico Humanities Council will continue to direct NEH WTP funds to its planning and programming for the New Mexico Centennial of Statehood in 2012. NEH We the People funds will be used for 1) regrant projects addressing the RFP, "What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?, and 2) the National History Day competition.
Grant: 192470 / BC-50445-08, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: Grants for State Humanities Councils, Year Awarded: 2008 - $66,680
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Rottler, J. Stephen (Albuquerque, NM 87111 USA) in affiliation with New Mexico Humanities Council (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA)
Grant: 189527 / SO-50264-08, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO), Year Awarded: 2008 - $328,247
Isletan Images: A Photographic History of the Pueblo in the 19th Century
Recipient: Walt, Henry J (Albuquerque, NM 87108 USA) in affiliation with Pueblo of Isleta (Isleta, NM 87022 USA)
Goal: Implementation of a traveling exhibition and a publication on traditional life and change at Isleta, using early photographs to show how outsiders saw the pueblo and how historical information can be gleaned from the photographs.
Description: The Pueblo of Isleta seeks $357,568 to develop a multilingual exhibit of Isletan Images. This traveling exhibit will use photographs, oral narratives from Isletan elders, as well as ethnohistoric documentation to tell the story of a year in the life of Isleta in the 19th century. The Isletan year was based on a fixed cycle of ceremonial events that unfolded as a series of ritual re-enactments of renewal. The late 19th century was also a critical moment in Isleta's history; a time when monumental changes were occurring that would quickly transform the self-sufficiency and cohesiveness of Isletan life. It is this chronicle of the yearly cycle and the dramatic historic events that transected it that we will bring to life. The exhibit will consist of approximately 120 photographs taken by Charles Lummis, Adam Vroman, Edward Curtis, George Wharton James and many other renowned photographers. The humanities themes of the cycle of ritual life and historic change will be communicated through the photographs as well as maps, 3 multi-media displays and 11 comprehensive text panels. The exhibit will open in the fall of 2009 at the Pueblo of Isleta and will travel to confirmed venues at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California; the Arizona State University Museum of Anthropology in the Phoenix metropolitan area; the Arizona State Museum in Tucson, Arizona; and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Grant: 186858 / MI-50105-07, Category: Native American Studies, Division: Public Programs, Program: Museums Implementation, Year Awarded: 2007 - $76,580
What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?
Recipient: Newbill, Craig L (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with New Mexico Humanities Council
Goal: Planning and programming for the New Mexico Centennial of Statehood in 2012.
Description: The New Mexico Humanities Council will continue to build upon its planning and programming for the New Mexico Centennial of Statehood in 2012. NEH We the People funds will be used for 1) regrant projects addressing the RFP, "What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?, and 2) the National History Day competition.
Grant: 189175 / BC-50374-07, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: Grants for State Humanities Councils, Year Awarded: 2007 - $126,654
Pragmatism: A Living Tradition
Recipient: Goodman, Russell (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico
Goal: A five-week summer seminar for fifteen college and university teachers on American pragmatic philosophy from its origins to the present day.
Description: The purpose of this seminar, one hundred years after William James published his influential book PRAGMATISM, is to examine pragmatism as a living tradition -- to assess pragmatism's original appeal, and to understand why it continues to find powerful proponents (and powerful critics) today. The seminar will take place in the five weeks from June 17th to July 20th, 2007. Each week will have a distinct focus: the development of William James's pragmatism; Peirce and "the new pragmatism"; pragmatic pluralism; Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and pragmatism; and the philosophy of Richard Rorty. Rorty will join us as a visitor, along with three other prominent writers about pragmatism: Cheryl Misak (University of Toronto), Maria Bahramian (University College, Dublin), and William Blattner (Georgetown University).
Grant: 182060 / FS-50093-06, Category: Philosophy, Division: Education Programs, Program: Seminars for College Teachers, Year Awarded: 2006 - $76,580
What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?
Recipient: Newbill, Craig L (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with New Mexico Humanities Council
Goal: To support programming in obserbvance of the New Mexico Centennial of Statehood in 2012, including grants on the topic of "What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?" statewide participation in National History Day for middle and high school students and an essay contest.
Description: The New Mexico Humanities Council will continue to build upon its planning and programming for the New Mexico Centennial of statehood in 2012. NEH We the People funds will be used for 1) regrant projects addressing the RFP, "What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?, 2) the National History Day competition, and 3) an essay contest and awards ceremony for mid and high school students on the theme, "What Does it Mean to be a New Mexican?" theme
Grant: 182707 / BC-50331-06, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: Grants for State Humanities Councils, Year Awarded: 2006 - $483,180
State Humanities Program
Recipient: Rottler, J. Stephen (Albuquerque, NM 87111 USA) in affiliation with New Mexico Humanities Council (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA)
Grant: 174225 / SO-50093-05, Category: Humanities, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: State Programs (SO), Year Awarded: 2005 - $157,497
Interpreting the American Image Through the Photographs of John Collier Jr. : A Virtual Experience
Recipient: Bramble, William (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA)
Goal: The development of a CD-ROM and a website that would allow students of American history and culture to examine John Collier, Jr.'s photographs of American families, a collection sponsored by the Farm Security Administration during World War II.
Description: "Interpreting the American Image through the Photographs of John Collier, Jr.: A Virtual Experience" is a collection of dynamic multimedia materials designed to enhance teaching and learning in the humanities. This project showcases interactive learning modules centered on Collier’s WWII-era photographs of American families. At once technically sophisticated and highly personal, these historically significant images remain highly relevant today. Coupled with appropriate learning activities, the Collier photographs have compelling educational merit, and we seek to create materials that prompt reflection and critical thinking, with ties to state and national education standards. We are seeking NEH funding to make this project a reality.
Grant: 175709 / EE-50182-05, Category: Humanities, Division: Education Programs, Program: Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development, Year Awarded: 2005 - $110,000
An Integrative Historical and Archaeological Study of the Rise to Leadership of Kamehameha the Great, Hawaii
Recipient: Graves, Michael W (Albuquerque, NM 87131-1086 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA)
Goal: A study of the rise to power of Kamehameha, the 18th-century Hawaiian chief who united the Hawaiian Islands socially and politically. The project makes use of a variety of archival and archaeological resources. (18 months)
Description: This study uses oral traditions, genealogies, historical documents, and archaeological materials to examine the rise to power in late 18th-early 19th century Hawaii of Kamehameha the Great. Specifically, four factors are identified that contributed to his leadership success in Kohala, Hawaii Island: personal attributes, management of natural resources, socio-political context, and human resources. This research poses a series of questions regarding these four factors and the answers we develop for the questions will be integrated into a new synthetic account of societal development and historical change in Hawaii.
Grant: 176256 / RZ-50440-05, Category: Interdisciplinary, Division: Research Programs, Program: Collaborative Research, Year Awarded: 2005 - $56,160
From Nation to State: New Mexico's Centennial of Statehood Initiative
Recipient: Newbill, Craig L (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with New Mexico Humanities Council
Goal: A series of activities that will commemorate New Mexico's centennial of statehood in 2012 including a website, statewide public meetings and the development of a Centennial Speakers bureau and a Chautauqua program.
Description: New Mexico will celebrate its Centennial of Statehood in 2012. During the next twelve to eighteen months the New Mexico Humanities Council will 1) upgrade and reconfigure the existing NMHC web site to include a new web site subsection dedicated to Centennial planning and events; 2) convene stakeholders statewide to develop a plan for public activities; 3) hold public meetings in 4-6 New Mexico communities; 4) create a Centennial Speakers and Chautauqua Program; 5) record Centennial presentations for a variety of dissemination methods.
Grant: 177270 / BC-50275-05, Category: American History, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: Grants for State Humanities Councils, Year Awarded: 2005 - $3,500
19th-Century Bound Volumes Conservation Assessment
Recipient: Bahm, Linda (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico
Goal: An item-level examination of 19th-century bound volumes that document the history of the graphic arts; they include albums of photographs and prints as well as illustrated books.
Grant: 172370 / PA-50954-05, Category: Archival Management and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects, Year Awarded: 2005 - $378,545
An Online Database of Finding Aids and Catalog Records to Humanities Collections in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming
Recipient: Wilkinson, Fran (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA)
Goal: Expansion of an Internet-accessible database of archival finding aids and catalog records that will provide access to humanities-related collections in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
Grant: 168105 / PA-50732-04, Category: Library Science, Archival Management, and Conservation, Division: Preservation and Access, Program: Preservation/Access Projects, Year Awarded: 2004 - $103,320
Reading Emerson's Essays
Recipient: Goodman, Russell (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico
Goal: A four-week summer seminar for college teachers to examine closely the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Grant: 171917 / FS-50043-04, Category: Interdisciplinary, Division: Education Programs, Program: Seminars for College Teachers, Year Awarded: 2004 - $48,710
Bridges and Fences: Events and Themes in American History and Culture
Recipient: Newbill, Craig L (Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA) in affiliation with New Mexico Humanities Council
Goal: Activities including a curriculum kit on El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro national historic trail, public meetings to discuss the Navajo Nation’s Long Walk, and an exhibition on the impact of the Vietnam War in New Mexico.
Description: The NMEH requests $38,710 in direct and $10,000 in challenge grant funds to support public humanities activities relating to the We the People initiative. The NMEH request represents collaborative efforts with four organizations seeking assistance for project activities that examine specific historic events that have shaped American history.These historical events are critical to understanding American history and policy as they relate to Latino/Hispanic settlement, resettlement of the indigenous population, development of the private press movement, and a public history of the Viet Nam War.
Grant: 171980 / BC-50200-04, Category: American History, Division: Federal/State Partnership, Program: Grants for State Humanities Councils, Year Awarded: 2004 - $39,963
A Year at Isleta in the 19th Century
Recipient: Walt, Henry J (Albuquerque, NM 87108 USA) in affiliation with Pueblo of Isleta (Isleta, NM 87022 USA)
Goal: Planning for a traveling exhibition about changes in local Pueblo Indian cultures and adaptation as revealed through historic photographs documenting a yearly cycle of activities at Isleta pueblo in New Mexico in the 1890s.
Grant: 168326 / GM-50190-04, Category: Native American Studies, Division: Public Programs, Program: Museums and Historical Organizations, Humanities Projects in, Year Awarded: 2004 - $85,000
New Mexico and World War II
Recipient: Marks, J Alan (Albuquerque, NM 87105 USA) in affiliation with South Valley Academy (Albuquerque, NM USA)
Goal: A Schools for a New Millennium project focusing on World War II history and New Mexico's contribution to the war effort.
Description: Under the broad theme of "New Mexico and World War II," South Valley Academy (SVA) teachers will wrok with humanities scholars from the Bradbury Museum of Science, St. John's College, and the University of New Mexico (UNM) to explore a number of texts and humanities themes. Teachers-and subsequently their students-will address two main questions. 1. How did new Mexicans contribute to World War II? 2. What impact did World War II have on New Mexicans?
Grant: 163182 / EN-50056-03, Category: History, Division: Education Programs, Program: Schools for a New Millennium, Year Awarded: 2003 - $154,001
Ralph Waldo Emerson at 200: Literature, Philosophy, Democracy
Recipient: Goodman, Russell (Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA) in affiliation with University of New Mexico
Goal: A five-week institute for 25 college teachers on the thought of Ralph Waldo Emerson and its relationship to American democracy.
Grant: 94996 / EH-22330-02, Category: Interdisciplinary, Division: Education Programs, Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers, Year Awarded: 2002 - Endowment for the humanities grants to city Albuquerque; items 1-21 of 97 with a total funding of $2,659,128.