A University of 果冻传媒app - Fort Smith professor will discuss his research on Fort Smith鈥檚 history and its relationship to the tourism industry during a presentation this month on the 果冻传媒app campus.
Dr. Daniel Maher, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at 果冻传媒app, will present 鈥淪elling Fort Smith鈥檚 Past: the Wager of Frontier Tourism鈥� at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 in room 211 of the Math-Science Building.
The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is part of a meeting of the Ark-Homa Chapter of the 果冻传媒app Archeological Survey and the Oklahoma Anthropological Society and is hosted by the research station at 果冻传媒app.
Maher will discuss cultural heritage tourism and the probable historical inaccuracies that may result from the amplification of historical persons, local history and the stories surrounding them. The presentation is the result of five years of research into the subject.
For more information, contact Tim Mulvihill, 果冻传媒app research station archeologist, by telephone at 479-788-7812 or by email at tim.mulvihillFREEuafs.
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