Public Presentations
We share our recorded public presentations in the hopes that you will find them useful food for thought. These videos are reflective of REPAIR’s continual process of learning, rethinking, and growing. REPAIR is a work in progress, and always will be! As you check out these presentations, you will notice how REPAIR has evolved over the years we’ve been working together.
You are welcome to use these videos in educational settings.
Eugenics and Euthenics at the “Great Minnesota Get-Together”
Laura Leppink and Sarah Pawlicki gave this presentation at an online event sponsored by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, on February 28, 2023. The presentation focuses on REPAIR’s case study about the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, and discusses REPAIR’s principles and methods. We recorded this video below as a rehearsal before the event, using the same script and slides as those used on the day.
Runtime: 35:35.
Transcript from the event (document will open in a new tab): Google Doc.
Accelerating Disability Justice at Historic Places
REPAIR gave this presentation on July 26, 2021, at the National Park Service’s Scholars’ Roundtable. It focuses on how the fields of historic preservation and public history could rethink and reimagine our professional methodologies to be in better alignment with disability justice principles.
Runtime: 10:46.
Transcript (documents will open in a new tab): Google Doc, PDF
Case Studies from the Field
This presentation was delivered on January 28, 2021, at Re-Centering the Margins: Justice and Equity in Historic Preservation Research Symposium. The Symposium was hosted by the University of Maryland and coordinated by Michelle Magalong. As part of this panel conversation, we shared about REPAIR’s emergent methodology and set of principles in the context of Charles Thompson Memorial Hall.
Panel runtime: 1:22:09. [REPAIR’s presentation begins at 5:30 and runs until 27:45.]
Panelists: Angelo Baca, Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal, Gail Dubrow, Laura Leppink, Sarah Pawlicki. Moderated by Jeremy Wells.
Transcript (documents will open in a new tab): Google Doc, PDF
Disability Studies and Architectural History
REPAIR delivered this presentation on October 29, 2020 as part of SAH Connects. Our presentation focuses on Charles Thompson Memorial Hall, a historic Deaf social club in St. Paul, Minnesota. Charles Thompson Memorial Hall was built by a Deaf architect, Olof Hanson, and features architectural design elements that are particularly useful to Deaf community. This was our first public presentation as newcomers to the field.
Panel runtime: 1:25:57. [Presentation about Charles Thompson Memorial Hall begins at 42:25 and runs until 59:40.]
Panelists: Aimi Haimraie, Perri Meldon, Sarah Pawlicki, Laura Leppink. Moderated by Gail Dubrow.
Transcript (documents will open in a new tab): Google Doc, PDF
