This category pertains to the Sulphur Springs Heritage project, our ongoing commitment preserving the Tampa, Florida community’s past as a key cultural resource.
Join Professor Antoinette Jackson as she explores leisure and recreation in Sulphur Springs and Spring Hill in the early 1900s and discusses what we can learn today from this look back. Her presentation is Sunday, August 25, 2pm at the Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center. She will be presenting…
Juneteenth Celebration in Tampa – Students in Dr. Jackson’s Spring 2018 Heritage Tourism graduate seminar completed projects focused on Tampa area communities. April Min and Lisa Armstrong did research on the Faith Community and Educational Institutions in Sulphur Springs and produced posters for the Juneteenth Celebration held at the Sulphur…
The USF Heritage Research Lab is proud to support the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit – Water/Ways and the grand opening of the Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center’s new building and exhibit on local history. The Heritage Lab has a long history of research and work in this community beginning with…
My dissertation research explores the role of technology in the construction of heritage as a cultural resource at the community level. Specifically, I focus on the use of intergenerational geocaching (i.e., a type of high-tech treasure hunt) through an examination of a preservation project in the urban community of Sulphur…
The Sulphur Springs Heritage project is part of an ongoing commitment by the University of South Florida designed to address the rising interest in, and need for, heritage management by communities, civic organizations, and other groups focused on preserving the past as a key cultural resource. My name is Margaret…
I submitted a poster to the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 2012 annual meeting that includes research from the Sulphur Springs and Nicodemus, Kansas communities. My poster was chosen as the Student Poster Competition Winner at the SfAA conference. The title of the poster was “Gaining the Attention of Youth…
At the last sharing session with the youth and elders, one of the youth participants shared photos that he took of his community and his grandmother’s garden. The youth who participated in the project were not able to access family photos in the short frame so I provided them with…
During our 3rd sharing session at the Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center (SSMHC), the youth shared their feelings, emotions, and thoughts about their dialogue with elders. We wrote their ideas on chart paper. When asked why she chose to participate in this project, Nakesha Buie, one of the youth…
The following photos were brought to the sharing sessions by Mr. Willie Streeter. Mr. Streeter is a long time resident of the Sulphur Springs community.
Elders brought in photos to share with youth. The photos were scanned digitally for the museum archives. The methodological approach used in this project was photo elicitation. The thrill found in a photograph comes from the onrush of memory. This is obvious when it’s a picture of something we once…