The Hidden Town Project: A Partnership with Old Salem
Tuesday, July 14, 3:00-3:45 pm ET
In 2019 Wake Forest University’s “Slavery, Race and Memory Project” started to “guide the research, preservation, and communication of an accurate depiction of the University’s relationship to slavery and its implications across Wake Forest’s history.” But in thinking about the multitude of ways that Wake Forest has profited from slave labor students in English 175, “Slave Narratives, Global and Local,” looked beyond our campus and to the broader community, or the history of Winston-Salem. In this presentation Meredith Farmer (Wake Forest English), Daniel Ackermann (Old Salem), and Brianna Derr (Wake Forest Information Technology) will discuss our work to assemble a project team that helped students build a virtual exhibit connected to Old Salem's groundbreaking Hidden Town Project. Then we will discuss our work to help students research, contextualize, and share stories about slavery that have been left out of our collective inherited histories. With the help of a number of people at and beyond Wake Forest and Old Salem, students produced educational audiovisual projects designed for middle school students, along with supplementary research for teachers, parents, or people who want to learn more
Presenters
Meredith Farmer, Assistant Teaching Professor of Core Literature, Wake Forest University
Daniel Kurt Ackermann, Interim Chief Curator and Director of Collections at Old Salem Museums & Gardens and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA)
Brianna Derr, Manager of Advanced Learning Projects, Wake Forest University