Categoriearchief: Autofabrication

Wheelchairs and prosthetic memory

Geplaatst op 26 november 2015 door Sara Polak

The third proposition to my thesis is probably the hardest to defend, but it’s also one of my favorites. FDR was wheelchair-bound, as most people nowadays are aware. This is not something US members of the public would have known … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in Autofabrication | Een reactie plaatsen

FDR as a Public Historian

Geplaatst op 28 maart 2015 door Sara Polak

Public history is a phrase that came up in the 1970s, to refer to the work of historians outside of academia – in museums, archives, the government, the media etc. Presenting history to the public, and perhaps even more prominently, … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in Autofabrication, Cultural memory, New Deal & WWII | Een reactie plaatsen

Fall in New Haven

Geplaatst op 5 november 2014 door Sara Polak

I am starting to receive admonishing messages saying that I didn’t even have to take off from blogging for this long when I had Ilias, so why don’t I keep it up now? So really quickly: I’m well and – … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in Autofabrication, Miscellaneous, News and events | 3 Reacties

Eleanor? Roosevelt? Eleanor Roosevelt? ER?

Geplaatst op 10 juli 2014 door Sara Polak

I am currently working on a chapter treating Eleanor Roosevelt as an element in FDR’s autofabrication and in his public image as it has developed since. One problem that keeps cropping up is what to call her. I often tell … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in Autofabrication, FDR personal, Miscellaneous | 3 Reacties

Authenticity and the Tree of Knowledge

Geplaatst op 23 januari 2014 door Sara Polak

Yesterday I saw this new Dove advertisement and was entirely taken in. Against my better judgement – this is after all commercial advertising, intended to sell a product. Still, call me sentimental, but I find this a beautiful and relatable … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in (New) Media, Autofabrication, Miscellaneous | Een reactie plaatsen

Fabricating Authenticity

Geplaatst op 7 januari 2014 door Sara Polak

Happy new year! Recently I’ve been following (and somewhat half-heartedly participating in) a discussion on Twitter about authenticity. Half-heartedly because it quickly proved impossible for me to say anything meaningful in 140 characters about it. There are provocative nuggets of … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in (New) Media, Autofabrication | Een reactie plaatsen

FDR Footage in the News

Geplaatst op 11 juli 2013 door Sara Polak

The above is the newly discovered clip of FDR being driven in his wheelchair. The news is spectacular in the sense that no such material was available before. Roosevelt was keen not to be filmed or photographed in his wheelchair … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in (New) Media, Autofabrication, News and events | Een reactie plaatsen

My Week of Abstracts, Proposals and Feedback

Geplaatst op 6 juli 2013 door Sara Polak

This week was unsuccessful in really furthering the thesis chapter I am working on. At the very least, I had hoped to write out and develop the thoughts that my supervisor suggested when we discussed it last week, but even … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in Autofabrication, FDR personal, Miscellaneous, News and events | Een reactie plaatsen

FDR Library Re-Dedication

Geplaatst op 3 juli 2013 door Sara Polak

Last Sunday, June 30th, saw the Re-dedication of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 72 years after Roosevelt’s own dedication of the library to the American public. The site of the FDR Library at Hyde Park, New York … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in Autofabrication, Cultural memory, FDR personal, News and events | Een reactie plaatsen

Autofabrication Through Philately

Geplaatst op 10 juni 2013 door Sara Polak

First of all: sorry about the long absence! I was not even busy with work, but on holiday high up in the Alps, where there are very few wireless internet waves in the air (nor quite enough oxygen). It won’t … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in Autofabrication, Cultural memory, FDR personal | 3 Reacties