Geschichtswissenschaftliche Blogs auf einen Blick
We invited Hermann Parzinger to discuss his book, which illumines public history from a special perspective.
The post “…that other cultures, other people also existed”. An Interview appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/10-2022-4/interview-parzinger/
Monthly Editorial November 2021 Abstract: The editorial explains the attraction that colonies had for the European bourgeois world – through scientific interest, “scientific,” from today’s perspective pseudo-scientific racism, as well... Read More ›
The post “Decolonizing Public History?” appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/9-2021-9/decolonizing-public-history/
Exams should not only be output-oriented, but also focus on learning processes. They should not primarily focus on deficits, but rather support the students.
The post Beyond Fear – Modern Exam Formats in History appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/8-2020-7/history-exams/
The bourgeois model of society was established in the 19th century and defined different "natural" gender roles. Originally, these were not necessarily misogynistic.
The post Hegemonic Masculinity: On the Functionalization of Sexuality appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/8-2020-3/hegemonic-masculinity/
The radical form of the socio-cultural category, which can also be understood as a political instrument of struggle, negates gender polarity in general.
The post History and Gender appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/8-2020-3/history-gender/
At first glance, the term "subject orientation" seems to be nothing more than an exaggerated paraphrase of the didactic principle of "addressee orientation".
The post Subjektorientierung appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-29/subject-orientation/
After Ibizagate and with a new government, once again we may ponder the Austrian idea of democracy, which is sometimes confused with harmony.
The post Austrian Democracy appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-26/austrian-democracy/
The Austrian memory of Nazi era and Holocaust remain connected to the "victim thesis". Austria may often seem unteachable, but several institutions are promoting a critical culture of remembrance.
The post Late Awareness, Vigorous Remembrance: Austria Today appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-38/nazi-remembrance-austria-today/
When the politician Roman Haider of the party FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria) caused the interruption of a lecture about political extremism in an Austrian school in spring 2017, a heated debate erupted over the place of politics in school education. The controversy raises important questions over the aims and principles of civic education.
The post Political Aberrations appeared first on Public History Weekly.
Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-16/political-aberrations/
In recent years – not least because of the triumphant march of (by now inflationary) competency models – the didactics of history has focused on the deconstruction of historical narratives. Of course, there are several good reasons for this, because historical master narratives are suitable for political exploitation, for example, when creating national identity. Nevertheless, history teaching needs historytelling.
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Nevertheless, historical narratives should not be ignored in history lessons because they enable individuals to structure the complexity of the world. By this I mean the processing of new experiences whereby – according to Richard Rorty’s conception of contingency – individuals create cognitive systems that refer to the past and to the future.
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Quelle: http://public-history-weekly.oldenbourg-verlag.de/4-2016-9/plea-historytelling-classroom/