And you.
In front of a bunch of curators and costumers and other very important people in the museum, reenacting, and interpreting world. I thought my chest was going to explode, but apparently I did alright. Though I think there were some typos in my powerpoint that I didn't realize.
(Susan, did I spell it Halloway or Holloway, Good Gracious I am so sorry if I missed spelled it.)
I was really worried that my talk about us and how the museums could, ultimately, learn from us, would annoy curators and museum people. However, it did seem to go over quite well. So much so, that by the end of Friday I felt like the Aracuan:
I met so many amazing people at the Symposium (which happened after the major conference on Thursday and Friday), I am still in shock over the whole ordeal. Maybe gobsmacked is a better word to use (though similar meaning...). I'm still trying to process it all, and remember the talks to recall to you. Because so so many of them were fascinating and wonderful.
The set up was different than the Accessories conference, each speaker only had 25 minutes, and we went in rapid succession with only 15 minute breaks every 1.5 hours or so. So this meant that there were a wide wide variety of talks, which helped keep you really interested.
I actually feel bad for the people who only attended the accessories conference and skipped the symposium, there were so many great speakers there. (Jenny Tiramani, Jane Malcolm-Davies, Richard Pickering (Plimouth Plantation), Neal Hurst, Pravina Shukla, Heather Meiklejohn, and others.) Because obviously, these people are fabulous and do amazing work. The symposium was wonderful and incredibly inspiring, it along with the conference, really made me happy to work in this field.
So, yes, that's an unclear summary of how my feelings are at the moment after my first time ever as an official presenter at a symposium.
At least there was the funny video right?
It now reminds me of Christmas. You silly Swedes.
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