Participant Info

First Name
Sarah
Last Name
Marsom
Country
United States
State
OH Ohio
Affiliation
Heritage Resource Consultant/ Tiny Activist Project
Website URL
sarahmarsom.com
Keywords
Heritage Interpretation, Urban Planning, Activism, Architecture, Historic Preservation
Availability
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Additional Contact Information
PhD
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About Me

Collecting Junior Ranger badges from National Park Service sites as a youth developed my appreciation for past and sense of place. I work to improve the movement’s accessibility by empowering the next generation of community advocates and increasing representation of lesser known histories. If historic preservation is inaccessible, it is neither relevant nor revolutionary.

With almost 10-years of experience working at historic sites, I have developed a keen understanding of storytelling and connecting people to the past. I enjoy crafting hands-on workshops, tours, and special events.

Through the creation of the Tiny Activist Project in 2017, I have created a way to fuse my love of traditional skills and heritage interpretation. The project began with a hand sewn doll in the image of Jane Jacobs, an urbanist and preservation leader in the mid-20th century and has developed further to support an emerging preservationist scholarship program + workshops. Stay tuned for a new Latina activist doll in 2018, created in partnership with the Latinos in Heritage Conservation.

My work with youth/young preservationist development led to my inclusion on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s inaugural 40 Under 40: People Saving Places list.

Recent Publications

Contributor, Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice (Third edition)

Contributor, The Columbus Anthology by Belt Publishing

 

Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
20th century, 21st century
Expertise by Topic
Art & Architectural History, Urban History