Living History Philosophy and Practice

Some essays and articles which may prove useful and/or thought-provoking to living history practitioners, new and old. Published sources may be found on the book review page.

My Posts

Starting Conversations
First Person 101
Introductions for first person interpretation

Advice from Others

The Progressive Questions

Avoiding the Pit of Presentism

Will This Work?...A Rant

Getting Better

Inviting Interactions
Tator-snark (Or, how to respond to "Are you hot in that?")

Why Authenticity Matters
Living Deliberately
The Importance of Being the Real Thing
Doing Living History

Does Living History Matter

Smithsonian Oral History Guide [Not a living history resource, per se. BUT, it has some really useful framing advice that can be turned towards developing a presentation, impression or persona.]