Nikki Waters, M.A.H.P. '22, will talk with program director, Melanie Lytle, M.A.H.P. '11, about how a collaborative ethnography approach to preservation practice can bring places with little to no tangible heritage back into the broader historical narrative and provide richer social, historical, and geographic contexts for places that retain robust tangible heritage. She will explain why a collaborative ethnography approach is beneficial to preservationists seeking a more people-centered focus.