Contribution to Book
For Our Own Protection: On Black Gay Males and HIV/AIDS Activism
Interpreting Science at Museums and Historic Sites
(2023)
Abstract
Interpreting Science in Museums and Historic Sites stresses the untapped potential of historical artifacts to inform our understanding of scientific topics. It argues that science gains ground when contextualized in museums and historic sites. Engaging audiences in conversations about hot topics such as health and medical sciences or climate change and responses to it, mediated by a history museum, can emphasize scientific rigor and the time lag between discovery and confirmation of societal benefit. Interpreting Science emphasizes the urgency of this work, provides a toolkit to start and sustain the work, shares case studies that model best practice, and resources useful to facilitate and sustain a science-infused public history.
Keywords
- Black Males,
- HIV,
- AIDS,
- Organizing
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall September 1, 2023
Editor
Debra Reid, Karen Beth G. Scholthof, and David D. Vail
Publisher
Rowan & Littlefield Publication Group
ISBN
978-1-5381-7275-9
Citation Information
Jajuan Johnson. "For Our Own Protection: On Black Gay Males and HIV/AIDS Activism" LanhamInterpreting Science at Museums and Historic Sites (2023) p. 89 - 95 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jajuan-johnson/4/