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5 Years of (un)Redaction: (un)Redact the Facts Since 2020

5 Years of (un)Redaction: (un)Redact the Facts to Tell a Full(er) American Story Since 2020

by k. kennedy Whiters, RA

For Juneteenth: Join us to learn tips on how to write about historical traumas, such as chattel enslavement, in ways that are reparative and healing. k. kennedy Whiters, Founder of Black in Historic Preservation and (un)Redact the Facts, will share her research and key findings from “Redacted: a Survey,” the study she launched in 2023 on grammar and language in interpretations about historical traumas. Participants will also have the opportunity to take the survey and add their perspective to this pioneering study.

This presentation is one-part presentation and one-part activity. It is an abbreviated version of the three-part series included in the Pledge to (un)Redact the Facts and a lecture kennedy has shared over the past five years on college campuses for graduate historic preservation students and at historic preservation conferences.

  • Part 1: 90-minute lecture

  • Part 2: 30-minute survey participation in “Redacted: a Survey”

This presentation is for:

  • Stewards of historic sites of trauma

  • Students interested in an architecture and/or historic preservation career

  • Preservation Professionals

  • History interpreters

About the Speaker

k. kennedy Whiters, RA is a preservation architect with over 20 years of experience in architecture, preservation, planning, and project management. She has worked on over 50 preservation projects across the country as both an architect and owner's representative / capital projects manager in the public and private sectors. A published writer, researcher, and educator, kennedy is the founder of Black in Historic Preservation, (un)Redact the Facts, and a New York-based architecture firm, studio kW Architecture + Preservation.

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