 Dr. Sarah Fayen-Scarlett and Ph.D. Candidate James Juip presented to the Chassell Lions Club on the recent additions to the Keweenaw Time Traveler historical atlas and community engagement and outreach efforts. The pair discussed the recent additions of Calumet and Hecla mining company records into the Time Traveler as well as the massive increase in engagement with the Keweenaw Time Traveler from across the world. The Chassell Lions Club had great questions about how the Time Traveler could be used and what plans are for the Keweenaw Time Traveler for the future. If you are interested in having the Keweenaw Time Traveler team present to your local organization, please contact [email protected] for more information.
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 Members of the Keweenaw Time Traveler Team presented their work at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Archeology conference in Minneapolis - Saint Paul this week. Dr. Dan Trepal shared his work entitled: ‘Mapping Hamtramck: Reconstructing Industrial Urban Landscapes for Public Archaeology and Heritage’. While Ph.D. candidate James Juip presented his work on creating meaningful engagement in digital heritage projects.
The Mapping Hamtramck project brings together the Hamtramck Historical Museum, Wayne State University, and the Keweenaw Time Traveler team in Michigan Technological University's Geospatial Research Facility, with generous financial support from the National Endowment for the Humanities in an effort to reconstruct the industrial and urban landscape of Hamtramck’s past. Using the Keweenaw Time Traveler as a case study James Juip’s work fills a gap in public participatory GIS research by proposing a new model that measures both the volume and depth of participation grown through public outreach activities. His presentation also described the value of this model in investigating and evaluating the current engagement program in use by the Keweenaw Time Traveler team.
The Keweenaw Time Traveler received a Governor's Award for Historic Preservation in a special ceremony at the Michigan State Capital building on Thursday. This award acknowledges the unique work the Keweenaw Time Traveler team has done to preserve and connect people to the historic landscape of Michigan's Copper Country through the creation of the Keweenaw Time Traveler Historic Atlas.
“The Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation celebrates the collaborative spirit fueling MTU’s Keweenaw Time Traveler project,” said Don Lafreniere, KeTT program director and Department of Social Sciences chair. “We are very honored to have been recognized by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the State Historic Preservation Office for our work.” In its 21st year the Governor’s Awards for Historic Preservation program was created by the Michigan SHPO to celebrate outstanding historic preservation achievements that reflect a commitment to the preservation of Michigan’s unique character and the many archaeological sites and historic places that represent our rich past. The Keweenaw Time Traveler has always been a truly collaborative effort. The digital atlas brings together historical data from archival collections from across the region — including the Michigan Tech Archives, the National Park Service, Keweenaw History Center, and the historical societies of Keweenaw, Houghton, and Ontonagon counties linking the data across time and space. Over 45 students, faculty and staff from across Michigan Tech's campus have worked in collaboration with local and regional partners and countless members of the Copper Country community to make this possible. This project would not be possible without the generous financial support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission and the Portage Health Foundation.
Explore the 2024 Governor's Awards Ceremony and other awarded projects through the videos below:
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