Commentsdduquette (52)in money • 7 years agoRE: So... Now What?I mean this is probably entirely unlikely but I'd love to see the system of the cultural sector (at least in Philadelphia, if not ubiquitously) overhauled completely. I mentioned before (and this is…dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: Making it Rain: How Various Sums of Money Could Positively Impact Cultural NonprofitsI'm reminded of the conversation we had in class a month or so ago where we talked about how back in like, the 1990s people would come to philanthropists and pitch their projects or talk about their…dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: Fair Wages, or Why Steemit Isn't Right for Cultural Institutions...Yet.This is fantastic, thank you for teasing a lot of this apart! This post is especially valuable in the context of the most recent one. I agree with you on all fronts, particularly that this is…dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: Plan B: What Do We Do If No One Applies For Our Funds?I'm certainly inclined to agree with you. If we were to tag this onto the existing digital scholarship fellowship and maybe add a caveat about engaging LGBTQ projects as part of their fellowship…dduquette (52)in history • 7 years agoRE: Adventures in EthicsGreat post, and 10/10 for outstanding usage of Chidi .gifs! I personally love the Jefferson description of people working for the public trust as public property. One of the many reasons I came to…dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Creating a Document Directing Deaccessioning Upon a NonProfit's DemiseThat's a fair point, but given they would be the ones writing it, I think they could work around it. An organization could write up something like this and still provide themselves with avenues for…dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Creating a Document Directing Deaccessioning Upon a NonProfit's DemiseHow so? Do you mean that they would see something like this as an imposition to them acting in the best financial interests of their organization?dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Creating a Document Directing Deaccessioning Upon a NonProfit's DemiseThis is a fantastic suggestion! Thanks so much!dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: One Man's Treasure: Michael Zinman and His Trove of Early American Republic ManuscriptsWhen I refer to "order" I refer to the archival phrase "original order," that is, how the collector originally structured his collection. Did try to structure them chronologically? Thematically? By…dduquette (52)in history • 7 years agoRE: Criteria for Funding a Socially-Responsible Public History Project in PhiladelphiaIs able to produce a plan to advocate for long-term change. Whatever that means is up to them- whether that means they sit in at school board meetings or partner with local businesses or regularly…dduquette (52)in philanthropy • 7 years agoRE: Another Five Project Ideas. Which One Should Be Awarded 3,000 STEEM?To follow up on my comment from the previous post, from the position of presenting the money and asking how these organizations would use it, I am most inclined to support the Free Walking Tours…dduquette (52)in philanthropy • 7 years agoRE: Five Project Ideas. Which One Rises to the Top?One of the biggest things I took away from our last class meeting was the need for funders to consider the existing needs in nonprofits and to simply put forth the money to support whatever that…dduquette (52)in philadelphia • 7 years agoRE: Putting Philadelphia's Own House in Order: Historians and their Responsibility to Urgent Community NeedsThis is outstanding Cynthia, great job! I wonder if encouraging museums and other brick-and-mortar historical institutions to move beyond their walls would be a way of improving their representation…dduquette (52)in loi2018 • 7 years agoRE: Letter of Intent: Preserving the Memory of PennhurstThese are all great questions that I wish I had answers to, but would need to ask first because none of the information is publicly available. As for how they might apply these resources, I submit…dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: Those in Glass Houses Should Keep Windex Handy: The Need to Maintain Cultural Nonprofits' FacilitiesThese are all excellent points and I thank you for raising them! One thought I had is that, should this be something towards which we would like to put the funds, recipients could use it to fund…dduquette (52)in history • 7 years agoRE: Wartime Rationing, Food Aid, and "Civilized" Sickness: The Problem of Pellagra in 1918This is so interesting! I've never heard of pellagra before, but this reminds me of a story a former German professor told my class. Interestingly he corroborated Fairchild's "pickiness" argument…dduquette (52)in philadelphia • 7 years agoRE: Philadelphia History Museum(s)This is an interesting point and I think it's a useful comparison to make. A single super Starbucks is entirely improbable because, however popular, Starbucks remains a capitalist colossus.…dduquette (52)in nonprofits • 7 years agoRE: A Puzzling Situation: Piecing Together a Healthier, More Cohesive Cultural Sector in PhiladelphiaThank you for the clarification about the History Center proposal! I found that a little unclear as I was reading. I agree that if foundations were only to fund to projects in collaborative…dduquette (52)in explore1918 • 7 years agoRE: Make Love AND War? Valentine's Day During the First World WarThanks so much for your input! Maybe an interesting follow-up post could be looking to see if that concept of brotherly love was better incorporated into the consciousness of World War I at home…dduquette (52)in podcast • 7 years agoRE: Broken in the Culture Sector: A Communication SolutionI think I agree that access to the internet as a means of decentralization to a degree mitigates the need to capitalize on the production and dissemination of history. I wonder, however, if instead…
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